Student Projects Batch 01

STUDENT PROJECTS (BATCH-I) S. NO.

PROJECT TITLE

1.

Student Satellite Project

2.

Design and Analysis of a 1 MW Wind Turbine Rotor

3.

Software based onboard data handling simulator for functional verification

4.

CFD analysis of supersonic flow over slender cylindrical bodies

5.

Damage characterization of composite materials under impact loading

6.

Design and development of Bit Synchronizer

7.

Design and development of pitch & yaw control of air/water pressure nozzle in closed loop

8.

S-Band Frequency Synthesizer

9.

Implementation of AES Encryptor/Decryptor on FPGA

10.

Remote transfer of large images

11.

Drought, Floods/ Environment related Studies

12.

Pitch Control of Movable Nozzle Model

13.

Smart-phone based GPS positioning

14.

Modeling and autonomous control of wheeled robot with obstacle avoidance

15.

Precise position and speed control of Dc servo motor for variable load

16.

SPI TO SPORT CONVERTER

AVL

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STUDENT PROJECTS (BATCH-I) 17.

Moving target detection and locking with moving camera

18.

Wireless Image and Video communication between DSP and PC

19.

Development of Android based application for home automation

20.

Design and Fabrication of RC PWM compatible drive for a four wheel differential drive robotic platform

21.

Design of integrated wireless Video/Audio transmitter/receiver of minimum 300 m range

22.

Learning techniques of Analog DSP (21065L)

23.

DSP based high speed data Acquisition System

24.

Development of calibration scheme for Strapdown Inertial Navigation system

25.

A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data during field testing

26.

Design of a Universal DC motor torque vs Speed Measurement Scheme

27.

Flight Simulator Software

28.

Inertial Navigation System for low speed vehicles

29.

Remote sensing of physical parameters

30.

Stabilized Platform Controller

31.

Implementation of JPEG2000 Image Compression Software Using KAKADU_V2.2.3

32.

Design and development of CPLD board for generation of timing signals for CCD sensors

33.

Design and development of speed and position controlled platform for Linear Image Sensor

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Design and development of high speed ADC module

35.

Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope

36.

Design of a Ritchey Chretien telescope

37.

Power Management and Control System Microcontroller/ FPGA based

38.

Variable Switching Power Power supply of 5-30volt output @ 6ampere

39.

DSP/FPGA implementation of Kalman filter based sensor fusion algorithm for attitude sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer/sun-sensor and magnetometer)

40.

DSP/FPGA implementation of high fidelity fidelit y orbit propagator

41.

Analysis of space and time (memory and processing) complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for star i dentification

42.

PCB Analysis of Vertex-V FPGA Board using HYPERLYNX 7.7

43.

JTAG TAP Controller for Satellite On-board Configuration Monitoring and Control for Reliable System Implementation

44.

CCSDS based Packet Data extraction software of Remote Sensing Satellite Image Data

45.

46.

47.

Design and Development of CCSDS based Concatenated Concatenated Reed Solomon Decoder & Viterbi Decoder along with de-Interleaver Software Study of Reliable System Design Techniques like ( Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR)) for increasing the reliability of Embedded System in Space Design of Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) based scheme for PowerPC based Payload System incorporating DDR2 memory and FPGA based Endpoint Devices for LEO satellite

48.

Study of EDAC(Error Detection and correction) Scheme for DDR memory for space application

49.

Analysis of space and time (memory and processing) complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for star i dentification

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Wind Resistant Stability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers

51.

Manufacturing and Assembling of Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine

52.

