Course 2.

Basic Electrical Technology (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. L. Umanand
Centre for Electron Design and Technology
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Bangalore 560 012
Uttranchal, India
Email : ums@cedt.iisc.ernet.in
Telephone : (91- 80)

Off :

360 0810

Res :
Detailed Syllabus :
Lecture Title

Lecture
no.
1

Introduction
2
3
4
5
D.C Networks

6
7
8
9
10

D.C. Transients

11 & 12

Single Phase
A.C. Circuits

13

14
15

Topics to be covered
Sources of energy, Power generation: steam, hydel, gas, wind &
nuclear; Power generation in Indian context.
General structure of electrical power system; power transmission
& voltage levels; power distribution through overhead lines &
underground cables.
Basic concepts; concepts of linear, nonlinear, active, passive,
unilateral and bilateral elements; ideal and practical voltage &
current sources conversion from one from the other.
Kirchoffs laws statements & explanation with example.
Mesh current method definition of mesh & loop, advantage;
illustrative example.
Node voltage method Definition of a node, formation of
equations, advantage & illustrative example.
Delta-Star & Star-Delta conversion; necessity, equivalence &
relations; illustration with example.
Superposition principle statement, limitations; explanation &
illustration with examples; practical verification.
Thevenins theorem statement, advantages in case of complex
networks; explanation & illustration with examples.
Nortons theorem concept of duality; explanation & illustration;
practical verification.
Nonlinear circuits d.c circuits with one nonlinear element; its
solution with example.
R-L & R-C transients solution for current , voltage or charge as
a function of time; time constants; R-L-C transients under
damped, over damped and critically damped conditions.
Generation of single phase a.c. voltage and determination of
average (mean) and RMS (effective) values of voltage and
current with special reference to sinusoidal waveforms; Form
factor and peak factor for various waves.
Representation of sinusoidal time varying quantities as phasors;
concepts of reactance, impedance and their representation in
complex forms using j operator.
Steady state analysis of series R-L-C circuit & its phasor diagram.

18

Concept of power & power factor; expression of power in

complex notation.
Concept of admittance, susceptance in parallel circuits;
calculation of branch currents in parallel circuits.
Analysis of series parallel circuits & phasor diagrams.

19

Resonance in series and parallel circuits.

16
17

Lecture Title

Lecture
no.
20

Three phase
A.C. Circuits

21
22
23

Magnetic Circuit

24
25
26
27

Transformer

28 & 29
30
31
32
33

Rotating
Machines

34
35

Lecture Title
Three phase
induction motor.

Lecture
no.
36
37
38
39

Topics to be covered
Generation of 3-phase balanced sinusoidal voltage; star & delta
connections; line & phase quantities (current & voltage)
Solution of 3-phase star/delta circuits with balanced supply
voltage and balanced load; phasor diagram; 3-phase, 4-wire
circuits.
Measurement of three phase power by two wattmeter method;
phasor diagram with balanced load and determination of load
power factor from wattmeter readings.
Ampere circuital law; magnetic circuit & its similarity with
electric circuits; solution of series, parallel & series parallel
magnetic circuits.
Iron losses hysteresis & eddy current losses; relationship
between B-H loop & hysteresis loss
Energy stored in a magnetic field and force of attraction
between pole faces.
Constructional features and principle of operation; concept of
ideal transformer under no load & loaded conditions; its
equivalent circuit.
Practical transformer rating & its equivalent circuit.
Regulation definition & importance; derivation of expression
for it: Losses & efficiency, condition for maximum efficiency.
O.C & S.C. tests and determination of equivalent circuit
parameters.
Various types of three phase connections of transformers.
Autotransformer principle of operation & relative advantages &
disadvantages over a two winding transformer.
Introduction of general constructional features (stator, rotor &
air gap); conditions for production of steady electromagnetic
torque.
Multi polar machine & concept of mechanical & electrical angle
and their relation; importance of the relation n = 2f/p.
Expression for generated emf in a coil rotating relative to a field.
Topics to be covered
Elementary balanced 3-phase distributed winding & production
of revolving magnetic field; comment on its strength, speed
and direction of rotation.
Constructional features and principle of operation; types of
induction motors; definition of slip and its importance; relation
between stator & rotor frequencies.
Per phase equivalent circuit; relation between air gap power,
rotor copper loss and mechanical power developed; expression
for electromagnetic torque developed.
Torque-slip characteristic, stable & unstable zones;
modification of torque-slip characteristic for supply voltage,
rotor resistance and frequency variation.

