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With the mission to promote industry-academia collaboration SUPARCO has taken this initiative
to involve university students to undertake meaningful projects which could contribute
significantly towards fulfilling SUPARCOs objectives. As an incentive SUPARCO will recompense
a minimum amount of Rs. 10,000/- for successful completion of each project. A list of projects
along with level of assignment is tabulated hereunder:

Contact:
Ayaz Aziz
Member SUPARCO
member.ri@suparco.gov.pk

LIST OF SUPARCO PROJECTS FOR UNIVERSITIES

S. NO. PROJECT TITLE LEVEL PAGE
1. Student Satellite Project Faculty 5
2. Design and Analysis of a 1 MW Wind Turbine Rotor Graduate 8
3.
Software based onboard data handling simulator for
functional verification
Graduate 9
4.
CFD analysis of supersonic flow over slender cylindrical
bodies
Undergrad 10
5.
Damage characterization of composite materials under
impact loading
Undergrad 11
6. Design and development of Bit Synchronizer Undergrad 12
7.
Design and development of pitch & yaw control of
air/water pressure nozzle in closed loop
Undergrad 13
8. S-Band Frequency Synthesizer Undergrad 14
9. Implementation of AES Encryptor/Decryptor on FPGA Undergrad 15
10. Remote transfer of large images Undergrad 16
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11. Drought, Floods/ Environment related Studies Undergrad 17
12. Pitch Control of Movable Nozzle Model Undergrad 18
13. Smart-phone based GPS positioning Undergrad 19
14.
Modeling and autonomous control of wheeled robot with
obstacle avoidance
Undergrad 20
15.
Precise position and speed control of Dc servo motor for
variable load
Undergrad 21
16. SPI TO SPORT CONVERTER Undergrad 22
17. Moving target detection and locking with moving camera Undergrad 23
18.
Wireless Image and Video communication between DSP
and PC
Undergrad 24
19.
Development of Android based application for home
automation
Undergrad 25
20.
Design and Fabrication of RC PWM compatible drive for a
four wheel differential drive robotic platform
Undergrad 26
21.
Design of integrated wireless Video/Audio
transmitter/receiver of minimum 300 m range
Undergrad 27
22. Learning techniques of Analog DSP (21065L) Undergrad 28
23. DSP based high speed data Acquisition System Undergrad 29
24.
Development of calibration scheme for Strapdown
Inertial Navigation system
Undergrad 30
25.
A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data
during field testing
Undergrad 31
26.
Design of a Universal DC motor torque vs Speed
Measurement Scheme
Undergrad 32
27. Flight Simulator Software Undergrad 33
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28. Inertial Navigation System for low speed vehicles Undergrad 34
29. Remote sensing of physical parameters Undergrad 35
30. Stabilized Platform Controller Undergrad 36
31.
Implementation of JPEG2000 Image Compression
Software Using KAKADU_V2.2.3
Undergrad 37
32.
Design and development of CPLD board for generation of
timing signals for CCD sensors
Undergrad 38
33.
Design and development of speed and position controlled
platform for Linear Image Sensor
Undergrad 39
34. Design and development of high speed ADC module Undergrad 40
35. Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope Undergrad 41
36. Design of a Ritchey Chretien telescope Undergrad 42
37.
Power Management and Control System Microcontroller/
FPGA based
Undergrad 43
38.
Variable Switching Power supply of 5-30volt output @
6ampere
Undergrad 44
39.
DSP/FPGA implementation of Kalman filter based sensor
fusion algorithm for attitude sensors (gyroscope,
accelerometer/sun-sensor and magnetometer)
Undergrad 45
40.
DSP/FPGA implementation of high fidelity orbit
propagator
Undergrad 46
41.
Analysis of space and time (memory and processing)
complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for
star identification
Undergrad 47
42.
PCB Analysis of Vertex-V FPGA Board using HYPERLYNX
7.7
Undergrad 48
43.
JTAG TAP Controller for Satellite On-board Configuration
Monitoring and Control for Reliable System
Implementation
Undergrad 49
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44.
CCSDS based Packet Data extraction software of Remote
Sensing Satellite Image Data
Undergrad 50
45.
Design and Development of CCSDS based Concatenated
Reed Solomon Decoder & Viterbi Decoder along with de-
Interleaver Software
Undergrad 51
46.
Study of Reliable System Design Techniques like ( Triple
Modular Redundancy (TMR)) for increasing the reliability
of Embedded System in Space
Undergrad 52
47.
Design of Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) based
scheme for PowerPC based Payload System incorporating
DDR2 memory and FPGA based Endpoint Devices for LEO
satellite
Undergrad 53
48.
Study of EDAC(Error Detection and correction) Scheme
for DDR memory for space application
Undergrad 54
49.
Analysis of space and time (memory and processing)
complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for
star identification
Undergrad 55
50. Wind Resistant Stability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers Undergrad 56
51.
Manufacturing and Assembling of Tubular Towers of
Wind Turbine
Undergrad 57
52.
To Study Flow Characteristics around Straight and Curved
Fin Projectiles
Undergrad 58