To Study Flow Characteristics Characteristics around Straight and Curved Fin Projectiles

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STUDENT PROJECTS (BATCH-I)

STUDENT SATELLITE PROJECT Overview of Satellite Design 1. Introduction

Design and development of satellite is a challenging tasks, at one hand it involves the team effort of multiple disciplines and on the other designers need to ensure that satellite will be able to withstand and survive the harsh environment environment including temperature temperature extremes, radiations, radiations, shocks, vibration during launch etc. Till today thousands of satellites have been launched for various applications such as Weather Forecasting, Television Broadcasting, Communications, Internet Communications, Navigation, and Remote Sensing etc. For any kind of satellite three components are required Launcher (means to send it to desired orbit) Satellite itself Ground Station (means to control satellite and receive its data) The brochure at hand gives an overview of satellite design and various aspects that need to be considered. Simplified block diagram of a satellite is given below:

Figure: Simplified Satellite Block diagram

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STUDENT PROJECTS (BATCH-I)

SUBSYSTEM

TECHNOLOGIES

KEY TASKS

Structure &

Provides mechanical support to all subsystems and provide means to change

Mechanism

the configuration such as deployment of antennas etc

Mechatronics,

Power

Generates, Stores, Regulates & Distributes Electrical power to all equipments

Electrical, Electronics,

Subsystem

on board. Solar cells along with batteries are commonly used.

Mechatronics,

Communication

Receives command from ground, demodulates them and send to data

Electronics, RF,

Subsytem

handling unit. Similarly it transmits payload and engineering data to ground

Microwaves

Aerospace, Mechanical,

station. C&DH

Command & Data handling monitors on-board equipment operations and is

Electronics, Computer

Subsystem

responsible for handling data.

Sciences

AOCS

AOCS keeps satellite in correct orientation. It consists of sensors (Horizon

Subsystem

Aerospace, Mechanical,

Sensor, Sun Sensor, Star Sensor, GPS etc ), actuators (Gravity Gradient

Mechatronics,

Boom, Magneto Torquers, Momentum Wheel, Reaction Wheel, etc) and


processor with controlling algorithms for correction.

Computer Science

Thermal

Maintains temperature of all equipment within allowable limits. It may use

Subsystem

coatings, insulation blankets, heat pipes or by using active techniques such as

Aerospace, Mechanical, Space Sciences

heaters, louvers etc Payload

Payloads may be for Remote Sensing, Experimental instruments,


Communications. Generally they involve image acquisition, digitizing,

RF, Microwaves,

compression, encoding, processing, modulation, amplification, filteration and

Optics, Space Sciences

communication. Ground Station

Communicates with Satellite, receives health data and sends command.

Electronics, RF, Microwaves,

Power Subsystem Communications Subsystem

Communication Links

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STUDENT PROJECTS (BATCH-I) C&DH Subsystem

1.

LIST OF EXEMPLARY EXPERIMENTS/ PROJECTS I. Satellite tracking experiment II. Digital radio communications III. Digital Store & Forward communications IV. Technology demonstration V. Signal Intelligence VI. Remote Sensing VII. Etc.

2.

SUPARCO INVOLVEMENT

a.

Program Management I. Student Project Manager and Chief Engineer II. Student Subsystem Teams III. Engineering support for some critical tasks. IV. Providing critical feed-back

b.

Faculty and Staff Engineering Mentorship (Know

Ground Subsystem

1.

SUPARCO AVAILABLE FACILITIES FOR SATELLITE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

a.

Thermal Vacuum Chamber I. Simulate space environment (Vacuum). o o II. Temperature range from – 70 C to 100 C.

b.

Satellite Assembly, Integration & Testing Facilities I. Clean room required for integrating sensitive equipment. II. Testing of complete satellite (system level testing). III. Can accommodate satellites of various sizes.

c.

Satellite Research & Development Centers I. Development of various hardware and software for satellite subsystems. II. Development of various testing platform for satellite.

d.

Anechoic Chamber I. Antenna Testing Facility.

e.

Helmholtz Coil Facility I. Magnetic devices testing and calibration. II. Simulation of desired magnetic filed in all axes.

How Transfer) I. Faculty Principal Investigator II. Engineering Project Manager from Space III. Mentor Engineers for Subsystems (e.g. instruments, structures, etc.) IV. Faculty Technology Advisor c.