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41 & 42
43
D.C. Machines

44 & 45
46
47
48

Measuring
Instruments

49 & 50
51 & 52

Basic principles of starting induction motor by direct on line,

reactor, autotransformer, star-delta and rotor resistance
starters.
Constructional features; elementary lap & wave windings;
parallel paths in armature circuit.
EMF & torque expressions and their uses in both generating &
motoring modes.
Classification of d.c. generators; characteristics of shunt,
separately and compound generator; armature reaction & its
effect.
Classification of d.c motors; characteristics of shunt & series
motors.
Starting of d.c shunt motor; 3-point starter for shunt motor.
Speed control of shunt and series motors; field of applications.
DC PMMC instruments constructional feature and principle of
operation; moving iron meters construction and principle of
operation.
Dynamometer type wattmeter; induction type energy meter
construction & principle of operation.

Course 17. Power Systems Analysis (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. A. K. Sinha
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal
Email : aksinha@ee.iitkgp.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-3222)

Off :

283088

Res :

283089, 277771

Detailed Syllabus :

Lecture

Topics to be covered

1,2

Introduction to Power System Analysis

2,3

Single Line Diagram and Per Unit System

4-8

Transmission line Parameters

9-10
11-12

Modeling of Transmission Lines

Steady State Operation of Transmission Lines

13

Review

14

Modeling of Transformers

15

Modeling of Generators and Loads (Steady State Operation)

16,17
18

Introduction to Power Flow Problem and Bus Admittance Matrix Formulation

Gauss-Seidel Iterative Solution

19,20

Newton-Raphson Method for Power Flow

21,22

Decoupled and Fast Decoupled Load Flow Solution Methods

23,24

Gauss elimination and Sparsity Techniques

25

Review

26

Introduction to Short Circuit Analysis

27

Symmetrical Components

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29-31
32
33,34

Sequence Networks
Short Circuit Calculations (L-G, L-L, L-L-G and 3-phase Faults)
Bus Impedance Matrix Formulation
Short Circuit Calculation Using Bus Impedance Matrix

35

Review

36

Introduction to Transient Stability Analysis

37-39
40

Swing Equation, Equal Area Criterion

Review

Course 19. Power Electronics (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. B. G. Fernandes
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Email : bgf@ee.iitb.ac.in
Telephone : (91-22)

2.

Off :

2576 7428

Res :

2576 8428

Fax :

2572 3707

Prof. Kishore Chatterjee

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Email : kishore@ee.iitb.ac.in
Telephone : (91-22)

Off :

2576-7472

Res :

2576-8482

Detailed Syllabus :
Module-1

duration- 2hrs

Introduction: Application of Power Electronics to :

1) Motor control with emphasis on Traction and Industrial Process control
2) Power Supplies - Revolution in Personal Computers UPS
3) Power Transmission - Facts Technology, HVDC
4) Chemical Process
5) Battery charging
6) Power extraction from non-conventional enery sources
7) Automotive electronics
8) High energy physics Evolution of Power Electronics
Days of Mercury arc rectification--forerunner of Power Electronics
Invention of SCR and its impact
Advent of Selfcommutated switches and their impact
Module-2

duration-3hrs

Structure of Power Electronics: How structurally power electronics differs

from low power analog electronics
Different types of switches
Power Diodes: from the viewpoint of an application engineer
SCR: Device structure, Static characteristic, dynamic characteristic constraints of

Turn on

and Turn off time, different relevant ratings.

Module-3

duration-2hrs

Diode rectifiers Applications: Power Supplies, Front end converter for ac motor drives,
battery charger, chemical process
1) Single phase Half wave with R load
2) Single phase Half wave with R-L load
3) Single phase Full bridge rectifier with dc link capacitive filter, issue of harmonics
4) Three phase Full bridge rectifier with dc link capacitive filter, issue of harmonics
Module-4

duration-4hrs

AC to DC controlled converters
Application: DC Motor Drives
Battery chargers
HVDC transmission
1) Single phase fully controlled AC to DC converter
i) Principle of operation: Issue of line commutation
ii) Continuous mode of conduction: expression for average
output voltage
iii) Modes of operation in the voltage-current plane
iv) discontinuous mode of conduction
v) analysis with R-L-E load, significance of R-L-E load
vi) operation as an inverter: constraints for line commutation
vii) Dual converter: motivation
Simultaneous and nonsimultaneous control
vii) input displacement factor, distortion factor, harmonics
viii) Effect of source inductance
ix) Requirement of snubber
2) Single phase half controlled converter:
operating principle,
input displacement factor
Modes of operation in the voltage-current plane
Module-5
Three phase half wave ac to dc converter
Principle of operation
Derivation of o/p voltage
issue of dc magnetization of the input transformer
Module-5

(1hr)

(3hrs)

Three phase fully controlled ac to dc converter

Principle of operation
Derivation of average output voltage
Derivation of displacement factor
Inverter mode of operation
Constraints of commutation in inverter mode
Effect of source inductance
Moduel - 6:
Limitation of Line commutated converters
Single phase unity powerfactor converter
Principle of switched Power power conversion
Bi-directional Power converters

