EBEDDEDSYSTEMSACTIVITIES

@IISc

Mainac2vi2es
Researchinvariousdepartments Developmentsupportforproducts Supporttoincuba2onac2vi2es Facultyledincuba2onandstartups

Researchareas
Systemdesign
Designofembeddedsystems Verica2onandtes2ng SOC SoGwareforembeddedsystems Recongurablemachines....

Circuitandsensors
Lowpowercircuitsforembeddedapplica2ons DesignofMEMssensorsandsensornetworkcomponents Energyharves2ngsystems

Departmentsandareas
CEDT:Systemdesign(7) CSA:SoGwareforES(2) ECE:LowpowerSOCandMEMs(2) IN:EmbeddedInstrumenta2onsystems(2) ME:MEMssensors(2) SERC:Twofacultymembers:SOCandverica2on(2)

LabsinEmbeddedsystems
Labssupportedfortheirrespec2veEmbeddedSystems
Freescale,Intel,TI,Xilinx

LabsfordesignofVLSIwithallhighendtoolslikeSynopsis, Cadence,Magma,Mentor,Coware,verica2ontools.... MEMSdesignlab Electronicssystemslabwithinstrumentstotestupto1GHz clockrates PCBdesign,fabrica2on,andassemblylab IndustrialdesignstudioandDepartmentforproduct development

ProposednewATOMBEDDEDLab
Thelab

Product idea

Embedded system

Domain Knowledge

Hardware

OS

Applica2on

Supportbythelab
DesignofHWorselec2onofexis2ng hardwareop2mallyforagivenproduct HWdevelopment,fabrica2on,andtes2ng TypicalembeddedOSonhardware Applica2ondevelopmentprocessandtools Helpinpackagingincollabora2onwith anotherlab Tes2ng,documenta2on

Satellitesofthelab
Domainlabs
Sensornetworks Handhelds Automo2ve Healthcare.

Analy2csinvariousareas Productdesignandfabrica2on Opera2ngsystemslab Hardware,codesign,andverica2onlabs

Outcomesofthelab
HWandSWforspecicsystems Applica2onsincollabora2onwithotherlabs Supporttoentrepreneursasanincuba2onsetup Internsfromins2tu2ons IIScstudentprojects Opensourcecourses:OeringwithinIIScand elsewhere Con2nuingeduca2oncourses:Bootcamps

IdeasforInnova2onCentre@ CEDT
2009

Basicapproach
Partnerwithacompanyhavingaccesstoentrepreneurs,angel investors,businessmanagers,venturecapitalists. Usestudents(MTech)andfacultyonlyfortechnical developmentforIPgenera2on Provideinfrastructurewhereverpossible Ifideaissuccessful,oerincen2ves
Financial:One2meseclementwithentrepreneur Equityinthestartup Royaltyforaxedperiod..
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Processforincuba2on
Ideas from CEDT, Outside, Entrepreneurs

Business Models Technology

The filter

Iterate

Selection committee

Incubation @ CEDT Deal

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Capabili2es:Technologyspace
Networking & Telecom Embedded Systems

Energy generation & management

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Areasofinterest1
1. Personalareanetworksthroughcellphonesandad hocnetworking
a. b. c. d. e. Personalsecurity Personneliden2ca2onandaccesscontrol Personalhealthcare Personaltravelanddrivingguidance Synchroniza2onofdataacrosspersonaldevices

2. Lowcostembeddedcompu2ng
a. Foraccessdevices b. Forlowcostmachines(suchasATM)
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Areasofinterest2
3. Informa2onsharingthroughsocialnetworking
a. b. c. d. e. Audioandvideo Healthcare Wildlife Elearningandtutoring Publicinforma2onsystem

4. Automo2vesystems
a. Securityandsafetydevice b. Guidanceanddrivingassistance

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Areasofinterest3 5. TechnologyforEnvironmentalmonitoring
a. b. c. d. Airpollu2onmonitoring Farmproduc2vitymeasurement Forestmanagementsystem Disastermanagementsystem

6. GreenEnergySystems
a. Distributedcleanenergygenera2on b. Energymanagementandreduc2on c. Phantompowerreduc2on
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SomeCau2ousObserva2ons
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Studentsandfacultyarehardlyentrepreneurial Risktakingisalmostnonexistent Theyaretechnicallysound Maydevelopproductfornearlyproduc2onlevel IIScfocusinonresearchandNOTmuchon innova2onandproductdevelopment 6. IIScincuba2onislargelyopenonlytostudents, alumnae,andfacultycountertopoint1

