UniTI e-Newsletter for Indian Academia Texas Instruments

January 2012
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Forging Relations between Indian Universities and Texas Instruments

WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR (2012)!

Table of Contents
UniTI on Campus! Planned Events Two-day workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at SJCE, Mysore (Jan 11-12, 2012 at Mysore) Two-day workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller (Jan 18-19, 2012 at Bangalore) Seminar by Brad Ruzicka of Texas Instruments at Anna University College of Engineering, Jan 19, 2012 Two-day workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at SIT, Mangalore (Jan 23-24, 2012 at Mangalore) Seminar on Wireless Health by Gene Frantz of Texas Instruments and a One-day workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at BESU, Kolkata (Jan 27, 2012 at Kolkata) Seminar on Wireless Health and a One-day workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at IITKharagpur (Jan 28, 2012 at Kharagpur, West Bengal) Two-day workshop on ARM-based Embedded Platforms from Texas Instruments at NSIT, Delhi (Jan 29-30, 2012) Seminar on Whats that in your Pockets? Perspectives on Innovation by Gene Frantz and a half-day workshop on TIs MSP430 microcontroller at CDAC Noida (Jan 30, 2012 at Delhi) Seminar on How TI IC Technology impacts Cloud Computing by Gene Frantz at IIT-Delhi (Jan 30, 2012 at New Delhi) Workshop on Android on TI Platforms at CDAC, Bangalore (Jan 31 -Feb 3, 2012 at Bangalore) Learn with UniTI! January Quiz This quiz is focussed on C2000 microcontrollers here is another chance to win a prize! Solution of December Quiz New Products from TI SimpleLink CC3000 Wi-Fi that enables Low Cost, Low Memory, Low Power MCU systems University Program News ASLK PRO Available from Mikroelectronika TI India-sponsored MS Program in Analog and Mixed Signal Design at IIT Madras

 New book on MSP430!

UniTI on Campus! Planned Events

Two-day faculty development workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at SJCE, Mysore (Jan 11-12, Mysore) Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering will host a two-day workshop on MSP430 microcontrollers, in collaboration with TI India University Program and Cranes Software International Ltd. This Faculty Development Program will be useful to teachers who will teach a course on Microcontrollers, based on MSP430. Teachers from the region will be given priority. More details of this event are available on www.uniti.in (See the Event calendar).

Seminar by Brad Ruzicka of Texas Instruments on the topic Its great to be an engineer! at Anna University College of Engineering. Guindy Details will become available on www.uniti.in (Event Calendar) after Jan 6, 2012 Two-day faculty development workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at Texas Instruments, Bangalore(Jan 18-19, Bangalore) In collaboration with the Board of Studies, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka, TI India University Program and Cranes Software Int. Ltd will jointly host a Faculty Develop workshop on MSP430 microcontrollers. This Faculty Development Program will be useful to teachers who will teach a course on Microcontrollers, based on MSP430. Teachers from the region will be given priority. Please check the Event Calendar at www.uniti.in for details of registration.

Two-day faculty development workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at SIT, Mangalore(Jan 23-24, Mangalore) Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangalore will host a two-day workshop on MSP430 microcontrollers, in collaboration with TI India University Program and Cranes Software International Ltd. This Faculty Development Program will be useful to teachers who will teach a course on Microcontrollers, based on MSP430. Teachers from the region will be given priority. More details of this event are available on www.uniti.in (See the Event calendar).

Seminar on Wireless Health and one-day workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at BESU, Kolkata(Jan 27, Kolkata) In cooperation with TI India University Program and Cranes Software Int. Ltd., Bengal Engineering and Science University will host a seminar on Wireless Health by Gene Frantz, Principal Fellow, Texas Instruments, and a one-day workshop on MSP430 microcontrollers. The workshop is intended exclusively for students and faculty from Indian academic institutions. Please check the Event Calendar at www.uniti.in for details of registration.

Seminar on Wireless Health and one-day workshop on Low Power Embedded Systems using MSP430 Microcontroller at IIT, Kharagpur(Jan 28, Kharagpur) In cooperation with TI India University Program and Cranes Software Int. Ltd., Kshitij 2012 (IIT Kharagpur) will host a seminar on Wireless Health by Gene Frantz, Principal Fellow, Texas Instruments and a one-day workshop on MSP430 microcontrollers. The seminar by Gene Frantz is open to everyone, but the MSP430 workshop will be restricted to 60 participants. Please check the Event Calendar at www.uniti.in for details of registration. Seminar on How TI IC Technology impacts Cloud Computing by Gene Frantz (Principal Fellow, Texas Instruments) at IIT Delhi (Jan 30, 2012) at IIT Delhi) Details will be available on www.uniti.in (Event Calendar) after Jan 15, 2012 Two-day workshop on ARM Development Platforms from Texas Instruments at NSIT, Delhi (Jan 29-30) In cooperation with TI India University Program and Cranes Software Int. Ltd., NSIT (Delhi) will host a two-day workshop on ARM based embedded processors from Texas Instruments (Jan 2930, 2012). Gene Frantz of Texas Instruments will be a speaker at the event. Please check the Event Calendar at www.uniti.in after Jan 6 for details of registration.