( 4 hrs)

Module- 7

(8 hrs)

DC- DC Power Converters

Limitations of Linear Power supplies
Switched Power Power supplies ( Buck, Buck-Boost, Boost,
Cuk, Fly-back and Forward Convverters)
Transfer fucntion for these converters
Module-8
Motivation
DC- AC Power Converters
Principle of operation of Inverters
Half bridge, full bridge, three phase- six step operation,
voltage control, PWM techniques

8 hrs

Modeling and Simulation (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1. Prof. Laxmidhar Behera
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur 208016
Email : lbehera[AT]iitk.ac.in
Telephone : (91-512)

Off : 2597198
Res :

2598318

Fax :

2590063

2. Prof. Adrish Banerjee

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur 208016
Email : adrish[AT]iitk.ac.in
Telephone : (91-512)

Off : 2597991
Res :

Fax :

2590063

Detailed Syllabus :
Module 1
Need of Modelling , Types of modeling, Modelling Tools, Simulation Tools and
Methodologies
Module 2
Continuous Time Modelling, Dynamical System Modelling
Module 3
Discrete Time Modelling
Module 4
Differential / Difference Algebric

Module 5
Statistical Modelling Technique
Module 6
Non-Conventional Modelling Technique
Module 7
Simulation Case Studies using MATLAB
Module 8
Data Analysis, Visualization and Data Compression Methodologies

Course 30. Intelligent System (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. Laxmidhar Behra

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur - 208016
Email : lbehera@iitk.ac.in
Telephone : (91-512)

Off :

2597198

Res :

2598318

Fax :

2590063

Detailed Syllabus :
Course Objectives
1. Biological motivation to design intelligent systems and control
2. The study of control-theoretic foundations such as stability and robustness in the frame work of intelligent
control.
3. Analysis of learning systems in conjunction with feedback control systems
4. Computer simulation of intelligent control systems to evaluate the performance.
5. Exposure to many real world control problems.
Course Outline

Module I (9 classes): Biological foundations to intelligent systems I: Artificial neural networks,

Back-propagation networks, Radial basis function networks, and recurrent networks.

Module II (6 classes): Biological foundations to intelligent systems II: Fuzzy logic, knowledge
representation and inference mechanism, genetic algorithm, and fuzzy neural networks.

Module III (6 classes): Fuzzy and expert control (standard, Takagi-Sugeno, mathematical
characterizations, design example), Parametric optimization of fuzzy logic controller using genetic
algorithm.

Module IV (6 classes): System identification using neural and fuzzy neural networks.

Module V (6 classes): Stability analysis: Lyapunov stability theory and Passivity Theory.

Module VI (4 classes): Adaptive control using neural and fuzzy neural networks, Direct and
Indirect adaptive control, and Self-tuning Pill Controllers.

Module VII (5 classes): Applications to pH reactor control, flight control, robot manipulator
dynamic control, underactuated systems such as inverted pendulum and inertia wheel pendulum
control and visual motor coordination.

Reference Books
1.

Stanislaw H. Zak, Systems and Control, Oxford University Press, 2003

2.

A.S. Poznyak, E. N. Sanchez and Wen Yu, Differential Neural Networks for Robust Nonlinear

3.

Control, World Scientific, 2001.

Kevin M. Passino and Stephen Yurkovich, Fuzzy Control, Addison Wesley Longman, Menlo Park,
CA, 1998.

Course 37. Industrial Instrumentation (Video)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. Alok Barua

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal
Email : alok@ee.iitkgp.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-3222)

Off :

283032

Res :

283033, 278046

Detailed Syllabus :

Basic terminologies (range, span, settling time dead zone, input impedance...........), 1st order and second
order instruments with step, ramp and sinusoidal input/ output characteristics, Strain gauge,derivation of
gauge factor, strain gauge rosette, unbalanced wheatstone bridge, Link type load cell, beam type load cell,
ring type load cell and their sensitivities, Frequency response of link type load cell, Torque cell and its data
transmission (slip ring and radio telemetry), LVDT, phase compensation, phase sensitive demodulation,
thermistor and its linearization, RTD, its construction, three wire and four wire method Muller bridge,
Thermocouple, their relative comparism, cold junction compensation using AD590, grounded
thermocouple, potentiometer as displacement sensor, Capacitance as displacement and level transducer,
push pull arrangement, Pressure transducer [Bourdon gauge, diaphragm gauge (metal and
semiconductor) etc], all vacuum gauges, photo electric transducer and its application, Liquid in glass
thermometer, pressure spring thermometer, venturimeter, Orifice meter, pitot tube, Rotameter, Weir,
electromagnetic flowmeter, Hot wire anemometer, its phase compensation and expression of volumetric
flow rate or velocity in each case, Variable reluctance displacement sensor, tachogenerator, turbine
flowmeter. Measurement of viscosity, conductivity and pH of a liquid. Flapper nozzle system and Control
Valves.

