Er. Saban Kumar K.C. (M.Sc. in Engineering)

Lecturer and Research & Project Coordinator

Department of Computer and Electronics & Communication Engineering

er.saban@kathford.edu.np1

Contents:

• What is Electronics and Communication Engineering(ECE)?

• Scope & Application of ECE

• Job opportunities

• Major fields of ECE

• Subject Distribution in ECE

• Initiation by KICEM

• Perspective areas of projects for ECE students

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WHAT is Electronics & Communication Engineering?

The profession of applying scientific principles to thedesign, development & fabrication, repair &maintenance of Electrical/ Electronic Machines,Instruments and Communication systems.

Example: MOBILE/ TV/ DVD, COMPUTER, LAPTOPS, E-NOTEBOOKS,HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS, INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS, REMOTEMONITORING/ TESTING/ CALIBRATION etc.

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SCOPE & APPLICATIONS of Electronics & Communication Engineering?

• Wireless Communication• Satellite Communication• Internet Telephony• Nanotechnology• Teleconferencing• Embedded System• Wireless Sensor Networks• Optical Computing• Electrocardiograph• Display Technology• Advanced Optical Networks

• Brain Computer Interfaces• Thin Film Technology• Electronics Cooling System• PLC, FPGAs• GPRS• Fiber Optics• MEMS• Robotics• Radar• Milk Fat Testing• Speaker Recognition• Microwave Communication• Earthquake Monitoring• Remote Sensing• Advanced Processors

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Electronics & Communication Engineering Job Opportunities?• Various telecom companies like

NTC, Ncell, Smart Cell, UTL, Hello Nepal etc

• CAAN (Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal)

• Nepal Army

• Hardware freelancing companies

• Robotics Assocition of Nepal and Karkhana

• CG electronics

• Hospitals

• Various TV channels

• Academic Institutions

• Solar setup companies• Renewable energy companies• Banks and financial companies• Solar setup companies• Renewable energy companies• Banks and financial companies • Various hydropower companies• Biomedical instrumentation

companies• IT Companies

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Control Engineering

Instrumentation Engineering

Signal ProcessingTelecommunication

Engineering

Major Fields of ECE:

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Further Study in ECEThe specialization you can choose for your MS are:• Microwave and Radar Engineering,• Digital Systems,• Microelectronics,• VLSI Design, Optical Communication,• Applied Electronics,• Communication System,• Opto-electronics,• Communication Electronics,• Electronic Devices

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• Core courses

• Basic electronics

• Electronics device and ckt.

• Advance Electronics

• Propagation and antenna

• Computer Network

• Microprocessor

• Embedded system.

• Telecommunication

• Digital signal processing

• Signal analysis

• Communication system

• Filter design

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• Elective courses – Optical fiber communication

– Radar technology

– Aeronautical Communication

– Satellite Communication

– Bio-medical

– Remote sensing

– Multimedia system

Note: 55 subjects included elective and

projects.

ELECTRONICS (BEX) COURSES

CIVIL ENGG.4% COMPUTER

ENGG.13%

ELECTRICAL ENGG.

13%

ELECTRONICS ENGG.

45%

MECHANICAL ENGG.

9%

SCIENCE & HUMANITIES

16%

SUBJECT DISTRIBUTION IN ECE

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CIVIL ENGG.4%

MECHANICAL ENGG.

9%

SCIENCE & HUMANITIES

17%

COMPUTER ENGG.

28%

ELECTRONICS ENGG.

35%

ELECTRICAL ENGG.

7%

SUBJECT DISTRIBUTION IN BCT

Initiation by Kathfordto promote Electronics and Communication Engineering:

• Promoting affordable Admission Fee

• Kathford Research and Development Unit (https://www.facebook.com/Kathford-Research-Development-RD-1746738282268642/ )

• Xilinx University Program

• Robotics Club-RoboKath

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National Contest Hosting:

Activities of Kathford R&D:

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Interaction Programs:

Paper/Poster Presentations in International level Conferences

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Conduction of Workshops and Trainings:

LATEXTOT

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AVR Training-:

Video tutoring at Youtube:

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PCB Designing Sessions:

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Participation in National Events:

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Xilinx and XUP

• FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) and ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Designer and Manufacturer

• Headquartered at San Francisco, USA. Research units at Ireland, Bangalore, Singapore etc.