Engineering Mentorship, design reviews I. Environmental Testing

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STUDENT PROJECTS (BATCH-I) PROJECT TITLE

Design and Analysis of a 1 MW Wind Turbine Rotor

OBJECTIVES

Development of rotor for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

PROJECT OUTLINE

Literature Review To generate blade and hub profile Grid independence study Validation of CFD results Investigation of flow around blades Calculation of loads on blade and comparison with BEM method Blade and hub profile optimization Standard CFD Software

MAJOR EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE REQUIRED DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED DURATION SPONSORING WING

Methodology for the design of blade and hub profile Solid model, grid, and solution files of design profile Report One Year

Space Technology (ST)

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Software based onboard data handling simulator for functional verification

OBJECTIVES

To develop a software based simulator system for onboard data handling of a small remote sensing spacecraft (including pass simulation) This simulator will use any standard remoting technique (like .NET remoting or AS3 remoting) to access remote object (simulating connectors) working on other systems connected using LAN. This simulator should comply 4th Step of Simulation Steps i.e. “Software in Loop” Matlab/ C++

PROJECT OUTLINE



A GUI based software in which if one value changes(push button for instance) on output pin of a connector the value is updated on the input (LED for instance) of corresponding connector One Year

Space Electronics

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CFD analysis of supersonic flow over slender cylindrical bodies

OBJECTIVES

Aerodynamic characterization of slender nose-cone-cylindrical projectiles

PROJECT OUTLINE

Literature Review CFD analysis of slender nose-cone-cylindrical projectiles Grid independence study Validation of CFD results with available experimental data Standard CFD Software


Solid model, grid, and solution files of all configurations Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING


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Damage characterization of composite materials under impact loading

OBJECTIVES

To study the impact resistance of composite material

PROJECT OUTLINE



Literature review Finite Element Analysis of impact loading using ANSYS LSDYNA (Details of projectile will be provided) Validation of FEA results through experimental testing (optional) Report writing & presentation Functionality will be damage characterization of wind turbine blade, composite helmets, composite CNG cylinder etc FEA Tool Different composite coupons Impact testing rig for experimental testing (optional) Characterization of damage area w.r.t. projectile size & velocity Area of plastic damage on composite materials based on their type Stress field due to damage & its role in subsequent life of structure One Year


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Design and development of Bit Synchronizer

OBJECTIVES

To design and develop a bit synchronizer which can input Manchester encoded serial data and output data in NRZ-L form with a synchronized clock • Input data bit rate: 32K,64K,128K,192K,256K,512K,1M(selectable) • Input data level: 0-2 Vp-p • Input data code: Manchester encoded data • Output data format: NRZ-L • Output data level: 0-5 V (TTL) • Output clock level: 0-5 V (TTL) • Output clock phase: 0° and 90° (Selectable) Logic state analyzer

PROJECT OUTLINE


A plug and play hardware system to fulfill the requirements mentioned in specification table

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Design and development of pitch & yaw control of air/water pressure nozzle in closed loop

OBJECTIVES

To gain command over mechanical design and control of Electro Mechanical system

PROJECT OUTLINE

• +/- 45 degrees angle of freedom in pitch and yaw, pot/encoder mounted on each pitch yaw axes for feed back • Nozzle sizes can be chosen to ease manufacture and procurement • Linkage sizes etc can be varied to fulfill conceptual and functional requirements • Simultaneous pitch/yaw operation (desired but not necessary) Matlab/ Simulink/ Controls Toolbox


Functional model of pitch yaw control in closed loop

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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S-Band Frequency Synthesizer

OBJECTIVES

Design and development of S-Band Frequency Synthesizer

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Study of Basic Microwaves, Control Theory. • Study of Phase Locked Loop theory. • Study of different types of filters especially active filters. • Design and simulation • Development of hardware Network analyzer


Production of Local Oscillator on hardware with SMA connector at the o/p port , Comprehensive Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Implementation of AES Encryptor / Decryptor on FPGA

OBJECTIVES

Development of AES Encryptor/ Decryptor on FPGA

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Study of Information Security and Cryptography • Study of FIPS PUB 197 standard • Selection of AES parameters • HDL Coding & Testing on FPGA Platform • Analysis of memory management, decoding delay Standard FPGA Kit