Course 29. Industrial Drives (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. K. Gopakumar
Centre for Electronic Design & Technology
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Bangalore 560 012
Email : kgopa@cedt.iisc.ernet.in

Detailed Syllabus :
1.

Introduction
a. Classification of Electric Drives
b. Requirements of Electric Drives
c. Some Applications

(4 hours)

2.

Converters and control

a. Phase controlled converters
b. Four quadrant operation
c. Choppers
d. AC to DC converters

(6 hours)

3.

DC motor drives
a. Speed-torque characteristics DC shunt,
PMDC and series motors
b. Dynamic model
c. Speed and position control methods

(4 hours)

4.

Inverters and PWM techniques

a. voltage source inverters (1h)
b. current source inverters (1h)
c. PWM techniques
i. sine-triangle comparison (1h)
ii. harmonic elimination (1h)
iii. hysteresis current controllers (1h)
iv. space vector pwm
(3h)

(8 hours)

5.

AC motor drives
a. d-q model of induction motor (2 h)
b. constant flux speed control structure (2h)
c. vector control model
(3h)
d. vector control structure (3h)

(10 hours)

Course 33. Industrial Automation and Control (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. S. Mukhopadhyay
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal
Email : smukh@ee.iitkgp.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-3222)

2.

Off :

283066

Res :

283067,277466

Prof. S. Sen
Architecture & Regional Planning
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal
Email : ssen@arp.iitkgp.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-3222)

Off :

283224

Res :

283225, 277055

Detailed Syllabus :
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7.
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10.
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Lecture 1 : Introduction to Industrial Automation and Control

Lecture 2 : Architecture of Industrial Automation Systems.
Lecture 3: Introduction to sensors and measurement systems
Lecture 4: Temperature measurement
Lecture 5: Pressure and Force measurements
Lecture 6: Displacement and speed measurement
Lecture 7: Flow measurement techniques
Lecture 7: Measurement of level, humidity, pH etc
Lecture 8: Signal Conditioning and Processing
Lecture 10: Estimation of errors and Calibration
Lecture 3 : Introduction to Process Control.
Lecture 4 : P-- I -- D Control
Lecture 5 : Controller Tuning.
Lecture 6 : Implementation of PID Controllers
Lecture 7 : Special Control Structures : Feedforward and Ratio Control.
Lecture 8 : Special Control Structures : Predictive Control, Control of Systems with Inverse Response
Lecture 9 : Special Control Structures : Cascade Control, Overriding Control, Selective Control, Split
Range Control
Lecture 10 : Introduction to Sequence Control, PLCs and Relay Ladder Logic
Lecture 11 : Sequence Control : Scan Cycle, RLL Syntax
Lecture 12 : Sequence Control : Structured Design Approach
Lecture 13 : Sequence Control : Advanced RLL Programming
Lecture 14 : Sequence Control : The Hardware environment

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Lecture

15 : Control of Machine tools : Introduction to CNC Machines

16 : Control of Machine tools : Analysis of a control loop
17 : Introduction to Actuators : Flow Control Valves
18. : Hydraulic Actuator Systems : Principles, Components and Symbols
19 : Hydraulic Actuator Systems : Pumps and Motors,
20: Proportional and Servo Valves
20 : Pneumatic Control Systems : System Components
21 : Pneumatic Control Systems : Controllers and Integrated Control Systems
22 : Electric Drives : Introduction, Energy Saving with Adjustible Speed Drives
23 : Step motors : Principles, Construction and Drives
24 : DC Motor Drives : Introduction, DC--DC Converters, Adjustible Speed Drives
25 : Induction Motor Drives: Introduction, Characteristics, Adjustible Speed Drives
26 : Synchronous Motor Drives : Motor Principles, Adjustible Speed and Servo Drives
27 : Networking of Sensors, Actuators and Controllers : The Fieldbus
28 : The Fieldbus Communication Protocol
29 : Introduction to Production Control Systems
30 : Concluding Lecture

Course 35. Illumination Engineering (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. N. K. Kishore
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal
Email : kishor@ee.iitkgp.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-3222)

Off :

283060

Res :

283061

Fax :