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IdeasforInnova2onCentre@ CEDT
Anexample

Incuba2onPartner
Vision,Mission, Objec2ves,Areasof interest

IISc

Idearecep2onfrom labsinIIScandexternal sources(webbased)

Ideasfromfaculty members,students, incuba2onCentre

Commiceefor evalua2onofideasand preliminaryselec2on

Researchandinnova/on cycle

Facultyresearch

Quickprototyping, demonstra2on,rst leveluserfeedback,and ideaselec2on Pilotproduc2on, Customercontactand eldtes2ng,IPporjolio management,Investor contact.... ProductLaunch

FinalSpecica/ons, Timelines, Businessmodels

Productdevelopmentcycle

IIScDigitalProductLab Productdevelopment, Incuba2on

Finishedproduct

Tes2ngandevalua2on, Releaseofproduct documents

AreasofInterest
ICTinEnergymanagement,u2liza2on, genera2on WSNandICTinagriculture ICTandelectronicsinhealthcare ICTinAutomo2veSystems

DigitalProductLab(DPL)
SetupatIIScconsis2ngof
Embeddedlabs(possiblyincollabora2onwith otherslikeIntel,Freescale,Xilinx...) IDLab(CEDTandCPDM) Rapidprototyping(CPDM) Tes2nglabwithalltestfacili2es Wirelesscommunica2onsystemslab...

UseoftheDPL
Fordevelopingproductsrequestedfromthe selec2onprocess FordevelopingideasofIIScresearchers Fordevelopingproductssuggestedbyothers andselectedbytheselec2onprocess

Somecurrentexamples@CEDT
SponsoredforIncuba2on

APOWERCOMMUNICYCLE
Aplajormforresearchinvariousapplica2ons

Objec2ves
InaBICYCLE
ImplementaWirelessDelayTolerantNetwork(DTN) GenerateandManagepowerforthesystem(PVand physicalgoodoldDynamo) Managenaviga2on Gatherelddatafromtheeldandenvironmentand actuateremotelyifnecessary Allowsubsystemselec2onforagivenver2cal(applica2on) ofthecycle(likeacustommadeDELLcomputer!)

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ResearchPlajormMatrix
Power system

Communication networking On-board Computing

Environment Sensors

Instrumentation

Security system Health Care E-services Other applications Disaster management Mobile infotainment

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Theplajorm ABicycle CustommodiedtocarryDTNandpower genera2on

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Powersystem
Riderdrivendynamoupto12W PVpanel;typically10TO20W Baceryforstorage Chargerformobilephones,laptops,otherelectronicgadgets Bacerymanagementforop2maluse

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Communica2onSystemop2ons
Wiaccesspointtoactasalocalhubandconnec2on toawiredLAN WirelessSensorNetwork AbilitytoconnecttoahighspeedLAN,CDMA,GPRS, anddialuplines FMtransmicer AM,FMradioreceivers TVtuner DTHTV
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Sensorsop2ons Weathermonitoringsystem Networkpresencedetectors Digitalcameras GPSreceiver Smokeanddustdetectors Ultrasonicdistancemeasuringdevice Microphones Pollu2onsensors

April7,10

Applica2ons
Mobilesta2onformonitoringparametersfor agriculture Mobilepollu2onmonitoring Mobileeserviceprovider Mobiledisastermanagement Mobilehealthcare Mobilebroadcaster Mobileepostservice .
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Eserviceproviderexample
Carryanddeliverdocumentsoflocalrelevance(land records,weatherdata,pricesofcommodi2es, variousapplica2onforms,..) CarryvoiceandvideomessagesusingDTN Provideeduca2onandentertainmentuploads Providehighqualityphotographstorageand exchangeservice .

