Electronics & Communication Engineering department has inaugurated its forum “EVIONICS” on 13th August 2011. The forum was inaugurated by Dr. Somashekhar Bhat, Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. On this occasion, Dr. Bhat spoke on “Let us test our Basics”. This talk focused on detailed study of PN-junction diodes, PNP and NPN transistors, FETs, MOSFETS, etc. He discussed about the various tricky circuits using basic electronic components.

Departmental infrastructure

Departmental Computer Centre: In addition to the central computer center, the department has its own dedicated computer labs which have more than 50 workstations having latest configurations to fulfill the needs of latest design and simulation softwares used in the field of Electronics.

Departmental Library: In addition to the central library, the department has its own library which has reference books, journals and old question papers for the reference of the students and staff members. We are also planning to keep a record and availability of previous project and training reports in this library for ready reference of the students.

Softwares: The department is well equipped with the softwares required for the design and simulation of electronic systems. These softwares include

• PCB Designing Software - Orcad 9.1

• MATLAB & SIMULINK

• Virtual Simulation Software – PROTEUS 6.0.

•  VLSI Design Tool Set – XILINX.

• C Compiler and Simulation – KEIL Software for Microcontrollers

Departmental Laboratories

Printed Circuit Board Lab: The department has its own PCB lab in which students can design and fabricate PCBs as per the requirements of their projects. This lab is not specified in the university curricula but has been set up to enhance the practical knowledge of the students and to remove the barrier in project design and development.

Microprocessor & Microcontroller Lab: These two form the heart of any processing device as computer, mobile phones, PDA etc. The lab is intended to make the students learn the architecture, programming and interfacing of these devices. The lab lays down a strong foundation on which the students develop the projects. We have a XELTEK universal programmer to program the ICs.

Measurements & Instrumentation Lab: This lab helps to gain an understanding of measurement and instrumentation i.e. correct handling of significant figures and uncertainties while dealing with instrumentation systems. This lab has all the necessary equipments to cover the course contents of University.

Network & Electronic Devices Lab: The lab provides the foundation of electronics engineering. This lab aims at providing students the knowledge about various electronic devices. Students are made familiar with electronic circuits and their intended use in various applications.

Object Oriented Programming Lab: This is the era of programmable devices. To develop the programming skills of students, this lab has been established. In this lab students master programming techniques based on the object oriented approach.

Digital System Design Lab: The motive of this lab is to make students learn how to analyze and design digital circuits. A coordinated laboratory forms an integral part of this course to provide verification of the theoretical design and analysis of the digital circuits. Students are also made aware of the capabilities and limitations of simulation through the use of the PSpice simulator, Orcad and Proteus VSM 6.0.

Linear Control System Lab: The purpose of this lab is to provide an insight into the control applications. The lab is so designed as to make the students understand and visualize how the output of a system can be controlled by varying certain parameters. The lab is fully equipped to demonstrate various control principles such as how the speed of ac & dc motors can be controlled, how the angle of a shaft can be varied from a remote end, how the load current can be controlled by a small control current and still maintaining the isolation etc.

Communication Systems Lab: Today the electronic engineers are faced with tomorrow's problems. Communication lab is the leading and emerging subject to provide practical quality and reliable education to students which includes practicals related to digital communication, analog communication, fiber optics, telecommunications etc.

Microwave Engineering Lab: Communication nowadays is mainly wireless and through satellites. For this type of communication, microwaves are the only solution as these can penetrate the ionosphere. These waves being of very small wavelength require special devices to generate and amplify them. To show the students the amazing properties of the microwaves, this lab has been set up. The lab overviews different generators, their working and emphasizes on applications of microwaves.

Television Engineering Lab: The lab is designed to cover the course contents in which the principles of operation and services are emphasized. The experiments have been prepared to provide an insight into both monochrome and color TV systems. The testing and troubleshooting techniques are also included.

Power Electronics Lab: Power electronics is interdisciplinary in nature & is used in a variety of industries. To make students familiar with the various devices used in the industry, this lab is of great help. The lab provides opportunity to explore the characteristics of various devices and learn their use in sophisticated devices.

Digital Electronics Lab: This lab is intended to explore the properties of digital circuits, including noise margins, propagation delay times, and aspects of integrated circuit realization.