277712

Detailed Syllabus :
Radiation, colour, eye & vision; different entities of illuminating systems; Light sources: daylight,
incandescent, electric discharge, fluorescent, arc lamps and lasers; Luminaries, wiring, switching &
control circuits;
Laws of illumination; illumination from point, line and surface sources. Photometry and
spectrophotometry; photocells. Environment and glare. General illumination design. Interior lighting
industrial, residential, office departmental stores, indoor stadium, theater and hospitals. Exterior
lighting- flood, street, aviation and transport lighting, lighting for displays and signaling- neon signs,
LED-LCD displays beacons and lighting for surveillance.
Utility services for large building/office complex & layout of different meters and protection units.
Diferent type of loads and their individual protections. Selection of cable/wire sizes; potential sources
of fire hazards and precautions. Emergency supply stand by & UPS. A specific design problem on this
aspect
1.) Radiation & colour 2 Lectures
2) eye & vision 2 Lectures
3) different entities of illuminating systems - 2 Lectures.
4) Light sources: daylight,
Lectures

incandescent, electric discharge, fluorescent, arc lamps and lasers 4

5) Luminaries, wiring, switching & control circuits 3 Lectures

6) Laws of illumination; illumination from point, line and surface sources 2 Lectures
7) Photometry and spectrophotometry; photocells 2 Lectures
8) Environment and glare 2 Lectures.
9) General illumination design 2 Lectures.

10) Interior lighting industrial, residential, office departmental stores, indoor stadium, theater and
hospitals 4 Lectures.
11) Exterior lighting- flood, street, aviation and transport lighting, lighting for displays and signalingneon signs, LED-LCD displays beacons and lighting for surveillance 4 Lectures.
12) Utility services for large building/office complex & layout of different meters and protection units
3 Lectures.
13) Diferent type of loads and their individual protections 2 Lecture.
14) Selection of cable/wire sizes; potential sources of fire hazards and precautions. Emergency supply
stand by & UPS - 4Lectures.
15) A specific design problem on this aspect - 2 Lectures.

Course 24. Embedded Systems (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. Santanu Chaudhury

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110 016
Email : santanuc@ee.iitd.ac.in
Telephone : (91-11)

Off :

2659 1081

Res :

2659 1606, 26512402

Detailed Syllabus :
1. Introduction to Embedded Computing
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Overview
1.2.1 Characteristics of Embedding Computing Applications
1.2.2 Concept of Real time Systems
1.2.3 Challenges in Embedded System Design
1.3 Design Process
1.3.1 Requirements
1.3.2 Specifications
1.3.3 Architecture Design
1.3.4 Designing of Components
1.3.5 System Integration
2. Embedded System Architecture
2.1 Instruction Set Architecture
2.1.1 CISC and RISC instruction set architecture
2.2 Basic Embedded Processor/Microcontroller Architecture
2.2.1 CISC Examples
2.2.1.1 Motorola (68HC11) Example
2.2.1.2 8051
2.2.2 RISC Example
2.2.2.1 ARM
2.2.3 DSP Processors
2.2.4 Harvard Architecture
2.2.4.1 PIC
2.3 Memory System Architecture
2.3.1 Caches
2.3.2 Virtual Memory
2.3.3 Memory Management Unit and Address Translation
2.4 I/0 Sub-system
2.4.1 Busy-wait I/0
2.4.2 DMA
2.4.3 Interrupt driven I/0
2.5 Co-processors and Hardware Accelerators
2.6 Processor Performance Enhancement
2.6.1 Pipelining
2.6.2 Super-scalar Execution

2.7 CPU Power Consumption

Lab Exercises on:
(i)
Digital Circuit implementation
(ii)
Hardware Description Language
(iii)
Assembly language Programming for different target processors
3. Designing Embedded Computing Platform
3.1 Using CPU Bus
3.1.1 Bus Protocols
3.1.2 Bus Organisation
3.2 Memory Devices and their Characteristics
3.2.1 RAM
3.2.2 ROM, UVROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory
3.2.3 DRAM
3.3 I/O Devices
3.3.1 Timers and Counters
3.3.1.1 Watchdog Timers
3.3.2 Interrupt Controllers
3.3.3 DMA Controllers
3.3.4 A/D and D/A Converters
3.3.5 Displays
3.3.6 Keyboards
3.3.7 Infrared devices
3.4 Component Interfacing
3.4.1 Memory Interfacing
3.4.2 I/O Device Interfacing
3.4.2.1 Interfacing Protocols
3.4.2.1.1 GPIB
3.4.2.1.2 FIREWIRE
3.4.2.1.3 USB
3.4.2.1.4 IRDA
3.5 Designing with Processors
3.5.1 System Architecture
3.5.2 Hardware Design
3.5.2.1 FPGA Based Design
3.6 Implementation
3.6.1 Development Environment
3.6.2 Debugging Techniques
3.6.3 Manufacturing and Testing
3.7 Design Examples
3.7.1 Data Compressor
3.7.2 Alarm Clock
4. Programming Embedded Systems
4.1 Program Design
4.1.1 Design Patterns for Embedded Systems
4.1.2 Models of Program
4.1.2.1 Control and Data flow Graph
4.2 Programming Languages
4.2.1 Desired Language Characteristics
4.2.1.1 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
4.2.1.2 Data Typing
4.2.1.2.1 Overloading and Polymorphism
4.2.1.3 Control
4.2.1.4 Multi-tasking and Task Scheduling
4.2.1.5 Timing Specifications
4.2.1.6 Run-time Exception handling

