ECE
Infrastructure
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
Infrastructure &IoT
The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories, advanced research facilities, and industry-relevant tools to support academic learning, research, and innovation. The department continuously upgrades its infrastructure to align with emerging technologies.Centers of Excellence (CoE)
Center of Excellence in Drone Technology &IoT
- Focus on UAV design, flight control systems, and aerial communication.
- Hands-on training in drone assembly, programming, and applications.
- Supports projects in surveillance, agriculture, and disaster management.
2. Center of Excellence in Lab View and Virtual Instrumentation
- Established with NI LabVIEW platforms and myDAQ/myRIO systems.
- Enables real-time data acquisition, signal processing, and automation.
- Useful for interdisciplinary projects involving control systems and IoT.
3. Center of Excellence in VLSI Design
- Equipped with Cadence and Xilinx Vivado tools.
- Supports front-end and back-end chip design.
- Facilitates research in ASIC, FPGA, and semiconductor technologies.
4. Center of Excellence in Embedded Systems &IoT
- Hands-on development using Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ARM Cortex boards.
- Focus on smart systems, IoT applications, and real-time embedded solutions.
Major Hardware Facilities &IoT
The department houses a wide range of advanced equipment for practical learning and research:
Core Laboratory Equipment
- Spectrum Analyzers (HAMEG HM5014-2)
- Digital Storage Oscilloscopes (Scientech-401)
- DSP Starter Kits (TMS320C6713)
- VLSI Development Boards (NEXAS 4DDR)
- Pattern Generators & Logic Analyzers
Embedded &IoT Systems
- Arduino & Raspberry Pi Development Kits
- ARM Cortex-M3 Development Boards
- Raspberry Pi 4 Embedded Linux Kits
Communication & Microwave Labs
- Antenna Radiation Measurement Setup
- Microwave Bench with Klystron Source
- Optical Communication Trainers (NA & Data Rate Measurement Kits)
Processor & Trainer Kits
- Microprocessor & Microcontroller Kits with Interfacing
- Linear & Digital IC Trainer Kits
Computing Infrastructure
- High-performance DELL & HP systems for simulation and design
The department possesses 100+ microcontroller kits, 60+ trainer kits, and multiple advanced measuring instruments ensuring strong hands-on exposure for students.
Software Facilities
The department is equipped with licensed industry-standard
software:
Design & Simulation Tools
- MATLAB (with toolboxes) – Signal processing, AI and communication systems
- Cadence Tool Suite – VLSI front-end & back-end design
- Xilinx Vivado – FPGA design and implementation
Embedded & Circuit Design
- Keil µVision – Embedded programming
- NI Multisim – Circuit simulation
Specialized Tools
- CST Studio Suite – Antenna design and
electromagnetic simulation - NI LabVIEW Academic Bundle – Virtual instrumentation
- MASM (Microsoft Assembler) – Low-level programming
LABORATORIES
- BEC: The Basic Electronic Circuits Laboratory introduces first-year ECE students to fundamental components and circuits through hands-on verification of diode characteristics (PN junction, Zener), rectifier circuits (half-wave, full-wave with/without filters), transistor input/output characteristics (BJT/FET common-emitter/source configurations) and basic clippers, clampers, voltage regulators using regulators like 78xx series.[8][6] Students use breadboards, multimeters, CROs, function generators and DC power supplies to measure V-I curves, ripple factor, efficiency, voltage gain and load regulation, building foundational skills in circuit assembly, measurement techniques and troubleshooting before advancing to complex analog/digital labs.
- AC: The Analog Circuits Laboratory focuses on designing, simulating and verifying analog amplifiers, oscillators and pulse circuits using tools like Multisim, with experiments on common emitter/source amplifiers (frequency response, gain-bandwidth), two-stage RC-coupled amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, cascode amplifiers, RC phase shift/Wein bridge/Hartley/Colpitts oscillators, class A/B power amplifiers, linear wave shaping (RC LPF/HPF), nonlinear wave shaping (clippers/clampers), transistor switching, multivibrators (astable/monostable/bistable) and UJT relaxation oscillators.
- ADC: The Analog and Digital Electronics Laboratory introduces students to practical implementation of basic analog and digital circuits using standard electronic components and trainer kits.[1][2] Students learn to design, build and test rectifiers, amplifiers, oscillators, logic gates, combinational and sequential circuits, gaining confidence in circuit analysis, hardware realization and use of lab equipment such as power supplies, function generators and CRO/DSOs.
ECA/STLD: The Electronic Circuit Analysis Laboratory gives students hands‑on experience with key analog circuits such as single and multistage amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, power amplifiers, and oscillators. It helps students analyse gain, bandwidth, frequency response, distortion, and stability, using measuring instruments and, where applicable, basic simulation tools.