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STUDENT SATELLITE PROJECT

Overview of Satellite Design

1. Introduction
Design and development of satellite is a challenging tasks, at one hand it involves the team
effort of multiple disciplines and on the other designers need to ensure that satellite will be
able to withstand and survive the harsh environment including temperature extremes,
radiations, shocks, vibration during launch etc. Till today thousands of satellites have been
launched for various applications such as Weather Forecasting, Television Broadcasting,
Communications, Internet Communications, Navigation, and Remote Sensing etc. For any kind
of satellite three components are required
Launcher (means to send it to desired orbit)
Satellite itself
Ground Station (means to control satellite and receive its data)
The brochure at hand gives an overview of satellite design and various aspects that need to be
considered. Simplified block diagram of a satellite is given below:

Figure: Simplified Satellite Block diagram

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SUBSYSTEM KEY TASKS
TECHNOLOGIES
Structure &
Mechanism
Provides mechanical support to all subsystems and provide means to change
the configuration such as deployment of antennas etc
Aerospace, Mechanical,
Mechatronics,
Power
Subsystem
Generates, Stores, Regulates & Distributes Electrical power to all equipments
on board. Solar cells along with batteries are commonly used.
Electrical, Electronics,
Mechatronics,
Communication
Subsytem
Receives command from ground, demodulates them and send to data
handling unit. Similarly it transmits payload and engineering data to ground
station.
Electronics, RF,
Microwaves
C&DH
Subsystem
Command & Data handling monitors on-board equipment operations and is
responsible for handling data.
Electronics, Computer
Sciences
AOCS
Subsystem
AOCS keeps satellite in correct orientation. It consists of sensors (Horizon
Sensor, Sun Sensor, Star Sensor, GPS etc ), actuators (Gravity Gradient
Boom, Magneto Torquers, Momentum Wheel, Reaction Wheel, etc) and
processor with controlling algorithms for correction.
Aerospace, Mechanical,
Mechatronics,
Electrical, Electronics,
Computer Science
Thermal
Subsystem
Maintains temperature of all equipment within allowable limits. It may use
coatings, insulation blankets, heat pipes or by using active techniques such as
heaters, louvers etc
Aerospace, Mechanical,
Space Sciences
Payload Payloads may be for Remote Sensing, Experimental instruments,
Communications. Generally they involve image acquisition, digitizing,
compression, encoding, processing, modulation, amplification, filteration and
communication.
Electrical, Electronics,
RF, Microwaves,
Optics, Space Sciences
Ground Station Communicates with Satellite, receives health data and sends command. Electronics, RF,
Microwaves,

Power Subsystem


Communications Subsystem



Communication Links
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1. LIST OF EXEMPLARY EXPERIMENTS/
PROJECTS
a. Satellite tracking experiment
b. Digital radio communications
c. Digital Store & Forward communications
d. Technology demonstration
e. Signal Intelligence
f. Remote Sensing
g. Etc.

2. SUPARCO INVOLVEMENT
a. Program Management
i. Student Project Manager and Chief Engineer
ii. Student Subsystem Teams
iii. Engineering support for some critical tasks.
iv. Providing critical feed-back

b. Faculty and Staff Engineering Mentorship (Know
How Transfer)
i. Faculty Principal Investigator
ii. Engineering Project Manager from Space
iii. Mentor Engineers for Subsystems (e.g. instruments,
structures, etc.)
iv. Faculty Technology Advisor

c. Engineering Mentorship, design reviews
i. Environmental Testing



C&DH Subsystem

Ground Subsystem

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PROJECT TITLE Design and Analysis of a 1 MW Wind Turbine Rotor
OBJECTIVES Development of rotor for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
PROJECT OUTLINE Literature Review
To generate blade and hub profile
Grid independence study
Validation of CFD results
Investigation of flow around blades
Calculation of loads on blade and comparison with BEM method
Blade and hub profile optimization
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Standard CFD Software
DELIVERABLES Methodology for the design of blade and hub profile
Solid model, grid, and solution files of design profile
Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Technology (ST)


