Vimantra 2012 Rulebook

VIMANTRA 2012 RULEBOOK 9th Annual National Level Technical Paper Contest
The Virtual Instrumentation Paper Contest for Science & Engineering Students
Email: vimantra2012@ni.com Call: 080-4119-0000 2011 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved. Product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
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VI Mantra - Introduction Abstract submission details Final paper submission details Right to publish form Sample Paper Format
VI Mantra - Introduction
Introduction VI Mantra is a national level Graphical System Design paper competition using the VI technology conducted by National Instruments, for the academic community every year. With participation from over 800 colleges across India every year, VI Mantra is rated as the best platform for academia to showcase their solutions in Graphical System Design. VI Mantra provides Students and Research Scholars with an opportunity to present their innovative applications in the field of computer based measurement, control and automation, to name a few. They are encouraged to send in implementations they have built to provide a practical solution to a problem using tools like NI LabVIEW, the software core to the Virtual Instrumentation approach. Guidelines It is a Technical Paper Contest We are looking for practical solutions to real-life challenges There are 2 categories Student and Research Scholar Student: Engineering or Science student pursuing graduate studies Research Scholar: Engineering or Science student pursuing post-graduate studies Teams can be individual or have a maximum of three members Professor Guides are not necessary though welcome Submission of both abstract and final paper should be in the pdf format to vimantra2012@ni.com Mentioning your category (Student / Research Scholar) while submitting is compulsory Preferred Font size Times New Roman, 12 Use of LabVIEW for written application is not compulsory though appreciated It is necessary that each team sends a completely filled and signed Right to Publish document along with the abstract submission
Prizes Student Category 1 Prize: Rs 50,000 + an interview opportunity for the NI Mentorship program 2nd Prize: Rs 30,000 + an interview opportunity for the NI Mentorship program
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Research Scholar Category 1st Prize: Rs 50,000 2nd Prize: Rs 30,000
Every entry will receive a participation certificate from us! Contact details Phone: 080-41190000 Email: vimantra2012@ni.com We are now on Facebook too! Judging criteria 30% Originality Is your idea creative and new? 20% Technology used What type of technology have you used to describe your application? 30% Relevance How relevant and realistic is the solution? 10% Successful How capable is the proposed solution able to address the problem? 10% Judges Remarks Overall judges remarks for the paper.
Abstract submission details

Submit your abstracts to vimantra2012@ni.com in a pdf format. Word limit for abstract = 500 The pdf should include the following details: 1) Title of the application 2) Contest category (Student or Research Category)
3) College Name 4) Name & details of the team members (Maximum team size is 3, Details include phone number and email ID of all team members) 5) Complete postal address of one (with pin code and city name) 6) Professor or Guides name (if any) 7) Problem addressed / Challenge identified 8) Abstract (Maximum 500 words)
Final Paper submission details

If your abstract is selected, you will receive a mail from us. Submit the final papers to vimantra2012@ni.com in pdf format The final paper should include the following details: 1) Title of the application 2) Contest category (Student or Research Category) 3) College Name
4) Name & details of the team members (Maximum team size is 3, Details include phone number and email ID of all team members) 5) Complete postal address of one participant (with pin code and city name) 6) Professor or Guides name (if any)
Final paper format The Challenge What was the problem you were trying to solve? The Solution What was the Solution to the problem? Can you highlight the benefits of using Graphical System Design? Introduction Can you provide an introduction to the Application? System Configuration Can you briefly describe the Application? System Implementation Can you briefly describe the System Set-up of the Application? Can you describe how the Software was implemented in the Application? Benefits of using Graphical System Design approach How much time, money, or both are you saving with the new application or system? Please be as specific as possible. Did you use any National Instruments products for your application? If yes, which ones? Any other information that you would like to include? Conclusion Note: Please provide us with high resolution visuals/pictures of your Application
Right to Publish form

To: National Instruments Corporation From: Author / Authors name: _________________________________ _____________________________________________________ College /Institute name: ________________________________ Address_______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Telephone: ____________________________________________ E-mail:________________________________________________ Description of work(s), to include all text and artwork: Manuscript provisionally entitled___________________________ Artwork provisionally entitled_____________________________ This document grants National Instruments Corporation the exclusive right to reproduce and disseminate, on a royalty-free basis and in accordance with the copyright laws, the above-described work(s) or any part thereof throughout the world, in any and all formats (print and electronic), in perpetuity, until such a time that NI receives written notice that the author has revoked such rights. Reproduction may include but is not limited to the following: Publication in National Instruments electronic marketing materials, including but not limited to the National Instruments Web site, Software Showcase CD, or individual software demonstration CDs; Publication in Instrumentation Newsletter; Publication as a stand-alone customer solutions article; Publication in National Instruments marketing materials, including but not limited to brochures, catalogs, or direct mail; Publication of entire text or excerpts and art provided in a trade or industry journal publication; Revised into a press release for media distribution I understand that each usage of the work(s) credits the author named above and includes the following copyright notice: 2012 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved. Product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies. Authorized Signature of Author or Authors Representative Printed or Typed Full Name
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Sample Paper format