Applied Electronics Lab: In order to mould youth into world class technocrats of tomorrow, this lab provides the excellent practical knowledge to the students regarding the basics of electronics.

Project Lab: The idea behind this lab is to provide at a single place all that the students need for the development of a project This lab is equipped with all the software, hardware, testing & measuring equipment and literature required for the purpose which include high end work stations, mixed signal oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers. A universal programmer for programming microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, CPLDs is available in the lab to remove the barrier in project development

Mission

• To mould the youth of today into engineers who can meet the technological challenges of tomorrow.

Vision

• To impart technological education, which is complete in all respects

• To inculcate the concept of universal man amongst the students and to motivate
  them to strive for overall upliftment of mankind

• To develop leadership qualities amongst the students

• To strive to create a center of excellence

• To promote industry and institute interaction by having collaborative efforts

Academic Programs:

Courses offered:

• B.E in Electronics & Communication Engineering

Sophisticated Equipment/Software Tools available in Laboratories:

• Spectrum Analyzer, Microstrip Antenna, DPSK & QPSK Kits, CROs – both Analog and Digital, Curve Tracer, Microwave bench, Fiber Optics Kits, Power Supplies of different voltage ranges, Function Generators, Pulse Generators, LCR meter, Frequency meter, Modulation meter, Power meter, IC tester, and Digital Multimeters.

• Inkjet Printers, Scanners, 8086 Microprocessor interfaces with siftware package like TASM, 8051 Micro-controller kits with interfaces with software package like KIEL, LCD Projector for every class, Logic Analyzer.

• Power scopes, Differential Modules, Dimmer stat, LCR Bridge, Power Supplies 300V, UPS, Industrial Electronics modules, Digital Trainer kits, HCB, FCB, Chopper, Inverter Modules.

• Intellisuite (MEMS) software, CADENCE software, Silicon Micro Systems UWSI: Universal VLSI Trainer Kit With Power Supply & Max 3000 CPLD – Accessories, ALTERA EP20K 100TC 144-3 FPGA Device + Quartus II and MAX Plus II Software Tool, Xilinx FPGA Trainer Kits with interface module, Modelsim Software & TANNER Tool.

• CCN kits & DSP kits.

• Computers with Internet facility.

Departmental Facilities:

Facilities for Students:

1. IEEE & IETE Students Chapter for Technical activities.

2. Sponsoring for Projects, Paper Presentations and Research.

3. Well Stocked Departmental Library.

4. Internet Facility for Browsing Technical Journals.

5. Hard copies of Online Journals.

6. Sponsorship from Various Organizations for projects.

Facilities for Faculties:

1. Computer in each faculty room.

2. Easy Loan to buy Laptops.

3. Sponsorship to all research activities including foreign travel.

4. Medical Facilities & Insurance.

5. Well Stocked Departmental Library.

6. Internet Facility for Browsing technical Journals.

7. Hard copies of online Journals.

8. Concessional Travel.

9. Faculty training without bound programs.

10. Sponsorship for higher studies.

The Department has organized many seminars and workshops under EVIONICS – evolution in electronics, to enhance the knowledge in advanced fields. These events were very successful and have got lot of appreciation for the same. 

Career options for Electronics & Communication:

A growing and demanding population:

With DIGITAL REVOLUTION that has taken the world by storm, M. Tech graduates in the Digital Electronics & Communication stream have ample and challenging job opportunities in the county and outside. Bangalore city has been rediscovered for its technical prowess and has been chosen to be the hub for the silicon based Ultra Large-Scale Integrated Circuit Chip Manufacture. Job opportunities for postgraduates are going to be very exciting and rewarding.

New subjects/ areas of study:

To ensure effective teaching, 130 students have been divided in to two sections (Section A and B ) The students have to have 85% minimum attendance in all subjects (as per VTU rules) which is being strictly followed.
The subject allotment will be done at the end of every semester. Staff will in-turn prepare the course file for the subject which they handle. The teachers have to prepare before the semester a lesson plan document and follow the same during the teaching.

Course file for each subject taught is being maintained by all the staff members. It includes syllabus, lesson plan, question papers of tests, scheme of valuation, university question papers, other materials for teaching etc. Every staff member will maintain a file along with their personal details such as degree certificates, marks cards, experience certificates, seminars attended, papers presented, University work allotments, work load of the department.