• Xilinx Offered the University partnership program called XUP which is provided to enhance the universities professor and student skill on FPGA and Digital Design.

• Sponsor Design Contests

• Research Collaboration

• For more info : Xilinx.com/university

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Image source :Xilinx.com

Xilinx University Program(XUP) CentersIn Nepal for FPGA R & D

In Association with

Facebook.com/digitronixnepal 18

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Basic Electronics Training By ROBOKATH

ROBOT Building and Participating in Events hosted By RAN

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Perspective areas of Project for ECE Students• Home and Industrial automation projects

• Robotics projects

• Security systems

• Military applications

• Medical application projects

• Energy and power saving projects

• Agricultural projects

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Common topics for projects

Sensor based projects• Alcohol, finger print, Infra red, humidity, temperature , sound, distance

etc

Examples: Automatic door opening using PIR sensor Distance measurement using ultrasonic technology Data Logger IR based obstacle detector Automatic lightning and cooling system

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Robotic projects• Environmental monitoring with mobile robot

• Solar operated robot

• Stationery pick and place robot

• Moving pick &place robot

• Wireless robot monitoring using RF.

• Gas detecting robot

• Line following robot

• Intelligent path finding robot

• Voice based humanoid robot

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Embedded system projects

• Finger print based door opening &closing system

• Air pollution monitor

• Automatic street light controllers with rtc

• Microcontroller-Based Two-Axis Solar Tracking System

• Microcontroller based appliance control

• Railway ticket booking using smart card and touch screen

• Embedded Based Intelligence Irrigation

• Micro controller performance for dc motor speed control system

• Microcontroller based password based door controlling system

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Wireless projects• GSM BASED PROJECTS

Tracking Using GSM Modem

Prepaid Energy Meter Using GSM

Wireless Heart Attack Detector Using GSM

GSM based home automation

GSM based notice display system

• GPS BASED PROJECTSvehicle positioning system

GPS based Blind stick system

GPS based data logger and real time vehicle tracking with GSM

• RFID BASED PROJECTSRF Based Temperature And Humidity Monitoring System

Rfid based animal tracking system

Rfid based security system

• ZigBee BASED PROJECTSZigbee Based Home Automation Management

Zigbee Based Water Pump Control For Farmers, With Soil Moisture Tester And

Hi-Tech Security System For FARM, Solar Powered.

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Basis of projects• Microcontrollers

-8051 based

-AVR based

-Aurdiuno based

-Raspberri pi based

-ARM based

• Hardware design (ALU, Counter, FSM) based projects using FPGA

• Simulation based projects using MATLAB

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Useful links For Projects

• Electronicshub.com

• Circuitstoday.com

• Projectsof8051.com

• Microcontrollerlab.com

• Engineergarage.com

• Ablabsolution.com

• Atmel.com

• Flipkarma

For Research papers

• Researchgate

• IEEE

• Sciencedirect

• Scholar.google.com

• Academia.edu

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BEST MAJOR/MINOR PROJECT-2017

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ECE Laboratories:

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References:• http://bishalbhandari.blogspot.com/2013/05/engineering-

opportunities-in-nepal.html

• https://www.plancess.com/jee-mag/electronics-and-communication-engineering-career-scope-and-growth-prospects/

• http://agcas.org.uk/

• https://www.cgc.edu.in/future-scope-of-electronic-communication-engineers-in-india/

• https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-courses-in-electronics-and-communication-for-a-masters-in-Canada

• https://www.quora.com/What-will-be-the-scope-of-ECE-after-2020-in-India

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Thank You!Faculty Members & Staffs

Dept. of Computer and Electronics & Communication Engineering

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