Workshop on TIs Embedded Processor Platforms at CDAC, Noida (Jan 30, 2012) Speakers include Gene Frantz, C.P. Ravikumar, Anuj Verma from Texas Instruments. More details will become available on www.uniti.in (Event Calendar) after Jan 15, 2012.

Workshop on Android on TI Platforms at CDAC, Bangalore( Jan 31-Feb 3, Bangalore) In collaboration with TI India University Program, IEEE Bangalore and IEEE Circuits and Systems Bangalore Chapter, CDAC Bangalore will host a workshop on Android. Experts from Texas Instruments (India), CDAC, DigiKraft Technologies Pvt. Ltd. will conduct the lectures and hands-on sessions. This event is open to professionals, teachers, and students. More details of this event are available on www.uniti.in (See the Event calendar).

Learn with UniTI January Quiz!

This quiz is based on the C2000 microcontroller. An article on C2000 will appear in the January issue of UniTI newsletter, which can be expected to become online at www.uniti.in after Jan 15. Send the answers to these questions to Smriti Koolwal (smriti@ti.com) before Feb 1, 2011. Correct entries will be eligible for a prize. If we receive multiple correct entries, we will select a winner by lucky lottery!

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Rewrite the table below after matching the entries in Columns A, B, C, and D. Column A Column B Column C Column D Piccolo 80 MHz 1 MB flash High-end Drives Concerto 150 MHz 512 kB flash Electric Vehicles Delfino 300 MHz 256 kB flash E-metering Which processors are integrated in the Concerto multicore architecture? a. Two C28x CPUs b. Two Cortex-M3 CPUs c. A C28x CPU and an ARM Cortex-M3 d. A C28x CPU and an MSP430 CPU Which of the following statements are true for controlSUITE? a. We can use controlSUITE to find example projects carried out on C2000 platforms b. Installing controlSUITE on your PC will also install Code Composer Studio c. controlSUITE must be reinstalled periodically so that we get access to updates d. controlSUITE applies to all microcontrollers from Texas Instruments Power Line Communication refers to a. transmission of power on communication lines b. transmission of messages over power lines c. both (a) and (b) d. neither (a) nor (b) In which C2000 sub-family will you be able to find support for Ethernet MAC? a. Piccolo b. Delfino c. Concerto d. All of the above

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Solution to the December Quiz!

Here are the answers to the quiz which we included in the November issue of UniTI eNewsletter. Winners of the quiz are Guruparkash Kaur (Chitkara Institute of Engineering & Technology) and Sohail Alam (NIT, Patna) Congratulations! Your prize will reach you soon! Which of the following microcontrollers from Texas Instruments includes an on-chip implementation of Ethernet MAC and PHY protocols? (c) Stellaris 2. Beaglebone is based on which of the following embedded processors from Texas Instruments? (c) ARM Cortex-A8

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Recently, Google and Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Which TI embedded processor provided high performance for the operating system? (b) OMAP 4

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A Memory Protection Unit (MPU) present in TIs ARM-based processors is intended for which of the following tasks? (b) Ensure that access priveleges are properly implemented at run-time

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Hardware redundancy through two CPUs which operate in lock-step CRC for peripheral/network communication Error correction in on-chip flash memories and SRAM All these safety features are built into which of the following microcontrollers from Texas Instruments? (c) Hercules Cortex-R4

New Products from Texas Instruments

TI introduces low cost CC3000 Wi-Fi for MCU
SimpleLink CC3000 Wi-Fi is a self-contained wireless Wi-Fi solution that simplifies the process of implementing internet connectivity. SimpleLink Wi-Fi minimizes host microcontroller (MCU) software requirements, which makes it the ideal solution for embedded applications using any low-cost/low-power MCU. For more details: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/CC3000_WiFi_for_MCU

University Program News

ASLK PRO available from Microelectronika
Analog System Lab Kit PRO (ASLK PRO) with 14 experiments is now available from Mikroelectronika. http://www.mikroe.com/eng/products/view/790/analog-system-lab-kit-pro/

TI India-sponsored MS Program in Analog and Mixed Signal Design at IIT Madras

Are you passionate about Analog IC and System Design? Then consider applying for a Research Associate position in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras to pursue MS (by research) in Analog and Mixed-signal Design! This program is a joint initiative of TI India and IIT Madras. Research Associates will be eligible for a minimum salary of Rs 20,000/- per month. The students will have a chance to work on industry-relevant problems and fabricate a state-of-the-art IC. Research guidance will be provided by

faculty from IIT madras and experts from TI India. The admissions will be based on the performance in GATE examination, a written test and an interview. Interested? See http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/vlsi/tiiprogram/start for more details!

New Book on MSP430!

MSP430 Microcontroller in Embedded System Projects, edited by C.P. Ravikumar, has been published by Elite Publishing House (New Delhi). The book will be released in Jan 2012. The book compiles student projects carried out using the MSP430 microcontroller at Indian universities.

MSP430 Launchpad Student Workshops

STEPS (Coimbatore) can conduct two-day student workshops on MSP430 launchpad please contact N. Kavitha (skt@stepsmail.com) for details.

TI Deals!
Get discounted tools and kits from TI! TI Deals gives educators the chance to score great savings on easy to use development tools and kits. Right now, there is an attractive 50% discount on the eZ430-Chronos wireless watch development tool you can purchase it for only $24.50, plus free shipping from the TI eStore. Visit tideals.com to get started!

NEWS IN BRIEF
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