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PROJECT TITLE Software based onboard data handling simulator for
functional verification
OBJECTIVES To develop a software based simulator system for onboard data
handling of a small remote sensing spacecraft (including pass
simulation)
PROJECT OUTLINE This simulator will use any standard remoting technique (like .NET
remoting or AS3 remoting) to access remote object (simulating
connectors) working on other systems connected using LAN. This
simulator should comply 4th Step of Simulation Steps i.e. Software
in Loop
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab/ C++
DELIVERABLES A GUI based software in which if one value changes(push button for
instance) on output pin of a connector the value is updated on the
input (LED for instance) of corresponding connector
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics

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PROJECT TITLE CFD analysis of supersonic flow over slender cylindrical
bodies
OBJECTIVES Aerodynamic characterization of slender nose-cone-cylindrical
projectiles
PROJECT OUTLINE Literature Review
CFD analysis of slender nose-cone-cylindrical projectiles
Grid independence study
Validation of CFD results with available experimental data
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Standard CFD Software
DELIVERABLES Solid model, grid, and solution files of all configurations
Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Technology (ST)


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PROJECT TITLE Damage characterization of composite materials under
impact loading
OBJECTIVES To study the impact resistance of composite material
PROJECT OUTLINE Literature review
Finite Element Analysis of impact loading using ANSYS LSDYNA
(Details of projectile will be provided)
Validation of FEA results through experimental testing (optional)
Report writing & presentation
Functionality will be damage characterization of wind turbine
blade, composite helmets, composite CNG cylinder etc
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
FEA Tool
Different composite coupons
Impact testing rig for experimental testing (optional)
DELIVERABLES Characterization of damage area w.r.t. projectile size & velocity
Area of plastic damage on composite materials based on their
type
Stress field due to damage & its role in subsequent life of
structure
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Technology (ST)


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PROJECT TITLE Design and development of Bit Synchronizer
OBJECTIVES To design and develop a bit synchronizer which can input
Manchester encoded serial data and output data in NRZ-L form with
a synchronized clock
PROJECT OUTLINE Input data bit rate: 32K,64K,128K,192K,256K,512K,1M(selectable)
Input data level: 0-2 Vp-p
Input data code: Manchester encoded data
Output data format: NRZ-L
Output data level: 0-5 V (TTL)
Output clock level: 0-5 V (TTL)
Output clock phase: 0 and 90 (Selectable)
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Logic state analyzer
DELIVERABLES A plug and play hardware system to fulfill the requirements
mentioned in specification table
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Design and development of pitch & yaw control of air/water
pressure nozzle in closed loop
OBJECTIVES To gain command over mechanical design and control of Electro
Mechanical system
PROJECT OUTLINE +/- 45 degrees angle of freedom in pitch and yaw, pot/encoder
mounted on each pitch yaw axes for feed back
Nozzle sizes can be chosen to ease manufacture and procurement
Linkage sizes etc can be varied to fulfill conceptual and functional
requirements
Simultaneous pitch/yaw operation (desired but not necessary)
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab/ Simulink/ Controls Toolbox
DELIVERABLES Functional model of pitch yaw control in closed loop
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE S-Band Frequency Synthesizer
OBJECTIVES Design and development of S-Band Frequency Synthesizer
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Basic Microwaves, Control Theory.
Study of Phase Locked Loop theory.
Study of different types of filters especially active filters.
Design and simulation
Development of hardware
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Network analyzer
DELIVERABLES Production of Local Oscillator on hardware with SMA connector at
the o/p port , Comprehensive Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Implementation of AES Encryptor / Decryptor on FPGA
OBJECTIVES Development of AES Encryptor/ Decryptor on FPGA
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Information Security and Cryptography
Study of FIPS PUB 197 standard
Selection of AES parameters
HDL Coding & Testing on FPGA Platform
Analysis of memory management, decoding delay
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Standard FPGA Kit
DELIVERABLES Timing Simulation, FPGA implementation and Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Remote transfer of large images
OBJECTIVES Secured and efficient transfer of large size imagery to a hand held
devices
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of large imagery handling in a limited memory environment
Remote streaming of large size imagery
Develop a data security mechanism over the air
Efficient handling of imagery using handheld devices
Develop multi tier application for remote access
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Appropriate standard software
DELIVERABLES Multi tier application along with algorithm, Comprehensive Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Application Research