Timing Simulation, FPGA implementation and Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Remote transfer of large images

OBJECTIVES

Secured and efficient transfer of large size imagery to a hand held devices

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Study of large imagery handling in a limited memory environment • Remote streaming of large size imagery • Develop a data security mechanism over the air • Efficient handling of imagery using handheld devices • Develop multi tier application for remote access Appropriate standard software


Multi tier application along with algorithm, Comprehensive Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Application Research

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Drought, Floods/ Environment related Studies

OBJECTIVES

Environmental Protection and Damage Assessment / Adaptation

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Basic Studies about the Environment • Study of impact of Hazards Like Floods on Environment • Use of Satellite Remote Sensing(SRS) in Environmental Monitoring • Report on the existing conditions/ Recommendations Appropriate related imageries


Comprehensive report on the current state of the environment

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

SPAS/SAR Wing

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Pitch Control of Movable Nozzle Model

OBJECTIVES

To learn the Design and Development of Thrust Control Nozzle Model

PROJECT OUTLINE

A picture speaks thousand words. The picture above describes the project outline


Nozzle, Electromechanical Actuator, Torsion Spring, Gas Cylinder, Piping, Fitting Components, Controller, PRO/E , AutoCAD Mechanical Hardware and Design Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Smart-phone based GPS positioning

OBJECTIVES

The aim of the project is to develop android based application which can transmit real-time position information from smart phone to personal computer (PC) In this project, android based application will be develop which will extract real-time position from the GPS-chip embedded in the smartphone and transmit this extracted position to the PC for real time visualization Smart-phone Android application development suite Internet connectivity Android based smart-phone capable of transmitting real-time position information to the PC

PROJECT OUTLINE


ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Modeling and autonomous control of wheeled robot with obstacle avoidance

OBJECTIVES

Development of control algorithm Development of optimal path selection algorithm to cater with obstacles In this project, the teams members will develop an autonomous 4 wheeled robot which accurately reaches target coordinates and follows the given profile by taking the starting point as initial position (0,0). In the presence of an obstacle, a search algorithm will be devised to avoid obstacles and efficiently attain the target point

PROJECT OUTLINE


4 wheeled vehicle Digital signal processor C-language Demonstration of four wheeled robot to follow the required profile in presence of obstacles Project report Software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Precise position and speed control of Dc servo motor for variable load

OBJECTIVES

Development of control algorithm for speed and position control The designed system is capable to achieve desired position and rate with various loading conditions In this project the team members will develop the precise control algorithm for DC motors under the presence of load (platform) to accurately achieved the required position or rotating with various rates given by the user, through an interface DC Servo Motors DC drives Development of an interface to command desired position or rate C-Language

PROJECT OUTLINE



Demonstration of precise position and speed control of DC motors Project report Electronic circuit design and software One Year

R&IW

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SPI TO SPORT CONVERTER

OBJECTIVES

Develop a module that can facilitate interface between SPI device and SPORT device

PROJECT OUTLINE

Since there is no standard protocol or device that can facilitate interface between two devices working on SPI protocol and SPORT protocol respectively. So the main purpose of this project is to build a module based on microcontroller or some integrated circuits that allows the two devices working on different protocol to communicate with each other in an efficient manner SPI Device Microcontroller SPORT Device


Properly Working Converter module Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Moving target detection and locking with moving camera

OBJECTIVES

Development of image and video data acquisition and processing software The system is capable to lock moving object with still as well as moving camera In this project the team members will develop the image and video acquisition and processing algorithm implemented on DSP to identify and lock the moving object with still as well as with moving camera DSP board Camera Data acquisition interface Demonstration of detection of moving object Project report Image acquisition and processing algorithm One Year

PROJECT OUTLINE



R&IW

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Wireless Image and Video communication between DSP and PC

OBJECTIVES

Development of wireless communication link between DSP and PC. The system is capable to transfer data for range of 200m

PROJECT OUTLINE

In this project the team members will develop wireless communication channel to transfer image and video stream to PC from a DSP over the range of around 200m. A GUI will be developed for the display of image and video on PC DSP board Camera Wireless transmitter & receiver Desktop PC



