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EBEDDEDSYSTEMSACTIVITIES

@IISc

Mainac2vi2es

•  Researchinvariousdepartments

•  Developmentsupportforproducts

•  Supporttoincuba2onac2vi2es

•  Facultyledincuba2onandstartups

Researchareas

•  Systemdesign–  Designofembeddedsystems–  Verifica2onandtes2ng–  SOC–  SoGwareforembeddedsystems

–  Reconfigurablemachines....

•  Circuitandsensors–  Lowpowercircuitsforembeddedapplica2ons–  DesignofMEMssensorsandsensornetworkcomponents

–  Energyharves2ngsystems

Departmentsandareas

•  CEDT:Systemdesign(7)

•  CSA:SoGwareforES(2)•  ECE:LowpowerSOCandMEMs(2)•  IN:EmbeddedInstrumenta2onsystems(2)

•  ME:MEMssensors(2)•  SERC:Twofacultymembers:SOCandverifica2on(2)

LabsinEmbeddedsystems

•  Labssupportedfortheirrespec2veEmbeddedSystems–  Freescale,Intel,TI,Xilinx

•  LabsfordesignofVLSIwithallhigh‐endtoolslikeSynopsis,Cadence,Magma,Mentor,Coware,verifica2ontools....

•  MEMSdesignlab

•  Electronicssystemslabwithinstrumentstotestupto1GHzclockrates

•  PCBdesign,fabrica2on,andassemblylab•  IndustrialdesignstudioandDepartmentforproduct

development

ProposednewATOMBEDDEDLab

Productidea

Embeddedsystem

Hardware OS

DomainKnowledge

Applica2on

Thelab

Supportbythelab

•  DesignofHWorselec2onofexis2nghardwareop2mallyforagivenproduct

•  HWdevelopment,fabrica2on,andtes2ng

•  TypicalembeddedOSonhardware

•  Applica2ondevelopmentprocessandtools

•  Helpinpackagingincollabora2onwithanotherlab

•  Tes2ng,documenta2on

Satellitesofthelab

•  Domainlabs–  Sensornetworks– Handhelds– Automo2ve– Healthcare….

•  Analy2csinvariousareas•  Productdesignandfabrica2on•  Opera2ngsystemslab•  Hardware,co‐design,andverifica2onlabs

Outcomesofthelab

•  HWandSWforspecificsystems

•  Applica2onsincollabora2onwithotherlabs•  Supporttoentrepreneursasanincuba2onsetup•  Internsfromins2tu2ons

•  IIScstudentprojects•  Opensourcecourses:OfferingwithinIIScandelsewhere

•  Con2nuingeduca2oncourses:Bootcamps

IdeasforInnova2onCentre@CEDT

2009

Apr‐7‐10

Basicapproach

•  Partnerwithacompanyhavingaccesstoentrepreneurs,angelinvestors,businessmanagers,venturecapitalists….

•  Usestudents(MTech)andfacultyonlyfortechnicaldevelopmentforIPgenera2on

•  Provideinfrastructurewhereverpossible

•  Ifideaissuccessful,offerincen2ves–  Financial:One2meseclementwithentrepreneur–  Equityinthestartup–  Royaltyforafixedperiod…..

Apr‐7‐10

Processforincuba2onIdeas from CEDT, Outside, Entrepreneurs…

The filter

Business Models…

Technology

Selection committee Incubation

@ CEDT

Deal

Iterate

Apr‐7‐10

Capabili2es:Technologyspace

Energy generation & management

Embedded Systems

Networking & Telecom

Apr‐7‐10

Areasofinterest…1

1.  Personalareanetworksthroughcellphonesandad‐hocnetworkinga.  Personalsecurityb.  Personneliden2fica2onandaccesscontrolc.  Personalhealthcare

d.  Personaltravelanddrivingguidancee.  Synchroniza2onofdataacrosspersonaldevices

2.  Lowcostembeddedcompu2nga.  Foraccessdevicesb.  Forlowcostmachines(suchasATM)

Apr‐7‐10

Areasofinterest…2

3.  Informa2onsharingthroughsocialnetworkinga.  Audioandvideob.  Healthcarec.  Wildlifed.  E‐learningandtutoringe.  Publicinforma2onsystem

4.  Automo2vesystemsa.  Securityandsafetydeviceb.  Guidanceanddrivingassistance

Apr‐7‐10

Areasofinterest…3

5.  TechnologyforEnvironmentalmonitoringa.  Airpollu2onmonitoring

b.  Farmproduc2vitymeasurementc.  Forestmanagementsystemd.  Disastermanagementsystem

6.  GreenEnergySystemsa.  Distributedcleanenergygenera2onb.  Energymanagementandreduc2onc.  Phantompowerreduc2on

Apr‐7‐10

SomeCau2ousObserva2ons

1.  Studentsandfacultyarehardlyentrepreneurial2.  Risktakingisalmostnonexistent3.  Theyaretechnicallysound4.  Maydevelopproductfornearlyproduc2onlevel