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PROJECT TITLE Drought, Floods/ Environment related Studies
OBJECTIVES Environmental Protection and Damage Assessment / Adaptation
PROJECT OUTLINE Basic Studies about the Environment
Study of impact of Hazards Like Floods on Environment
Use of Satellite Remote Sensing(SRS) in Environmental Monitoring
Report on the existing conditions/ Recommendations
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Appropriate related imageries
DELIVERABLES Comprehensive report on the current state of the environment
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING SPAS/SAR Wing



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PROJECT TITLE Pitch Control of Movable Nozzle Model
OBJECTIVES To learn the Design and Development of Thrust Control Nozzle Model
PROJECT OUTLINE


A picture speaks thousand words. The picture above describes the
project outline

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Nozzle, Electromechanical Actuator, Torsion Spring, Gas Cylinder,
Piping, Fitting Components, Controller,

PRO/E , AutoCAD
DELIVERABLES Mechanical Hardware and Design Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Smart-phone based GPS positioning
OBJECTIVES The aim of the project is to develop android based application which
can transmit real-time position information from smart phone to
personal computer (PC)
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project, android based application will be develop which will
extract real-time position from the GPS-chip embedded in the smart-
phone and transmit this extracted position to the PC for real time
visualization
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Smart-phone
Android application development suite
Internet connectivity
DELIVERABLES Android based smart-phone capable of transmitting real-time
position information to the PC
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Modeling and autonomous control of wheeled robot with
obstacle avoidance
OBJECTIVES Development of control algorithm
Development of optimal path selection algorithm to cater
with obstacles
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project, the teams members will develop an autonomous 4
wheeled robot which accurately reaches target coordinates and
follows the given profile by taking the starting point as initial
position (0,0). In the presence of an obstacle, a search algorithm will
be devised to avoid obstacles and efficiently attain the target point
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
4 wheeled vehicle
Digital signal processor
C-language
DELIVERABLES Demonstration of four wheeled robot to follow the required
profile in presence of obstacles
Project report
Software

ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Precise position and speed control of Dc servo motor for
variable load
OBJECTIVES Development of control algorithm for speed and position control
The designed system is capable to achieve desired position and
rate with various loading conditions
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop the precise control
algorithm for DC motors under the presence of load (platform) to
accurately achieved the required position or rotating with various
rates given by the user, through an interface
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DC Servo Motors
DC drives
Development of an interface to command desired position or rate
C-Language
DELIVERABLES Demonstration of precise position and speed control of DC motors
Project report
Electronic circuit design and software
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE SPI TO SPORT CONVERTER
OBJECTIVES Develop a module that can facilitate interface between SPI device
and SPORT device
PROJECT OUTLINE Since there is no standard protocol or device that can facilitate
interface between two devices working on SPI protocol and SPORT
protocol respectively. So the main purpose of this project is to build
a module based on microcontroller or some integrated circuits that
allows the two devices working on different protocol to
communicate with each other in an efficient manner
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
SPI Device
Microcontroller
SPORT Device
DELIVERABLES Properly Working Converter module
Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Moving target detection and locking with moving camera
OBJECTIVES Development of image and video data acquisition and processing
software
The system is capable to lock moving object with still as well as
moving camera
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop the image and video
acquisition and processing algorithm implemented on DSP to
identify and lock the moving object with still as well as with moving
camera
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DSP board
Camera
Data acquisition interface
DELIVERABLES Demonstration of detection of moving object
Project report
Image acquisition and processing algorithm
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Wireless Image and Video communication between DSP and
PC
OBJECTIVES Development of wireless communication link between DSP and PC.
The system is capable to transfer data for range of 200m
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop wireless
communication channel to transfer image and video stream to PC
from a DSP over the range of around 200m. A GUI will be developed
for the display of image and video on PC
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DSP board
Camera
Wireless transmitter & receiver
Desktop PC
DELIVERABLES Demonstration of Video and image transmission over wireless link
Project report
Software
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Development of Android based application for home
automation
OBJECTIVES Development of Android based application for home automation
system for security and surveillance.
The system is capable to cover a range of 100m
PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop Android based
application for performing several applications from mobile set. The
applications includes image acquisition from camera, capable to ON
and OFF certain switches etc
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Mobile set
Camera
Wireless transmitter and receiver
DELIVERABLES Demonstration of designed application either using blue tooth or
through internet to perform several applications for home
automation
Project report
Software
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Design and Fabrication of RC PWM compatible drive for a
four wheel differential drive robotic platform
OBJECTIVES Design and software/breadboard testing of a RC PWM drive capable
of driving a four wheel differential drive vehicle