Demonstration of Video and image transmission over wireless link Project report Software One Year

R&IW

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Development of Android based application for home automation

OBJECTIVES

Development of Android based application for home automation system for security and surveillance. The system is capable to cover a range of 100m In this project the team members will develop Android based application for performing several applications from mobile set. The applications includes image acquisition from camera, capable to ON and OFF certain switches etc Mobile set Camera Wireless transmitter and receiver

PROJECT OUTLINE



Demonstration of designed application either using blue tooth or through internet to perform several applications for home automation Project report Software One Year

R&IW

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Design and Fabrication of RC PWM compatible drive for a four wheel differential drive robotic platform

OBJECTIVES

Design and software/breadboard testing of a RC PWM drive capable of driving a four wheel differential drive vehicle

PROJECT OUTLINE


Fabrication and testing of RC PWM drive capable of driving a four wheel differential drive vehicle Design of drive electronic and thermal design Capability to operate the differential drive vehicles via commercially available RC transmitter receiver Capable of driving PMDC up to 60 Volts and 30 Amp per motor Thermal design Drive hardware box Testing on real system Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Function Generator, Power supply, Soldering Station, Bread board Proteus etc Report on the design Electronic hardware/box

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Design of integrated wireless Video/Audio transmitter/receiver of minimum 300 m range

OBJECTIVES

Design and simulation of wireless Video/Audio transmitter/receiver which can work in 300 m line-of-sight range

PROJECT OUTLINE

Transmitter capability of accepting A/V input from camera/microphone Receiver output in PAL/NTSC (colour) Working range required to be 300 m line-of-sight Testing of designed system on software and available hardware Oscilloscope, Multi meter, Function Generator, Power supply, Soldering Station, Bread board Proteus etc


Design report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Learning techniques of Analog DSP (21065L)

OBJECTIVES

To learn techniques for programming of Digital Signal Processor(21065L)

PROJECT OUTLINE

Introduction to VDSP++ and ADSP (21065L) How to create a new project What are bios functions Comparison to C language (loops/conditions/data types etc) Memory architecture SPORT architecture IO flags architecture UART architecture etc. Practical Programming of DSP DSP Development Board ADSP-21065L, Visual DSP++ 5.0, A PC with serial port. , Power Supply and Required Cables


Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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DSP based high speed data Acquisition System

OBJECTIVES

Design and development of a data acquisition system by using DSP (21065L) and 16 bit ADC (AD73360)

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Study of DSP and ADC • Hardware Design • Hardware and software Development • Testing Matlab, Labview


DAQ System circuit and software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Development of calibration scheme for Strapdown Inertial Navigation system

OBJECTIVES

Development of calibration scheme for INS having DTG’s and Pendulous accelerometers in orthogonal configuration with reference surfaces • Error Model of Inertial sensors • Rate Calibration • Position Calibration • Computation • Software Development Matlab, Labview

PROJECT OUTLINE


Calibration Scheme Software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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OBJECTIVES


PROJECT OUTLINE

• Programming of u-controller • Software development for PC interfacing • Development of hardware for data acquisition • Data Processing & representation • Field Testing Matlab, Labview, C


Hardware + Software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Design of a Universal DC motor torque vs Speed Measurement Scheme

OBJECTIVES

Familiarization of different motors and to gain command over mechanical design and control of Electro Mechanical system

PROJECT OUTLINE

Project involves design of DC motor torque and speed measurement rig Design will be based on testing of low profile DC motors Motors will be tested around an angle of ± 40 Degrees Torque and speed sensors should be utilized for measurement feedback Torque testing range is around ±150 Nm Completion time will depend on number of students working and time available to them (tentative is about 4-6 months) Matlab


Functional model

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Flight Simulator Software

OBJECTIVES

Software development of 6 DOF flight simulator

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of 6 Degree of freedom motion Study of Flight simulator Study of different programming environment Software development Matlab, Labview


Design report and software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Inertial Navigation System for low speed vehicles