4.2.2 Use of High Level Languages

4.2.2.1 C for Programming embedded systems
4.2.2.2 Object Oriented Programming for Embedded Systems in C++
4.2.2.3 Use of Java for Embedded Systems
4.2.3 Programming and Run-time Environment
4.2.3.1 Compiling, Assembling, Linking
4.2.3.2 Debugging
4.2.4 Basic Compilation Techniques
4.2.5 Analysis and Optimization of Execution Time
4.2.6 Analysis and Optimization of Energy and Power
4.2.7 Analysis and Optimization of Program Size
4.2.8 Program Validation and Testing
5. Operating System
5.1 Basic Features of an Operating System
5.2 Kernel Features
5.2.1 Real-time Kernels
5.2.1.1 Polled Loops System
5.2.1.2 Co-routines
5.2.1.3 Interrupt-driven System
5.2.1.4 Multi-rate System
5.3 Processes and Threads
5.4 Context Switching
5.4.1 Cooperative Multi-tasking
5.4.2 Pre-emptive Multi-tasking
5.5 Scheduling
5.5.1 Rate-Monotonic Scheduling
5.5.2 Earliest-Deadline First Scheduling
5.5.3 Task Assignment
5.5.4 Fault-Tolerant Scheduling
5.6 Inter-process Communication
5.6.1 Signals
5.6.2 Shared Memory Communication
5.6.3 Message-Based Communication
5.7 Real-time Memory Management
5.7.1 Process Stack Management
5.7.2 Dynamic Allocation
5.8 I/O
5.8.1 Synchronous and Asynchronous I/O
5.8.2 Interrupt Handling
5.8.3 Device Drivers
5.8.4 Real-time Transactions and Files
5.9 Example Real-time OS
5.9.1 VxWorks
5.9.2 RT-Linux
5.9.3 Psos
5.10
Evaluating and Optimising Operating System Performance
5.10.1 Response-time Calculation
5.10.2 Interrupt latency
5.10.3 Time-loading
5.10.4 Memory Loading
5.11
Power Optimisation Strategies for Processes
6. Network Based Embedded Applications
6.1 Network Fundamentals
6.2 Layers and Protocols
6.2.1 Network Architectures
6.2.2 Network Components: Bridges, Routers, Switches
6.3 Distributed Embedded Architectures

6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7

Elements of Protocol Design

High Level Protocol Design Languages
Network Based Design
Internet-Enabled Systems
6.7.1 Protocols for industrial and control applications
6.7.2 Internetworking Protocols
6.8 Wireless Applications
6.8.1 Blue-tooth
7. Embedded Control Applications
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Open-loop and Closed Loop Control Systems
7.2.1 Examples: Speed Control
7.3 PID Controllers
7.3.1 Software Coding of a PID Controller
7.3.2 PID tuning
7.4 Fuzzy Logic Controller
7.5 Application Examples
7.5.1 Washing Machine
7.5.2 Automotive Systems
7.5.3 Auto-focusing digital camera
7.5.4 Air-conditioner
8. Embedded System Development
8.1 Design Methodologies
8.1.1 UML as Design tool
8.1.2 UML notation
8.1.3 Requirement Analysis and Use case Modeling
8.1.4 Static Modeling
8.1.5 Object and Class Structuring
8.1.6 Dynamic Modeling
8.2 Architectural Design
8.2.1 Hardware-Software Partitioning
8.2.2 Hardware-Software Integration
8.3 Design Examples
8.3.1 Telephone PBX
8.3.2 Inkjet Printer
8.3.3 PDA
8.3.4 Set-top Box
8.3.5 Elevator Control System
8.3.6 ATM System
8.4 Fault-tolerance Techniques
8.5 Reliability Evaluation Techniques

Course 9. Electromagnetic Fields (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. Harishankar Ramachandarn

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai - 600036
Email : hsr@ee.iitm.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-44)

Off :

2257 8408

Res :