5.  IIScfocusinonresearchandNOTmuchoninnova2onandproductdevelopment

6.  IIScincuba2onislargelyopenonlytostudents,alumnae,andfaculty…countertopoint1

IdeasforInnova2onCentre@CEDT

Anexample

Incuba2onPartner IISc

Idearecep2onfromlabsinIIScandexternalsources(webbased)

Commiceeforevalua2onofideasandpreliminaryselec2on

Quickprototyping,demonstra2on,first

leveluserfeedback,andideaselec2on

Ideasfromfacultymembers,students,incuba2onCentre

Tes2ngandevalua2on,Releaseofproduct

documents

IIScDigitalProductLabProductdevelopment,

Incuba2on

FinalSpecifica/ons,Timelines,

Businessmodels

Pilotproduc2on,Customercontactandfieldtes2ng,IPporjoliomanagement,Investor

contact....

Vision,Mission,Objec2ves,Areasof

interest

ProductLaunch

Facultyresearch

Productdevelopmentcycle

Finishedproduct

Researchandinnova/oncycle

AreasofInterest

•  ICTinEnergymanagement,u2liza2on,genera2on

•  WSNandICTinagriculture

•  ICTandelectronicsinhealthcare

•  ICTinAutomo2veSystems

DigitalProductLab(DPL)

•  SetupatIIScconsis2ngof– Embeddedlabs(possiblyincollabora2onwithotherslikeIntel,Freescale,Xilinx...)

–  IDLab(CEDTandCPDM)

– Rapidprototyping(CPDM)– Tes2nglabwithalltestfacili2es– Wirelesscommunica2onsystemslab...

UseoftheDPL

•  Fordevelopingproductsrequestedfromtheselec2onprocess

•  FordevelopingideasofIIScresearchers

•  Fordevelopingproductssuggestedbyothersandselectedbytheselec2onprocess

Somecurrentexamples@CEDT

SponsoredforIncuba2on

APOWERCOMMUNI‐CYCLE

Aplajormforresearchinvariousapplica2ons

April7,10

Objec2ves

•  InaBICYCLE–  ImplementaWirelessDelayTolerantNetwork(DTN)–  GenerateandManagepowerforthesystem(PVandphysical–goodoldDynamo)

– Managenaviga2on–  Gatherfielddatafromthefieldandenvironmentandactuateremotelyifnecessary

–  Allowsubsystemselec2onforagivenver2cal(applica2on)ofthecycle(likeacustommadeDELLcomputer!)

April7,10

ResearchPlajormMatrix

Health Care E-services Other applications

Power system

Communication networking

Environment Sensors

On-board Computing

Security system

Disaster management

Mobile infotainment

Instrumentation

April7,10

Theplajorm

•  ABicycle

•  CustommodifiedtocarryDTNandpowergenera2on

April7,10

Powersystem

•  Riderdrivendynamoupto12W

•  PVpanel;typically10TO20W

•  Baceryforstorage

•  Chargerformobilephones,laptops,otherelectronicgadgets

•  Bacerymanagementforop2maluse

April7,10

Communica2onSystemop2ons

•  Wifiaccesspointtoactasalocalhubandconnec2ontoawiredLAN

•  WirelessSensorNetwork

•  AbilitytoconnecttoahighspeedLAN,CDMA,GPRS,anddial‐uplines

•  FMtransmicer

•  AM,FMradioreceivers•  TVtuner•  DTHTV

April7,10

Sensorsop2ons

•  Weathermonitoringsystem•  Networkpresencedetectors•  Digitalcameras

•  GPSreceiver•  Smokeanddustdetectors

•  Ultrasonicdistancemeasuringdevice

•  Microphones

•  Pollu2onsensors

April7,10

Applica2ons

•  Mobilesta2onformonitoringparametersforagriculture

•  Mobilepollu2onmonitoring

•  Mobilee‐serviceprovider•  Mobiledisastermanagement•  Mobilehealthcare•  Mobilebroadcaster

•  Mobilee‐postservice•  ……………………………….

April7,10

E‐serviceproviderexample

•  Carryanddeliverdocumentsoflocalrelevance(landrecords,weatherdata,pricesofcommodi2es,variousapplica2onforms,…..)

•  CarryvoiceandvideomessagesusingDTN•  Provideeduca2onandentertainment“uploads”•  Providehighqualityphotographstorageandexchangeservice

•  …………………………….

SENSECSWITCH

Incuba2onproject

Apr‐7‐10

PowermanagementinBuildings

•  CurrentScenario–  Voluntary–  Manydevicesonpowerdrawingvampirepower–  Manyusershaveconflic2ngcontrolmethods–  OGennotneedbased–  OGennotbasedon“informed”energyusagepacern

•  Result–  Lossof5%powerandenergyduetophantomusers–  Upto30%excessusageduetoimproperandun‐informedusage–  Occasionalsafetyhazardsduetobadprac2ces–  Poormaintenance:basedinfailuresratherthanpreven2ve

maintenance–  Higherenergycosts

Apr‐7‐10

Safetyandsecurityinbuildings

•  Almostnoneinhomes

•  Somesecurityinpublicbuilding

•  Poorsafetyeveninpublicbuildings

Apr‐7‐10

SensorSwitch

•  Allswitchesarereplacedby“SensecSwitches”–  Switchespoweronandoffthroughasolidstateswitch–  Eachswitchiscontrolledbyawirelessaccessfromacentral“Energy

Manager”

•  Integratesafetyandsecuritydevicesinsensorswitches

–  Mangesafetyandsecuritybyanaggrega2ngdevice

•  AggregateEnergymanagerwithsafetyandsecuritymanagerintoonecontroller

Apr‐7‐10

Sensorsinswitches

•  Tempsensorforswitchtempmonitoring•  Currentsensor•  PIRsensor•  Camera

•  Smokedetector

•  Gasdetector•  …………….