OBJECTIVES

Develop an inertial navigation system algorithm in embedded system using inertial sensor data

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of inertial sensors Study of navigation principles Study of embedded systems Matlab


Navigation algorithm Embedded system code for navigation algorithm

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Remote sensing of physical parameters

OBJECTIVES

To acquire data with time from different sensors from remote location and transmit them through serial link and plot them on GUI in real time

PROJECT OUTLINE

Number of sensors: Minimum 20 Sampling rate: 100 Hz Resolution: 12-bit Distance b/w sensor and monitoring station: 500 meter on wire and 100 meter on RF Appropriate software


A GUI based system with real time data acquisition from different sensors in some remote locations

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Stabilized Platform Controller

OBJECTIVES

To design and develop Electro-Mechanical/Hydraulic System to stabilize the platform

PROJECT OUTLINE

A mechanical system may be designed to realize the balance platform and mechanism to control it Operating conditions like pressure, temperature, and humidity must be defined Define operating ranges like maximum tilt angle, accuracy, resolution, precision, refresh rate, settling time User friendly interface and control (GUI) Load limits (Maximum mass and its mounting precautions like CG, center of mass, dimensions of payload to be fixed/ mounted on platform) Operating voltage is 24~36 Volt DC Appropriate software


A stabilized platform capable of stabilizing itself for with in defined range of tilt angle

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

R&IW

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Implementation of JPEG2000 Image Compression Software Using KAKADU_V2.2.3

OBJECTIVES

Software development for JPEG2000 Image Compression and Decompression

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of Image Compression Techniques and MATLAB Image Compression Toolbox Perform lossless image compression on image (Gray Scale/ Single Channel) and save the file into .jp2 standard. In the next step the software would take .jp2 file as input and perform image decompression and display in the GUI Appropriate software, C++



GUI based comprehensive design software with proper display, image size, compression ratio, PSNR of image after compression/decompression, number of tiles, number of code blocks, type of filter used One Year

Space Electronics

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Design and development of CPLD board for generation of timing signals for CCD sensors

OBJECTIVES

It is required to design and Develop a CPLD board for clock signal generation up-to 10 MHz

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of CPLD Familiarization with High speed PCB Design Software like Orcad, DXP Protel Programming of CPLD Design of PCB for Clock signal Generation Orcad, DXP Protel


The board should be capable of generating 10 different signals at 10 MHz output

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Design and development of speed and position controlled platform for Linear Image Sensor

OBJECTIVES

It is required to design and develop a speed and position controlled stable platform for mounting of Imaging sensor

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of Linear CCD Sensor Study of Servo Motors Development of Control Circuitry for Servo Motor Design and Development of the Platform for Imaging Sensor Labview



The platform should be capable to move smoothly at a speed of 2 mm/s to 20 mm/s and scan an area of 600mm. Bi-directional control is required One Year

Space Electronics

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Design and development of high speed ADC module

OBJECTIVES

To design and develop a high speed ADC module for image acquisition

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of Linear CCD Sensor Study of High speed A/D techniques Familiarization with Orcad or Protel DXP Design of PCB for ADC Orcad, Protel DXP


The ADC should be able to convert analog output of sensor module to digital data @ 10 M Sample/s

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope

OBJECTIVES

Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope by selecting and applying most efficient ray tracing technique and validation of the design using OSLO

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of various telescope designs and their application, mainly focusing on space telescopes Selection of efficient ray tracing technique and design of optical layout accordingly Familiarization with Optical design Software OSLO Design of Optical telescope on software OSLO


Optical layout of telescope (OSLO or ZEMAX file)

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Design of a Ritchey Chretien telescope

OBJECTIVES

Design of a Ritchey Cretin telescope by selecting and applying most efficient ray tracing technique using OSLO. (Specifications will be provided)

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of various telescope designs and their application, mainly focusing on space telescopes. Selection of efficient ray tracing technique and design of optical layout accordingly. Familiarization with Optical design Software ZEMAX/ OSLO Design of Optical telescope on software ZEMAX, OSLO


Optical layout of telescope (OSLO or ZEMAX file)