Fabrication and testing of RC PWM drive capable of driving a four
wheel differential drive vehicle
PROJECT OUTLINE Design of drive electronic and thermal design
Capability to operate the differential drive vehicles via
commercially available RC transmitter receiver
Capable of driving PMDC up to 60 Volts and 30 Amp per motor
Thermal design
Drive hardware box
Testing on real system
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Function Generator, Power supply,
Soldering Station, Bread board Proteus etc
DELIVERABLES Report on the design
Electronic hardware/box
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Design of integrated wireless Video/Audio
transmitter/receiver of minimum 300 m range
OBJECTIVES Design and simulation of wireless Video/Audio transmitter/receiver
which can work in 300 m line-of-sight range
PROJECT OUTLINE Transmitter capability of accepting A/V input from
camera/microphone
Receiver output in PAL/NTSC (colour)
Working range required to be 300 m line-of-sight
Testing of designed system on software and available hardware
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Oscilloscope, Multi meter, Function Generator, Power supply,
Soldering Station, Bread board Proteus etc
DELIVERABLES Design report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Learning techniques of Analog DSP (21065L)
OBJECTIVES To learn techniques for programming of Digital Signal
Processor(21065L)
PROJECT OUTLINE Introduction to VDSP++ and ADSP (21065L)
How to create a new project
What are bios functions
Comparison to C language (loops/conditions/data types etc)
Memory architecture
SPORT architecture
IO flags architecture
UART architecture
etc. Practical Programming of DSP
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
DSP Development Board ADSP-21065L, Visual DSP++ 5.0, A PC with
serial port. , Power Supply and Required Cables
DELIVERABLES Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE DSP based high speed data Acquisition System
OBJECTIVES Design and development of a data acquisition system by using DSP
(21065L) and 16 bit ADC (AD73360)
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of DSP and ADC
Hardware Design
Hardware and software Development
Testing
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab, Labview
DELIVERABLES DAQ System circuit and software
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Development of calibration scheme for Strapdown Inertial
Navigation system
OBJECTIVES Development of calibration scheme for INS having DTGs and
Pendulous accelerometers in orthogonal configuration with
reference surfaces
PROJECT OUTLINE Error Model of Inertial sensors
Rate Calibration
Position Calibration
Computation
Software Development
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab, Labview
DELIVERABLES Calibration Scheme Software
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data
during field testing
OBJECTIVES A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data during field
testing
PROJECT OUTLINE Programming of u-controller
Software development for PC interfacing
Development of hardware for data acquisition
Data Processing & representation
Field Testing
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab, Labview, C
DELIVERABLES Hardware + Software
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Design of a Universal DC motor torque vs Speed
Measurement Scheme
OBJECTIVES Familiarization of different motors and to gain command over
mechanical design and control of Electro Mechanical system
PROJECT OUTLINE Project involves design of DC motor torque and speed
measurement rig
Design will be based on testing of low profile DC motors
Motors will be tested around an angle of 40 Degrees
Torque and speed sensors should be utilized for measurement
feedback
Torque testing range is around 150 Nm
Completion time will depend on number of students working and
time available to them (tentative is about 4-6 months)
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab
DELIVERABLES Functional model
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Flight Simulator Software
OBJECTIVES Software development of 6 DOF flight simulator
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of 6 Degree of freedom motion
Study of Flight simulator
Study of different programming environment
Software development
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab, Labview
DELIVERABLES Design report and software
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Inertial Navigation System for low speed vehicles
OBJECTIVES Develop an inertial navigation system algorithm in embedded
system using inertial sensor data
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of inertial sensors
Study of navigation principles
Study of embedded systems
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab
DELIVERABLES Navigation algorithm
Embedded system code for navigation algorithm
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Remote sensing of physical parameters
OBJECTIVES To acquire data with time from different sensors from remote
location and transmit them through serial link and plot them on GUI
in real time
PROJECT OUTLINE Number of sensors: Minimum 20
Sampling rate: 100 Hz
Resolution: 12-bit
Distance b/w sensor and monitoring station: 500 meter on wire
and 100 meter on RF
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Appropriate software
DELIVERABLES A GUI based system with real time data acquisition from different
sensors in some remote locations
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Stabilized Platform Controller
OBJECTIVES To design and develop Electro-Mechanical/Hydraulic System to
stabilize the platform
PROJECT OUTLINE A mechanical system may be designed to realize the balance
platform and mechanism to control it
Operating conditions like pressure, temperature, and humidity
must be defined
Define operating ranges like maximum tilt angle, accuracy,
resolution, precision, refresh rate, settling time
User friendly interface and control (GUI)
Load limits (Maximum mass and its mounting precautions like CG,
center of mass, dimensions of payload to be fixed/ mounted on
platform)
Operating voltage is 24~36 Volt DC
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Appropriate software
DELIVERABLES A stabilized platform capable of stabilizing itself for with in defined
range of tilt angle
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING R&IW