2663 1863

Detailed Syllabus :
Electrostatics 16
1 Scalar and Vector fields 2
2 Coulombs Law and concept of Electric Field 2
3 Divergence, the Divergence Theorem and Gauss Law 2
4 Concept of Electrostatic Potential, Poissons Equation 2
5 Energy in the Field, Capacitance 2
6 capacitance of common two-plate capacitors, including two-wire capacitors 2
7 Dielectrics, dielectric boundary conditions 2
8 Solution of Laplaces Equation and Poissons Equation in 1-D. Capacitance calculations with multiple
dielectrics 2
Magnetostatics 12
9 Force due to a Magnetic field, Force due to combined Electric and Magnetic fields 2
10 Biot-Savart Law, calculation of Magnetic Field for simple coil configurations 2
Topic Lectures
11 Amperes Law 1
12 Magnetic flux, Stokes theorem 2
13 Magnetic materials, magnetic boundary conditions 2
14 Inductance calculations from phi=L*I, for common geometries 2
15 Force on a dipole 1
Slowly Time-Varying Systems 5
16 Frames of reference and motional emf. Faradays law 2
17 Stored energy in the magnetic field. The Inductance equation 2
18 Examples from electric machines and transformers 1
Time-Varying Fields 13
19 The Displacement current. Maxwells Equation 2
20 The wave equation in 1-Dimension 1
21 Solution of the wave equation. Plane waves 2
22 Wave propagation in vacuum and lossy dielectrics 2
23 Skin depth and frequency dependence of lumped elements 2
24 Energy transport by waves. The Poynting vector 2
25 Reflection at boundaries. Normal incidence formula. Impedence matching. 2
Total 46

References
1. Principles and Applications of Electromagnetic Fields - Plonsey, R. and
COllin, R.E., McGraw Hill. 1961.
2. Engineering Electromagnetics - William H. Hayt, Jr. Fifth Edition. TMH.1999.

Course 15. Electrical Machines 2 (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. S. P. Gupta
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee - 247 667
Email : sguptaad@iitr.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-1332)

Off :

285597

Res :

285038, 271225

Detailed Syllabus:
Construction of AC machines - Armature windings - emf equation - MMF of poly phase
windings, rotating magnetic field. - IM action, Generalized transformer - Equivalent circuit,
Performance calculation. - Testing, losses, efficiency - Torque, Power, and Power factor Starting, speed control and braking

- Single phase induction motor - Armature reaction in

induction motors. - Equivalent cage rotor. - Induction generators, line excited, self excited. Cascade connection, Induction frequency converter -. Harmonics and their effects - High
torque cage machines - Induction regulators, Linear induction machines - Magnetic circuit of
AC machines - Magnetizing and .leakage fluxes. Basics of induction machine design.
Armature reaction, - Equivalent circuit - Generator load characteristic - Regulation by emf
method. Regulation of alternators by MMF and Potier methods - Parallel operation of
alternators.. Generators on infinite bus bars, Capability chart of alternators. Electrical load
diagram. Determination of xd, xq of salient pole machines - Mechanical load diagram, O & V
curves - Regulation of salient pole alternators -Three phase and single phase short circuit on
alternators - Starting of synchronous motors. Synchronous condensers. Synchronous induction
motor. Principles of design. Reluctance machines

Course 11. Electrical Machines 1 (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. S. P. Gupta
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee - 247 667
Email : sguptaad@iitr.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-1332)

Off :

285597

Res :

285038, 271225

Detailed Syllabus :
Basic Theory, - Ideal transformer - Magnetizing current waveform. - Construction of transformers. - Effects of
harmonics and harmonic compensation - Practical single phase transformer, - Equivalent circuit - Variable
frequency operation. - Phasor diagram, - Regulation. - Switching surges, Mechanical forces in transformers Losses, Efficiency. - Parallel operation - Three winding transformer .- Polyphase connections. - Scott
connected transformer - Auto transformer - Transformer windings. - Tap-changing and voltage control - Basics
of transformer design

Construction of DC machines lap and wave windings - EMF equation - Torque equation. - Methods of
excitation of DC generators. - Commutation in DC machines. - Armature reaction, - Equivalent circuit. - Self
excitation of generators. - Characteristics of DC generators. - Parallel operation of generators. - DC motor
operation and characteristics. - Parallel operation of motors. - Losses in DC machines, Efficiency. - Brush less,
commutator-less DC machine - Starting, speed control & braking of DC.motors. Design of DC machines.

