100 Embedded Systems Interview Questions

Embedded Systems Fundamentals

1. What is an Embedded System?
2. How does an Embedded System differ from a general-purpose computer?
3. What are the main components of an Embedded System?
4. What are the characteristics of Embedded Systems?
5. What are real-time systems?
6. Difference between hard real-time and soft real-time systems.
7. What are examples of Embedded Systems?
8. What is firmware?
9. What is an SoC (System-on-Chip)?
10. What is an MCU (Microcontroller)?

Microcontrollers & Processors

1. Difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor.
2. What is the CPU in an Embedded System?
3. What are registers in a processor?
4. What is a Program Counter (PC)?
5. What is a Stack Pointer (SP)?
6. What is interrupt latency?