April7,10

SENSECSWITCH
Incuba2onproject

PowermanagementinBuildings
CurrentScenario
Voluntary Manydevicesonpowerdrawingvampirepower Manyusershaveconic2ngcontrolmethods OGennotneedbased OGennotbasedoninformedenergyusagepacern

Result
Lossof5%powerandenergyduetophantomusers Upto30%excessusageduetoimproperanduninformedusage Occasionalsafetyhazardsduetobadprac2ces Poormaintenance:basedinfailuresratherthanpreven2ve maintenance Higherenergycosts
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Safetyandsecurityinbuildings Almostnoneinhomes Somesecurityinpublicbuilding Poorsafetyeveninpublicbuildings

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SensorSwitch
AllswitchesarereplacedbySensecSwitches
Switchespoweronandothroughasolidstateswitch EachswitchiscontrolledbyawirelessaccessfromacentralEnergy Manager

Integratesafetyandsecuritydevicesinsensorswitches
Mangesafetyandsecuritybyanaggrega2ngdevice

AggregateEnergymanagerwithsafetyandsecuritymanager intoonecontroller
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Sensorsinswitches Tempsensorforswitchtempmonitoring Currentsensor PIRsensor Camera Smokedetector Gasdetector .

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TypicalScenario

Energy Manager

Power grid cloud

Smart Switch
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SafetyArchitecture
IP Cloud

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Systemfeatures
Energymanagement
Controlsallswitchesbasedonprogrammablecongura2on Aggregatesdatafromallswitches Generatesusagescenarios,powerandenergyprolingofeachswitch, providespowerandenergyanalysisforthebuilding. RemotecontrolthroughWirelessandWeb Congura2onthroughWebandhandhelddevice

Safetyandsecurity
Receivesalldata,processing,connec2ngtoIP AlertstouseronsafetyandsecuritybreachesbySMS,Stream pictures,alertstopolice. Ac2onbuconsthroughSMS,keypressing.. Integra2onintoSocialnetworkforneighbourhoodwatch
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AirQualityMonitoring
CiSTUP

ProposedPollu2onNetwork

Vehicles With Sensor tower Access point

Data Centre

Internet Connectivity

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TechnologyModules
SensorUnit Datacollec2onnetwork DataCentre Simula2onandpollu2onproling Websiteandinforma2ondissemina2on
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SensorUnit
Sensors
CO,Par2culatemacer,CO2,NOX,Temperature,humidity, digitalcamera,GPS Emissionsensors Capacitytostore1weekdata(1002mesperday,128 bytespersample:100KBminimum,100MBwithpictures) Accesspoint

Datastorage

Wiconnec2vity

Powerunit Embeddedcomputer
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Automo2veSafetyDevice
Anintegrateddevice

Productproposal
Anintegratedcomputerinautomobilewith
Camerasatthefrontandback Pollu2onsensors Wiaccesspoint Mo2onsensor Speedsensor(typicallyanaccelerometer) Ambientlightsensor GPSreceiver
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Applica2ons
Safetydeviceforvehiclereversing Providingimagesforsafecruising Videorecordingofeventsinroadatlowspeedor whenstanding Pollu2onandtracjamadvisories Safetymanagementbynetworkingwithother vehicles Entertainmentthoroughnetwork Headlightmanagementbasedonroadcondi2ons Posi2onrepor2ngforsafety
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Productdevelopmentfor emergingmarkets
Someissues

PressuresduetoGrowingpopula2on
Drinkingwater Food Housing Energy Healthcare Educa2on Agriculture Transporta2on Communica2ons:telephony,postalservice Smallbusinesses Banking

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Thebusinessside
Growingpopula2onleadstoalucra2vemarket Therefore,convertservicestobusinessesevenin tradi2onalservicesectorslikeeduca2on Therefore,servicesbecomeexpensive Limitednonrenewableresourcesbecomeexpensive (landandwaterforexample) Bothnotavailabletothoseatthebocomofthe economicpyramid

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Othergrowingissues
Newthreats
Spreadofnewdeceases:AIDS,Dengue,Ebola,Malaria,TB Militancy Globaliza2on Climatechange Urbanmigra2on.

Needformorejobs Equalopportunity Inclusion

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Whosuers?

Thevic2msarethepooratthebocomofthe economicpyramid

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TechnologyfortheBOP? Crea2onofinexpensiveservicesthroughICT Costreduc2onofdevelopmentthroughopen sources Notonlyforprotopera2ons Rapiddevelopmentanddeployment Usingscalingduetonumbers..

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Desiderata Nosubsidyregime
Else,apermanentdependence

Forprot
Scaledonnumbers Reasonableprots

Notonlyforprot
Reasonablereinvestmentforfuturebusiness Nocompromiseinqualityofproductsandservices

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