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PROJECT TITLE Implementation of JPEG2000 Image Compression Software
Using KAKADU_V2.2.3
OBJECTIVES Software development for JPEG2000 Image Compression and
Decompression
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Image Compression Techniques and MATLAB Image
Compression Toolbox
Perform lossless image compression on image (Gray Scale/ Single
Channel) and save the file into .jp2 standard.
In the next step the software would take .jp2 file as input and
perform image decompression and display in the GUI
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Appropriate software, C++
DELIVERABLES GUI based comprehensive design software with proper display,
image size, compression ratio, PSNR of image after
compression/decompression, number of tiles, number of code
blocks, type of filter used
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Design and development of CPLD board for generation of
timing signals for CCD sensors
OBJECTIVES It is required to design and Develop a CPLD board for clock signal
generation up-to 10 MHz
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of CPLD
Familiarization with High speed PCB Design Software like Orcad,
DXP Protel
Programming of CPLD
Design of PCB for Clock signal Generation
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Orcad, DXP Protel
DELIVERABLES The board should be capable of generating 10 different signals at 10
MHz output
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
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PROJECT TITLE Design and development of speed and position controlled
platform for Linear Image Sensor
OBJECTIVES It is required to design and develop a speed and position controlled
stable platform for mounting of Imaging sensor
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Linear CCD Sensor
Study of Servo Motors
Development of Control Circuitry for Servo Motor
Design and Development of the Platform for Imaging Sensor
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Labview
DELIVERABLES The platform should be capable to move smoothly at a speed of 2
mm/s to 20 mm/s and scan an area of 600mm.
Bi-directional control is required
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
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PROJECT TITLE Design and development of high speed ADC module
OBJECTIVES To design and develop a high speed ADC module for image
acquisition
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Linear CCD Sensor
Study of High speed A/D techniques
Familiarization with Orcad or Protel DXP
Design of PCB for ADC
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Orcad, Protel DXP
DELIVERABLES The ADC should be able to convert analog output of sensor module
to digital data @ 10 M Sample/s
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope
OBJECTIVES Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope by selecting and applying
most efficient ray tracing technique and validation of the design
using OSLO
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of various telescope designs and their application, mainly
focusing on space telescopes
Selection of efficient ray tracing technique and design of optical
layout accordingly
Familiarization with Optical design Software OSLO
Design of Optical telescope on software
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
OSLO
DELIVERABLES Optical layout of telescope (OSLO or ZEMAX file)
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Design of a Ritchey Chretien telescope
OBJECTIVES Design of a Ritchey Cretin telescope by selecting and applying most
efficient ray tracing technique using OSLO. (Specifications will be
provided)
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of various telescope designs and their application, mainly
focusing on space telescopes.
Selection of efficient ray tracing technique and design of optical
layout accordingly.
Familiarization with Optical design Software ZEMAX/ OSLO
Design of Optical telescope on software
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
ZEMAX, OSLO
DELIVERABLES Optical layout of telescope (OSLO or ZEMAX file)
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Power Management and Control System Microcontroller/
FPGA based
OBJECTIVES Design & Development of Microcontroller/FPGA based Power
Management and Control System
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Satellite Power System
Design of power management scheme
Simulation of management in Matlab
Development of code
Development of Hardware
Testing of developed system
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab
DELIVERABLES Simulations, coding and Hardware
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Variable Switching Power supply of 5-30volt output @
6ampere
OBJECTIVES Design & Development of Variable Switching Power supply of 5-
30volt output @ 6ampere
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of switching regulators.
Simulation of switching supply
Development of Hardware and Software
Testing of developed system
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab, Labview
DELIVERABLES Simulations , coding and Hardware
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE DSP/FPGA implementation of Kalman filter based sensor