Apr‐7‐10

TypicalScenario

Energy Manager

Smart Switch

Power grid cloud

Apr‐7‐10

SafetyArchitecture

IP Cloud

Apr‐7‐10

Systemfeatures

•  Energymanagement–  Controlsallswitchesbasedonprogrammableconfigura2on–  Aggregatesdatafromallswitches–  Generatesusagescenarios,powerandenergyprofilingofeachswitch,

providespowerandenergyanalysisforthebuilding….–  RemotecontrolthroughWirelessandWeb–  Configura2onthroughWebandhandhelddevice

•  Safetyandsecurity–  Receivesalldata,processing,connec2ngtoIP–  AlertstouseronsafetyandsecuritybreachesbySMS,Stream

pictures,alertstopolice….–  Ac2onbuconsthroughSMS,keypressing…..–  Integra2onintoSocialnetworkfor“neighbourhoodwatch”

AirQualityMonitoring

CiSTUP

Apr‐7‐10

Proposed“Pollu2onNetwork”

Internet Connectivity

Access point

Vehicles With

Sensor tower

Data Centre

Apr‐7‐10

TechnologyModules

•  SensorUnit

•  Datacollec2onnetwork

•  DataCentre

•  Simula2onandpollu2onprofiling

•  Websiteandinforma2ondissemina2on

Apr‐7‐10

SensorUnit

•  Sensors–  CO,Par2culatemacer,CO2,NOX,Temperature,humidity,digitalcamera,GPS…

–  Emissionsensors•  Datastorage

–  Capacitytostore1weekdata(1002mesperday,128bytespersample:100KBminimum,100MBwithpictures)

•  Wificonnec2vity–  Accesspoint

•  Powerunit•  Embeddedcomputer

Automo2veSafetyDevice

Anintegrateddevice

Apr‐7‐10

Productproposal

•  Anintegratedcomputerinautomobilewith– Camerasatthefrontandback

– Pollu2onsensors– Wifiaccesspoint– Mo2onsensor

– Speedsensor(typicallyanaccelerometer)– Ambientlightsensor– GPSreceiver

Apr‐7‐10

Applica2ons

•  Safetydeviceforvehiclereversing•  Providingimagesforsafecruising•  Videorecordingofeventsinroadatlowspeedorwhenstanding

•  Pollu2onandtrafficjamadvisories•  Safetymanagementbynetworkingwithothervehicles

•  Entertainmentthoroughnetwork•  Headlightmanagementbasedonroadcondi2ons•  Posi2onrepor2ngforsafety

Productdevelopmentforemergingmarkets

Someissues

Apr‐7‐10

PressuresduetoGrowingpopula2on

•  Drinkingwater

•  Food

•  Housing

•  Energy•  Healthcare

•  Educa2on

•  Agriculture

•  Transporta2on

•  Communica2ons:telephony,postalservice……•  Smallbusinesses

•  Banking

Apr‐7‐10

Thebusinessside

•  Growingpopula2onleadstoalucra2vemarket

•  Therefore,convertservicestobusinessesevenintradi2onalservicesectorslikeeduca2on

•  Therefore,servicesbecomeexpensive•  Limitednon‐renewableresourcesbecomeexpensive(landandwaterforexample)

•  Bothnotavailabletothoseatthebocomoftheeconomicpyramid

Apr‐7‐10

Other“growing”issues

•  Newthreats–  Spreadofnewdeceases:AIDS,Dengue,Ebola,Malaria,TB– Militancy

–  Globaliza2on–  Climatechange

–  Urbanmigra2on….

•  Needformorejobs

•  Equalopportunity•  Inclusion……

Apr‐7‐10

Whosuffers?

•  Thevic2msarethepooratthebocomoftheeconomicpyramid

Apr‐7‐10

TechnologyfortheBOP?

•  Crea2onofinexpensiveservicesthroughICT•  Costreduc2onofdevelopmentthroughopensources

•  Not‐only‐for‐profitopera2ons•  Rapiddevelopmentanddeployment

•  Usingscalingduetonumbers……..

Apr‐7‐10

Desiderata

•  Nosubsidyregime– Else,apermanentdependence

•  For‐profit– Scaledonnumbers– Reasonableprofits

•  Not‐only‐for‐profit– Reasonablereinvestmentforfuturebusiness– Nocompromiseinqualityofproductsandservices