• On this occasion, Dr. Bhat spoke on “Let us test our Basics”. This talk focused on detailed study of PN-junction diodes, PNP and NPN transistors, FETs, MOSFETS, etc. He discussed about the various tricky circuits using basic electronic components.

• An internal technical talk on “Character Recognition” was delivered by Prof. Mahesh Prasanna K., Assistant Professor & Head, on 10th September 2011. In the talk, a new method to recognise and extract characters/character strings from video was proposed. By using the said method, character strings of any language can be recognised, extracted from the video and written into a notepad file.

• A Guest lecture on “PIC - Microcontrollers” was delivered by Mr. Vishnuprasad V. Bhat, Udupi, on 1st October 2011. The talk was on details of Microcontrollers viz., 8051. Several models based on 8051 Microcontroller were discussed and demo was given on the working of the models.

• A Guest lecture on “Basics of Image Processing & Modern Trends in Image Processing” was delivered by Mr. Ganeshan Vishwanathan, “Adroit Solutions”, Bengaluru, on 8th October 2011. In the talk, several basic things regarding image processing was discussed. Also, several research proposals in the field of image processing were given and discussed with the students.

• A Guest lecture on “Current Trends in Computer Networks” by Dr. Nagesh H.R., HOD, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Mangalore Institute of Technology & Engineering, Moodbidri. His areas of interest are Computer networks, Distributed computing, Cryptography and network security, System programming, Object oriented programming, etc. His field of specialization is Group Communication Security. The talk focused mainly about the convergence of computing, communications and electronics to support digital information handling, starting form the largest man made systems, early stand-alone systems, etc., up to direct inter computer communications.

• An In-house technical talk on “Embedded Networking using TCP/IP & Ethernet” was delivered by Mr. Shreesha Kalkoor M., Assistant Professor. In the talk, he discussed mainly about the similarities and differences between the microprocessors and microcontrollers, advantages and disadvantages of using SPI and USB, Ethernet–TCP/IP, etc. The role of the ethernet adapter in embedded system design is specified in detail. The design and applications of AT89C51 microcontroller was discussed along with a case study.
  

• A Training programme on “Guidelines for Project work” was given by Prof. Subramanya Bhat, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Canara Engineering College, Mangalore, on 27th August 2011. Prof. Bhat discussed several new ideas the field of image processing.

• Faculty development programme on “LABVIEW” was conducted by Prof. Abdul Kareem, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, SJEC, Mangalore, on 3rd September 2011. LAB VIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) is the award-winning system design software. It accelerates the productivity of engineers and scientists who develop and deploy measurement and control systems to meet some of the world’s greatest engineering challenges. This workshop was designed to cater the requirements of the faculty members in LABVIEW which is newly introduced as a component of AE & DE Labs as per VTU syllabus.

• Pise Aaditya Sharad, Sushanth Anil Lobo, Anusha K.R., Navya P. & Vasudha Patil have presented a technical papers on various topics in National level student seminar, ENVISION-12 organised by Srinivas Institute of Technology, Volachil, Mangalore, on 3rd March 2012.

• Shefali Shetty, III Sem, participated in INCIDENT-2011, held at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal and won First place in Antakshari.

• Joshhal Sweeda D’Souza, VII Sem, participated in ANANDOTSAVA held at NMAMIT, Nitte and won First place in Solo Singing.

• Pise Aaditya Sharad & Manjoosha won Second place in Debate, Manjoosha & Shefali Shetty won First place in Quiz & Treasure Hunt in BHADRAPADOTSAVA organised by Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri. The team of Hegde Sushanth, Pise Aaditya Sharad, Sushanth Anil Lobo, Shefali Shetty & Manjoosha has bagged the Overall Championship Trophy.
  

• An Inter-Department fest was conducted on 17th and 24th September 2011, which had various activities like Paper Presentation, Sudoku, Quiz, C-Coding, Dumb Charades, Tech-Leader, Installation, Debate, Painting, Collage, Treasure Hunting, Need for speed most wanted, etc.,
  

Principal addressing the gathering @ ANVESHAN’12