fusion algorithm for attitude sensors (gyroscope,
accelerometer/sun-sensor and magnetometer)
OBJECTIVES The task incorporates the implementation of the attitude estimation
algorithm (already developed) on a DSP/FPGA platform and
optimizing its performance
PROJECT OUTLINE The students will be provided with the already developed
MATLAB code and preliminary instructions on the hardware
design.
They will use suitable DSP/ FPGA commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
based technologies for system implementation.
MEMS based and COTS sensors will be used for the purpose
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab
DELIVERABLES Properly formatted code generation and optimization of the code
for platform specific requirements.
Complete working hardware implementation for validating the
implemented algorithm
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE DSP/FPGA implementation of high fidelity orbit propagator
OBJECTIVES The task incorporates the implementation of the mentioned
algorithm (already developed) on a DSP/FPGA platform and
optimizing its performance according to the platform
PROJECT OUTLINE The students will be provided with the already developed
MATLAB code and preliminary instructions on the hardware
design.
They will use suitable DSP/ FPGA commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
based technologies for system implementation
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab
DELIVERABLES Properly formatted code generation and optimization of the code
for platform specific requirements
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Analysis of space and time (memory and processing)
complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for
star identification
OBJECTIVES The task is to analyze the spatial and temporal complexities of
pattern matching algorithms and to extend or modify them for
optimization of star identification algorithm (already implemented)
for star tracker
PROJECT OUTLINE The students will be provided with the already developed star
identification algorithm and the star catalogue as well as with the
precise details of working mechanism of star tracker for attitude
determination
They will explore and analyze the different available algorithms
for their temporal and spatial complexities and will optimize the
best amongst them
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Appropriate Software
DELIVERABLES Comparison of results achieved through different algorithms.
Optimal star identification algorithm
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE PCB Analysis of Vertex-V FPGA Board using HYPERLYNX 7.7
OBJECTIVES PCB ANALYSIS OF VERTEX-V FPGA BOARD using HYPERLYNX 7.7
PROJECT OUTLINE EMI EMC Analysis using Hyper lynx Software
Pre-Layout Analysis
DDR2 to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameters
PCIE to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameters and
route length
High Speed I/O connector to FPGA Route estimation with
optimized S-Parameter and route Length
Identification of Stackup Layers and arrangement of power layers
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab, Labview
DELIVERABLES A report of S-parameters and SI analysis of FPGA Based board
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE JTAG TAP Controller for Satellite On-board Configuration
Monitoring and Control for Reliable System Implementation
OBJECTIVES To design and develop JTAG Test Access Point (TAP) Control System
that detects the devices attached to the JTAG chain and reads the
device identification through a Microcontroller
PROJECT OUTLINE Study IEEE1149.1 JTAG Protocol
Study of JTAG Tool Chaining for Multiple device access
Implementation of Design in Microcontroller
Interfacing the Microcontroller to the target board through JTAG
Interfacing the Microcontroller to PC through serial port for
display of device ID and status
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Labview
DELIVERABLES Source Code, Design Files, Hardware Demonstration,
Implementation and Design Documents
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE CCSDS based Packet Data extraction software of Remote
Sensing Satellite Image Data
OBJECTIVES To Design & Develop GUI based Software that will extract data from
incoming packets of Imaging Satellite
PROJECT OUTLINE To extract data from data fields of incoming packets
Packets will be consist of pre-define format
Pre-define format include sizes of headers and its sub-fields, data
field length and their complete specification will be provided by
SUPARCO
Packets will be consist of either valid data or idle data identified
through its header field
Data from valid packets will be extracted and discarded if idle
packet
Generate and save text Files of extracted information
Keep Record of number of packets arrived, lost packets, missing
data, number of valid and idle packets
GUI Development
Text file contains raw data of specified packet format will be given
by SUPARCO. Also, detailed specification of Packet format will be
provided
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab , Visual C or other
DELIVERABLES GUI Software developed on above mentioned software
