PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore

About the Department

Welcome to the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research (PSG iTech).

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering strives to produce top-notch engineers with global competence for industry, research and academia. The major objective of the Department is to foster innovation, design, and creation of eco-sustainable products to meet the growing technological demands.

The ECE department serves over 250 undergraduate students with a team of dedicated faculty members who are committed towards teaching and research in the areas of Signal processing, Electronic Circuit design, Communication Systems, VLSI, Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT)and Embedded Systems. They motivate the students to do real time projects and contribute to the society.

The department has fully equipped laboratories with sophisticated equipments for conducting laboratory courses, research and consultancy activities. The collaboration with industries such as National Instruments, Keysight Technologies, Texas Instruments and PASCO has aided the department in providing a good platform for the faculty and students to learn the concepts experientially and to work on real-time industrial problems.

The department associates with various industries to conduct one credit/value added courses for the students to bridge the gap between industry and academia, thereby enhancing their placement opportunities. The department also conducts holistic living classes to instil the spirit of ethical practices and human values and an attitude to serve the society.

Key Insights

A fine blend of highly experienced and young faculty members, both doctorates and those pursuing research.
Use of various active learning methods and aids to enable joyful learning and a better understanding.
Invited lectures and value added courses offered by industry personnel on recent trends to bridge the gap between academia and industry practices.
Industrial visits, in-plant-trainings and internships during end semester vacations to bridge the gap between industry and academia.
Students display their projects and demonstration to industry community during industry-academia conclave to reinforce learning, to meet the industry personnel and to know about the latest industrial trends.
Active participation of Students in Symposiums, workshops and events conducted by NITs, IITs and other reputed institutions and various industries led technical competitions.
Motivation to write and publish research articles in reputed Journals.
Regularly activities for the professional growth and development of the students and faculty through established student chapters such as Institution of Engineers(IE), Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication(IETE), and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
Regular soft skill training and holistic living courses for an all round development of the students.
ECE Department Association activities to hone the organizational and leadership skills of students.

Vision

To produce globally competent and socially responsible electronics and communication engineers who will contribute towards the technological advancements in industry, research and academia.

Mission

To provide the students of ECE high quality learning facilities comparable to world class standards.
To prepare students to assimilate the theoretical concepts by providing experiential learning, leveraging the fundamentals of basic science, and relevant packages.
To promote innovative research in cutting edge technologies and indigenous product/process development through multidisciplinary approach.
To collaborate and establish Industry-Institute-Interactions and equip the students to apply engineering principles to societal development.
To provide a learning ambience that imparts good communication skills, qualities of teamwork, leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
To instil the spirit of positive attitude, ethical practices, service to society and life-long learning.

Programme Education Objectives (PEOs)

The Program Educational Objectives specify the professional accomplishments that the students will attain within 3 to 5 years of their graduation. The following are the PEOs for the Programme Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE).

PEO1:

Graduates will excel to emerge as a globally competent team player or leader in the allied fields of Electronics and Communication Engineering.

PEO2:

Graduates will have core technical competency that will enable them to engage in life-long learning and research.

PEO3:

Graduates will provide innovative solutions and services to solve industrial and societal problems adhering to ethical practices and social concerns.

Programme Outcomes (POs)

The Electronics and Communication engineering professionals graduating from our department will be able to:

Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
Modern tool usage: Create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources and modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities, with an understanding of the limitations.
The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs):

At the end of the program, the students will be able to:

PSO1:

Analyze, design, simulate, implement, integrate and validate Electronic Circuits and Communication systems.

PSO2:

Apply their knowledge to provide feasible solutions for complex problems related to Communication system design.

About the laboratories

The department is well-equipped with state-of-art laboratories in the field of Electronic and communication systems. The following laboratories are available in ECE department with latest equipment and software tools.

Academic Laboratories

Electronic Circuits and Simulation Laboratory
Integrated Circuits Laboratory
Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
Communication Systems Laboratory
Embedded & Microprocessor Laboratory
Optical & Microwave Laboratory
VLSI Design Laboratory

Centres for competencies Development

NI Graphical System Design Centre
Keysight Communication laboratory
PASCO – Center for Experiential Learning

Academic Laboratories

Electronic Circuits and Simulation Laboratory:

Electronic Circuits and Simulation Laboratory gives hands-on experience in the design and implementation of analog and digital circuits. Students learn to design and implement different types of amplifiers (analog), combinational and sequential circuits (digital).
The major available hardware and software are as follows:

CRO (0-30 MHz)
Function Generator (3MHz)
Digital LCR Meter
ORCAD SPICE Software (SLPS V 16.5) Licensed

Integrated Circuits Laboratory:

Integrated Circuits laboratory is a well-equipped laboratory with integrated circuits that meet the industry standards. The laboratory consists of ICs mainly used in Digital Electronics and Linear Integrated Circuits. Some of the major components available are

Cathode Ray Oscilloscopes
Function Generators
Multimeters
Variable Power Supplies
IC tester
Digital trainer kit
PCs with PSPICE

This laboratory is one among that provides core practical oriented learning facility in the department to enable the students to come up with innovative designs.

Digital Signal Processing Laboratory:

Digital Signal Processing Lab is powered by Texas Instruments. This lab introduces students to DSP design and analysis techniques which are considered to be the prime component of knowledge for DSP engineers. This also serves as a solid grounding for advanced research work in DSP.
The Lab is equipped with complete set of Hardware and Software to perform DSP experiments.