The Switching Theory and Logic Design Laboratory concentrates on digital circuits, allowing students to implement and test combinational blocks (adders, subtractors, multiplexers, encoders, decoders) and sequential circuits (flip‑flops, counters, shift registers). Through experiments on logic trainer kits and ICs, students learn how Boolean algebra and logic diagrams translate into real hardware, improving design, debugging, and verification skills in digital systems.
MODELLING & SIMULATION: The Modelling & Simulation using MATLAB Laboratory introduces ECE students to MATLAB fundamentals for signal processing, circuit simulation and system analysis through programming and visualization. Students perform matrix operations, generate basic signals (sinusoidal, exponential, step, ramp, sin), plot continuous/discrete signals and apply simple transformations like convolution and frequency domain analysis using FFT
PYTHON: The Python Laboratory introduces ECE students to Python programming fundamentals with a focus on applications in signal processing, data analysis, automation and hardware interfacing relevant to electronics and communications. Students engage in hands-on experiments covering basic syntax (conditionals, loops, functions), data structures (lists, dictionaries, tuples), file operations, exception handling and introductory NumPy for numerical computations on ECE datasets like signal samples. The lab uses Python 3.x environments with Jupyter notebooks or IDEs, building skills for simulation, visualization and scripting in advanced ECE courses
LDICA: The **Linear and Digital IC Applications Laboratory** provides hands-on training in designing, assembling and testing practical circuits using linear integrated circuits like the 741 op-amp for applications such as inverting/non-inverting amplifiers, summers, integrators, differentiators and active filters (LPF/HPF), along with 555 timer ICs for monostable/astable multivibrator waveform generation, while the digital portion covers verification of basic logic gates, realization of flip-flops (SR/JK/D/T), counters, shift registers, adders and multiplexers using standard TTL/CMOS ICs, enabling students to analyse performance parameters, troubleshoot issues and correlate theoretical concepts with real hardware behaviour through standard lab equipment like function generators, CROs and multimeters
- MC: In the Microcontrollers Laboratory, DOSBox runs classic 8086/8051 assembly programs (using MASM/TASM) by emulating the DOS environment on modern PCs, allowing students to edit, assemble, link and debug microprocessor code for tasks like data transfer, arithmetic operations and block sorting. Keil µVision IDE serves as the primary tool for 8051 microcontroller development, where students create projects, write embedded C or assembly code, compile to hex files, simulate execution with peripherals (timers, interrupts, I/O ports) and generate downloadable firmware for trainer kits or Proteus simulation.
- IOT: The IoT Laboratory using Arduino IDE software uses Arduino IDE to program Arduino boards (like UNO) for interfacing sensors and actuators in IoT prototypes, with experiments including LED blinking, button-controlled LEDs, LDR-based automatic night lamps, LM35 temperature sensing, DHT11 for temperature/humidity, ultrasonic HC-SR04 for distance, PIR motion detection, traffic light simulators, water flow sensors and relay modules for home automation. Students write C/C++ sketches in the IDE, verify/compile, upload via USB and monitor serial output for debugging, covering GPIO control, analog reads, libraries (e.g., DHT.h, LiquidCrystal) and real-time applications like smart monitoring systems.
MWOC: The Microwave and Optical Communications Laboratory equips students with hands-on experience in high-frequency microwave experiments using Klystron/Gunn diode benches to study reflex klystron characteristics, VSWR/wavelength measurements, directional couplers, E/H-plane tees, magic tees, horn antenna patterns and dielectric constants, alongside optical Fiber communication kits for LED/laser diode I-V characteristics, numerical aperture determination, Fiber attenuation/bending losses and analog/digital link performance analysis including frequency response, eye diagrams and BER measurements.
VLSI: The VLSI Laboratory equips students with industry-standard EDA tools like Xilinx Vivado/Quartus for FPGA prototyping and Tanner/Mentor Graphics/MICROWIND for CMOS design, where they implement and verify digital circuits using Verilog/VHDL for logic gates, adders, multiplexers, counters, FSMs, ALU and UART with full RTL simulation, synthesis, place & route and bitstream download to FPGAs, alongside analog/digital CMOS layouts (inverter, NAND/NOR, half adder, differential amp) featuring schematic capture, DRC/LVS verification, parasitic extraction and post-layout timing/power analysis in 180nm/130nm processes.
ACL: The Advanced Communications Laboratory is to design and develop RF/antenna modules using CST Tool and An Advanced Communication Lab is a specialized facility for engineering students to design, simulate, and test RF/antenna, digital, and optical communication systems, operating in the MHz-THz range. It facilitates hands-on experience with technologies like Software Defined Radio (SDR), fiber optics, and RF antenna design, often utilizing tools like MATLAB and CST Tool.