Course 5. Electrical and Electronic Measurements (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. V. Jagadeesh Kumar

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036
Email : vjkumar@ee.iitm.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-44)

Off :

2257 8380

Res :

2257 9380

Detailed Syllabus :
Lecture

Topics to be covered

1,2

Units of measurement the Fundamental units of SI, derived units, conversion

factors

2,3

Errors in measurement systematic errors propagation of errors

Presentation of data significant figures rules for rounding off

5,6

random errors treatment Gaussian distribution combination of random errors

7,8

Analog indicating instruments-the PMMC, rectifier, MI and electrostatic type meters

9,10

Electro-dynamic type watt meter, induction type energy meter

11,12

True RMS meters, PWM type wattmeter

13,14

Wheatstone bridge, Kelvin bridge, Megger

15,16

Maxwell bridge, Anderson bridge, Wien bridge and Schering bridge

17,18

transformer ratio bridge

19

Q meter

20,21

Vector impedance analyzer

22,23

Instrument transformers CT/PT

24

Measurement of errors of instrument transformers

25

Digital systems quantization

26,27

Counter timer

28,29

Analog to digital converters, flash, successive approximation type

30,31

Dual slope ADC digital multimeter

32,33

The CRT, analog oscilloscope,

34
35-37

Digital oscilloscope
Virtual instrumentation

Course 13. Control Engineering (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. S. D. Agashe
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Email : eesdaia@ee.iitb.ac.in
Telephone : (91-22)

Off :

2576 7411

Res :

2576 8411

Detailed Syllabus :
Introduction to control problem
Industrial Control examples. Transfer function models of mechanical, electrical, thermal and hydraulic
systems. System with dead-time. System response. Control hardware and their models: potentiometers,
synchros, LVDT, dc and ac servomotors, tachogenerators, electro hydraulic valves, hydraulic servomotors,
electropeumatic valves, pneumatic actuators. Closed-loop systems. Block diagram and signal flow graph
analysis, transfer function.
Basic characteristics of feedback control systems
Stability, steady-state accuracy, transient accuracy, disturbance rejection, insensitivity and robustness. Basic
modes of feedback control: proportional, integral and derivative. Feed-forward and multi-loop control
configurations, stability concept, relative stability, Routh stability criterion.
Time response of second-order systems, steady-state errors and error constants. Performance specifications
in time-domain. Root locus method of design. Lead and lag compensation.
Frequency-response analysis
Relationship between time & frequency response, Polar plots, Bodes plot, stability in frequency domain,
Nyquist plots. Nyquist stability criterion. Performance specifications in frequency-domain. Frequency-domain
methods of design, Compensation & their realization in time & frequency domain. Lead and Lag compensation.
Op-amp based and digital implementation of compensators. Tuning of process controllers. State variable
formulation and solution.
State variable Analysis
Concepts of state, state variable, state model, state models for linear continuous time functions,
diagonalization of transfer function, solution of state equations, concept of controllability & observability.
Introduction to Optimal control & Nonlinear control
Optimal Control problem, Regulator problem, Output regulator, treking problem.
Nonlinear system Basic concept & analysis.
Suggested Text Books & References

Gopal. M., Control Systems: Principles and Design, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Kuo, B.C., Automatic Control System, Prentice Hall, sixth edition, 1993.
Ogata, K., Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall, second edition, 1991.
Nagrath & Gopal, Modern Control Engineering, New Ages International.

Course 7. Circuit Theory (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. S. C. Dutta Roy

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110 016
Email : scdroy@ee.ac.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-11)

Off :

2659 1080

Res :

2656 1619

Detailed Syllabus :
Review of Signals and Systems
Network equations
Step Impulse and Complete Response
2nd order Circuits
Transform Domain Analysis
Network Theorems and Network Functions
Tuned Circuits
Two-port Networks
Elements of Realizability Theory
Positive Real Functions
L C, R C and R L Driving Point Synthesis
LC 1-port and 2-port Synthesis
Properties and synthesis of Transfer Parameters
Resistance Terminated L C Ladder
Network Transmission Criteria

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5
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3
4
2
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3
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Course 27. Power Systems Operation and Control (Video Course)

Faculty Coordinator(s) :
1.

Prof. S. N. Singh
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanpur - 208016
Email : snsingh@iitk.ac.in
Telephone : (91-512)

Off :

2597009

Detailed Syllabus:
1) Introduction (Characteristics of Modern Power Systems)

(3-4 lectures)

Physical Structure
Operation and Control Functions and Hierarchies
Design and Operating Criteria
2) Equipment and Stability Constraints

(12-15 lectures)

Capabilities and Constraints of Generators/Exciters/Turbines/

Network Elements (Lines, Transformers etc.)
Constraints of Energy Supply Systems
Load Characteristics
Introduction to Angle/Voltage Instability phenomena
Stability Constraints
3) Frequency and Voltage Control

(15 lectures)

Primary Control of Frequency : Governors

Secondary Control of Frequency : AGC
Voltage control : Automatic Voltage Regulators (generators),
Shunt Compensation, SVC
Introduction to Power Flow Control : HVDC, FACTS
Load Curves
Unit Commitment
Introduction to the use of Optimization Methods
5) Load Dispatch Centre Functions
Contingency Analysis
Preventive, Emergency and Restorative Control

(3-4 lectures)

6) Additional Topics relating to new developments

(3-4 lectures)