ANALOG DISCOVERY
TMS320C6748 DSP Development Kit (LCDK)
Multi core High end DSP + ARM A15 EVMK2H: 66AK2Hx Evaluation Modules
OMAP- Floating Point starter kit
Peripheral explorer kit (TMDSPREX28335)
LAN Trainer(4 Nos)
PCs with MATLAB and NS2 (50 Nos)
Code Composer Studio (CCS) V6.1

Communication Laboratory:

Communication Systems Lab is powered by Keysight Technologies. A wide range of experimental facilities equipped in Communication System Laboratory enables the students to gain a deep insight into the design and working of various analog and digital modulations. It provides necessary infrastructure in the area of RF and Wireless Communication. The available hardware equipments are:

Digital Storage oscilloscope (DSOx 2002A--70MHz) – Keysight
Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSOx 3014A-100MHz)- Keysight
Vector Network Analyzer (N9923A -4GHz))- Keysight
Arbitrary Signal Generators (4061-3MHz)- Keysight
PCs with MATLAB (24 Nos)
Communication trainer kits(15 Nos)

The available softwares are:

Keysight Vector Signal Analyzer (89600 VSA 19.0)
Keysight VEEPRO (W1141-B)

Embedded Systems Design & Microprocessor and Microcontroller Laboratory:

The aim of the lab is to produce embedded trained professionals for the industry and to achieve excellence in research using latest technologies. This laboratory is well equipped with trainer kits like 8086, 8051, peripheral interfacing boards from Intel, Motorola, Microsystems and CAD tools like EMU8086, KEIL IDE for Microcontrollers. Set of Hardware and Software that are equipped in this lab to achieve excellence in the field of embedded systems development , signal processing , control systems and IoT are:

Embedded trainer kits with ARM board Consisting CC3200 High performance 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M4F based MCU CC3200 Launch XL
ALTERA FPGA Cyclone II EP2C5T144 Development Board
8086 Microprocessor and 8051 microcontroller kit
Interfacing boards
Interfacing boards
CC3200 Launchpad
Zigbee Module
Code Composer Studio (CCS) V6.1

Optical and Microwave Laboratory:

The optical and microwave laboratory provides knowledge about the optical and microwave components and in analyzing the optical and microwave equipments.

List of Equipments in Optical field(BENCHMARK Components):

850 nm LED and Photo diode module with ST receptacles
SMC / Laser diode trainer kit
Advance fiber optic trainer kit (OFT Trainer kit)

List of Equipments in Microwave field (SICO and TMI Components):

Microwave test bench at X band (Klystron and Gunn diode based setup)
Microwave Integrated Circuits Trainer Set – S Band (2-3 GHz)
Antenna Trainer Set – S Band (2-3 GHz)
Advance fiber optic trainer kit (OFT Trainer kit)
Radiation pattern measurement setup
NI-USRP 2920

VLSI Design Laboratory:

The Laboratory has built-in advanced and contemporary simulation tools and computational facilities for VLSI device/circuit analysis, design and prototyping of integrated circuits. The VLSI design lab has some of the modern EDA tools and FPGA boards which include

Cadence Design Suite
Xilinx ZedBoard ZynqTM – 7000 Development Board FPGA
Xilinx Vivado Software Package

Centres for Competency Development

View - NI Graphical System Design Centre

Keysight Communication laboratory

PSGiTech and Keysight Technologies have collaborated to develop a Centre of Excellence in RF system design. The laboratory has been established to perform research in the area of RF system design and to provide knowledge for a new generation of engineers. The lab also intends to provide technology transfer and consultancy services for industry and government.

Key Features

Keysight Communication laboratory consists of state of the art equipment that can be used to develop radio frequency systems including antennas, filters, low noise amplifiers, and voltage controlled oscillators to name a few. The Lab is equipped with Advanced Design Software (ADS) simulation tool, Network Analyser, Logic Analyser, Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes (MSOs), Digital Storage Oscilloscopes (DSOs).

Activities
Consultancy/ Testing Works:

Measurement of TEM Resonator Analysis.
Antenna S-Parameter Measurement.

Workshops/ Seminars:

Workshop on “RF Circuit Design”
Seminar on “Phased Array Design Simulation with Keysight Solutions”

PASCO Centre for Experiential Learning

With an aim of enhancing the teaching learning process , PASCO Centre for Experiential Learning(PASCO CEL) has been established which enables the student to explore the fundamental concepts of physics by doing the experiments on their own. This helps them to think independently, innovatively and come with a new set of tests on their own.

Experiments with Integrated sensors have also been developed for demonstration of concepts with real world examples.

Product Development and Research Laboratory Facilities

PCB design facility
Arduino, sensors and Node MCU in embedded system lab
FPGA based prototyping using Zynq
ADS and MATLAB tools for research

Association

Inauguration of ECE Association(ECA) and IETE Student forum(ISF) 2021-2022

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research organized an inaugural function for ECE Association (ECA) and IETE Students Forum (ISF) on 08.10.2021 at 2-30 pm with chief guest Mr. Prakasham Ponnusamy, Software development specialist, Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, Coimbatore.

Dr. P Vetrivelan, HOD-ECE introduced the newly selected office bearers for the academic year 2021-2022. He encouraged the organization of more co-curricular, technical, and non-technical activities. Further, he highlighted the importance of understanding and practicing all the twelve POs, PEOs, and PSOs.