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Power Management and Control System Microcontroller/ FPGA based

OBJECTIVES

Design & Development of Microcontroller/FPGA based Power Management and Control System

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of Satellite Power System Design of power management scheme Simulation of management in Matlab Development of code Development of Hardware Testing of developed system Matlab


Simulations, coding and Hardware

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Variable Switching Power supply of 5-30volt output @ 6ampere

OBJECTIVES

Design & Development of Variable Switching Power supply of 530volt output @ 6ampere

PROJECT OUTLINE

Study of switching regulators. Simulation of switching supply Development of Hardware and Software Testing of developed system Matlab, Labview


Simulations , coding and Hardware

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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DSP/FPGA implementation of Kalman filter based sensor fusion algorithm for attitude sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer/sun-sensor and magnetometer)

OBJECTIVES

The task incorporates the implementation of the attitude estimation algorithm (already developed) on a DSP/FPGA platform and optimizing its performance

PROJECT OUTLINE

The students will be provided with the already developed MATLAB code and preliminary instructions on the hardware design. They will use suitable DSP/ FPGA commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) based technologies for system implementation. MEMS based and COTS sensors will be used for the purpose Matlab



Properly formatted code generation and optimization of the code for platform specific requirements. Complete working hardware implementation for validating the implemented algorithm One Year

Space Electronics

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DSP/FPGA implementation of high fidelity orbit propagator

OBJECTIVES

The task incorporates the implementation of the mentioned algorithm (already developed) on a DSP/FPGA platform and optimizing its performance according to the platform

PROJECT OUTLINE

The students will be provided with the already developed MATLAB code and preliminary instructions on the hardware design. They will use suitable DSP/ FPGA commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) based technologies for system implementation Matlab

MAJOR EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE REQUIRED DELIVERABLES Properly formatted code generation and optimization of the code for platform specific requirements ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Analysis of space and time (memory and processing) complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for star identification

OBJECTIVES

The task is to analyze the spatial and temporal complexities of pattern matching algorithms and to extend or modify them for optimization of star identification algorithm (already implemented) for star tracker  The students will be provided with the already developed star identification algorithm and the star catalogue as well as with the precise details of working mechanism of star tracker for attitude determination  They will explore and analyze the different available algorithms for their temporal and spatial complexities and will optimize the best amongst them Appropriate Software

PROJECT OUTLINE


Comparison of results achieved through different algorithms. Optimal star identification algorithm

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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PCB Analysis of Vertex-V FPGA Board using HYPERLYNX 7.7

OBJECTIVES

PCB ANALYSIS OF VERTEX-V FPGA BOARD using HYPERLYNX 7.7

PROJECT OUTLINE




A report of S-parameters and SI analysis of FPGA Based board

EMI EMC Analysis using Hyper lynx Software  Pre-Layout Analysis  DDR2 to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameters  PCIE to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameters and route length  High Speed I/O connector to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameter and route Length  Identification of Stackup Layers and arrangement of power layers Matlab, Labview

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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JTAG TAP Controller for Satellite On-board Configuration Monitoring and Control for Reliable System Implementation

OBJECTIVES

To design and develop JTAG Test Access Point (TAP) Control System that detects the devices attached to the JTAG chain and reads the device identification through a Microcontroller  Study IEEE1149.1 JTAG Protocol  Study of JTAG Tool Chaining for Multiple device access  Implementation of Design in Microcontroller  Interfacing the Microcontroller to the target board through JTAG  Interfacing the Microcontroller to PC through serial port for display of device ID and status Labview

PROJECT OUTLINE


Source Code, Design Files, Hardware Demonstration, Implementation and Design Documents

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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CCSDS based Packet Data extraction software of Remote Sensing Satellite Image Data

OBJECTIVES

To Design & Develop GUI based Software that will extract data from incoming packets of Imaging Satellite