Please note: The following is just an example of the type of paper expected by National Instruments for VI Mantra 2012. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and all papers undergo a compulsory check. If we find any evidence of plagiarism, National Instruments has the right to discontinue the participation of any candidate or team. Title of the Application: Detection of beetles in coconut trees using Acoustic Emission Technique Name of Institution: PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) Category: Student Author(s): S. Arunkumar, B. Gokul & R. Panneer Selvan (Dept. of Mechanical Eng) Guide: Dr. B. Giriraj, Sr Lecturer (Dept. of Mechanical Eng) NI Products used NI LabVIEW 7.1 NI USB DAQ 6009 The Challenge To develop a system for detecting the presence of red-palm weevil in coconut trees in order to protect them from weevil infestation as well as to medicate them at the earliest. The weevil infestation in coconut trees causes serious problems and they decrease the yield of the coconuts produced. The farmers find it very difficult to trace the infected tree in their own fields. The present method is visual inspection where in a farmer has to see for any symptoms like oozing out of an viscous brown fluid, extrusion of the chewed up fibers through the holes in the trunk of the tree, longitudinal splitting of the leaf bases and withering of the central spindle. In severe and later stages of the infestation the sound of gnawing and the breaking of fibers could be heard in silent environment. This system will detect the presence of the weevil inside the coconut tree at the earliest stage possible by using the acoustic emission technique.
The Solution The proposed system will detect the presence of the weevil in the beginning stages of tunneling the tree. The weevil, when it bites the tissues of the tree, liberates certain high frequency stress waves and these waves are above the audible range i.e., > 20 khz. An acoustic emission sensor is fixed to the tree and it is monitored using NI LabVIEW software. The frequency of the biting of the weevil is found earlier and it the sensor picks the frequencies from the tree and when it is matched with the frequency above said then there will be an indication in the front panel window. Introduction The biggest threat for the coconut trees for the past 50 years is the destruction caused by beetles like red palm weevil & rhinoceros beetle. Normally palms that fall in the range of 1 to 13 years are more susceptible to weevil infestation. The female weevil scoops out small holes in soft tissues of the cut or damaged parts of the coconut palms and deposit eggs there. The eggs hatch in 2 to 3 days time and grubs start tunneling to the live tissues of the palm. Feeding by a number of grubs or feeding by few in the bud region results in the death of the palm. Being an internal feeder exit holes are tunneled only at the time of pupation and the presence of the pest cannot be detected at an early stage. The symptoms manifested at the late stage of weevil infestation are the presence of holes, oozing out of viscous brown fluid and extrusion of chewed up fibers through the holes, longitudinal splitting of the leaf bases and withering of the central spindle. In severe and later stages of the infestation the sound of gnawing and the breaking of fibers could be heard in silent environment. Quite often the infestation would become evident only when the growing point of the palm is damaged and the crown is toppled. System Configuration The system setup consists of the following: Acoustic Emission sensor (PAC 30) NI USB DAQ 6009 Pre-amplification unit Power supply circuit (along with a rectifier)
In order to control the operations, a PC and a data acquisition (DAQ) card are used. The DAQ used in this project is NI USB DAQ 6009. The
DAQ 6009 plays an important role in monitoring the signal from the acoustic emission sensor to detect the presence of the beetle. NI LabVIEW 7.1 helps in interfacing agriculture and acoustic emission. The sensor is coupled to the tree by using an acoustic binder, eg grease. The output of the sensor in very weak and it has to be amplified and conditioned for further processing. So a suitable amplification circuit is designed and the signal is amplified. The output is given as input for NI LabVIEW and the processing starts. If the frequency is within the specified range then there will be an indication in the front panel window indicating the presence of weevil. The proposed system will detect the presence of the weevil in the beginning stages of tunneling the tree. The grub stage of the weevil has cutting and chewing mouth parts and when it bites the tissue, the tissue strains and the energy is liberated at certain high frequency. The waves are in the range above the audible range i.e. > 20 khz . For this an acoustic emission sensor is used to capture the sound released during the biting of tissue by the weevil. From the experiments conducted earlier the frequency of the sound produced during the biting of the weevil is found. Then suitable high pass and low pass filters are designed to capture for the specific frequency range. The system is controlled and monitored using NI LabVIEW software. A tree is monitored on a particular time and if there is any sign of weevil there will be a peak indicated in the output window from which the presence of weevil can be detected. The advantage of using this system is that it can able to detect the presence of weevil at its initial grub stage. But the present method of detection is possible only after 35% of damage caused to the tree. At that stage controlling the pest will not be effective. Also the annual yield drops drastically even though it is detected after 35% damage. Software Implementation The method of working is based on simple steps. The signal from the acoustic emission sensor is coupled to the amplification circuit. After amplification it is filtered to remove the unwanted signals and then the filtered signal is fed to NI LabVIEW program where processing is being carried out. The frequency of the input signal is compared with the frequency specified in the program and if they match, it shows the presence of the weevil.
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Fig 1. Front panel of the beetle detector
Benefits of using Graphical System Design approach User-friendly Reduces programming complexity Instruments can be virtually designed Errors can be easily identified and rectified
Specific capabilities The NI LabVIEW environment makes interfacing with any hardware measurement simple, besides quickly acquiring and generating signals as well as allowing configuration-based data acquisition. USB DAQ plays a very important role in interfacing the sensor to NI LabVIEW software for carrying further executions. Benefits of the Application The indication of the presence of the beetle will help the farmers identify the affected trees so that the necessary steps could be taken to medicate the trees and to prevent them from further infestation. Hence, a new system which is highly flexible, cost effective and simple has been developed using NI LabVIEW software.
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Conclusion The experimental investigations in NI LabVIEW show that the new system developed would be highly flexible and easy in detecting the presence of beetles. This new system will create a new era in the field of agriculture!
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VIMANTRA 2012 RULEBOOK 9th Annual National Level Technical Paper Contest

Research Scholar Category 1st Prize: Rs 50,000 2nd Prize: Rs 30,000

Abstract submission details

Final Paper submission details

Right to Publish form

Title of the paper Date

Sample Paper format

Fig 1. Front panel of the beetle detector

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