PROJECT OUTLINE

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To extract data from data fields of incoming packets  Packets will be consist of pre-define format  Pre-define format include sizes of headers and its sub-fi elds, data field length and their complete specification will be provided by SUPARCO  Packets will be consist of either valid data or idle data identified through its header field  Data from valid packets will be extracted and discarded if idle packet  Generate and save text Files of extracted information  Keep Record of number of packets arrived, lost packets, missing data, number of valid and idle packets  GUI Development  Text file contains raw data of specified packet format will be given by SUPARCO. Also, detailed specification of Packet format will be provided Matlab , Visual C or other

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GUI Software developed on above mentioned software Complete Source Code Project Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Design and Development of CCSDS based Concatenated Reed Solomon Decoder & Viterbi Decoder along with deInterleaver Software

OBJECTIVES

To design and develop concatenated de-coding scheme based on Reed-Solomon Decoder(255,223) & Viterbi Decoder software along with de-Interleaver of depth I=5 • Study of Reed Solomon Encoder & Decoder • Study of Convolution Coding & Viterbi Decoder • Study of Interleaving and De-Interleaving • Algorithm Design of Reed Solomon Decoder • Algorithm Design of Viterbi Decoder • Algorithm Design De-Interleaver • Design implementation on VB, C or any high l evel language VB, C

PROJECT OUTLINE


• Source Code • Design Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Study of Reliable System Design Techniques like ( Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR)) for increasing the reliability of Embedded System in Space

OBJECTIVES

Case Study for the Triple Modular Scheme for Commercial grade Processor (PowerPC, intel) to increase the system reliability/Availability for Space applications • Study different Reliability techniques • Study of Space Environment and Reliability Hazards like (outgasing, Radiation effects) • Study of Single Event Latch Up and Single Event Failure Proposed Design for Space application using TMR scheme N/A

PROJECT OUTLINE


Study Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Design of Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) based scheme for PowerPC based Payload System incorporating DDR2 memory and FPGA based Endpoint Devices for LEO satellite

OBJECTIVES

To design an efficient and reliable Payload System f or LEO Satellite based on a high speed processor, memory and bus interface

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Study different Reliability techniques used in embedded systems particularly those related to Space applications • Study of Space Environment and Reliability Hazards like (outgasing, Radiation effects, SEU, SEL) • Proposed Design for Space application using TMR scheme Appropriate Software


Implementable TMR scheme including any source code(s), design files and simulation files

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Study of EDAC(Error Detection and correction) Scheme for DDR memory for space application

OBJECTIVES

Case Study for the Error detection and correction schemes for memory device with special focus on DDR memory

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Study different Error Detection and Error Controlling techniques • Study of Errors occur in memory read/write transactions • Proposed Design for Robust EDAC controller for DDR memory Matlab


Study Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Analysis of space and time (memory and processing) complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for star identification

OBJECTIVES

The task is to analyze the spatial and temporal complexities of pattern matching algorithms and to extend or modify them for optimization of star identification algorithm (already implemented) for star tracker • The students will be provided with the already developed star identification algorithm and the star catalogue as well as with the precise details of working mechanism of star tracker for attitude determination. • They will explore and analyze the different available algorithms for their temporal and spatial complexities and will optimize the best amongst them Appropriate Software, any high-level language

PROJECT OUTLINE


Comparison of results achieved through different algorithms. Optimal star identification algorithm

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING

Space Electronics

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Wind Resistant Stability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers

OBJECTIVES

To study the stability criteria for Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine under wind loading

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Literature review • Optimization of basic material properties • Structural configuration (base diameter, top diameter, taper ratio, thickness of material etc.) of tubular tower and their dependence on height of the tower • Finite Element Analysis (Static, dynamic and buckling) of different configurations • Report writing & presentation Ansys



• Optimized material properties • Parametric study of structural configuration • Report writing & presentation One Year

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Manufacturing and Assembling of Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine

OBJECTIVES

To study the different scenarios of manufacturing and assembling Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Literature review • Rolling of sheets • Flanges • Welding • Assembling Ansys



• Tapered rolling procedures • Welding procedure and characterization of weld properties • Design of welding jigs to control weld distortions • Flanges and their joints with tower • Procedure for assembling of tubular tower One Year

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