Complete Source Code Project Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Design and Development of CCSDS based Concatenated Reed
Solomon Decoder & Viterbi Decoder along with de-
Interleaver Software
OBJECTIVES To design and develop concatenated de-coding scheme based on
Reed-Solomon Decoder(255,223) & Viterbi Decoder software along
with de-Interleaver of depth I=5
PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Reed Solomon Encoder & Decoder
Study of Convolution Coding & Viterbi Decoder
Study of Interleaving and De-Interleaving
Algorithm Design of Reed Solomon Decoder
Algorithm Design of Viterbi Decoder
Algorithm Design De-Interleaver
Design implementation on VB, C or any high level language
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
VB, C
DELIVERABLES Source Code
Design Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Study of Reliable System Design Techniques like ( Triple
Modular Redundancy (TMR)) for increasing the reliability of
Embedded System in Space
OBJECTIVES Case Study for the Triple Modular Scheme for Commercial grade
Processor (PowerPC, intel) to increase the system
reliability/Availability for Space applications
PROJECT OUTLINE Study different Reliability techniques
Study of Space Environment and Reliability Hazards like (out-
gasing, Radiation effects)
Study of Single Event Latch Up and Single Event Failure
Proposed Design for Space application using TMR scheme
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
N/A
DELIVERABLES Study Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Design of Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) based scheme
for PowerPC based Payload System incorporating DDR2
memory and FPGA based Endpoint Devices for LEO satellite
OBJECTIVES To design an efficient and reliable Payload System for LEO Satellite
based on a high speed processor, memory and bus interface
PROJECT OUTLINE Study different Reliability techniques used in embedded systems
particularly those related to Space applications
Study of Space Environment and Reliability Hazards like (out-
gasing, Radiation effects, SEU, SEL)
Proposed Design for Space application using TMR scheme
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Appropriate Software
DELIVERABLES Implementable TMR scheme including any source code(s), design
files and simulation files
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Study of EDAC(Error Detection and correction) Scheme for
DDR memory for space application
OBJECTIVES Case Study for the Error detection and correction schemes for
memory device with special focus on DDR memory
PROJECT OUTLINE Study different Error Detection and Error Controlling techniques
Study of Errors occur in memory read/write transactions
Proposed Design for Robust EDAC controller for DDR memory
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Matlab
DELIVERABLES Study Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Analysis of space and time (memory and processing)
complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for
star identification
OBJECTIVES The task is to analyze the spatial and temporal complexities of
pattern matching algorithms and to extend or modify them for
optimization of star identification algorithm (already implemented)
for star tracker
PROJECT OUTLINE The students will be provided with the already developed star
identification algorithm and the star catalogue as well as with the
precise details of working mechanism of star tracker for attitude
determination.
They will explore and analyze the different available algorithms for
their temporal and spatial complexities and will optimize the best
amongst them
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Appropriate Software, any high-level language
DELIVERABLES Comparison of results achieved through different algorithms.
Optimal star identification algorithm
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Electronics


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PROJECT TITLE Wind Resistant Stability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers
OBJECTIVES To study the stability criteria for Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine
under wind loading
PROJECT OUTLINE Literature review
Optimization of basic material properties
Structural configuration (base diameter, top diameter, taper ratio,
thickness of material etc.) of tubular tower and their dependence on
height of the tower
Finite Element Analysis (Static, dynamic and buckling) of different
configurations
Report writing & presentation
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Ansys
DELIVERABLES Optimized material properties
Parametric study of structural configuration
Report writing & presentation
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Technology


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PROJECT TITLE Manufacturing and Assembling of Tubular Towers of Wind
Turbine
OBJECTIVES To study the different scenarios of manufacturing and assembling
Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine
PROJECT OUTLINE Literature review
Rolling of sheets
Flanges
Welding
Assembling
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Ansys
DELIVERABLES Tapered rolling procedures
Welding procedure and characterization of weld properties
Design of welding jigs to control weld distortions
Flanges and their joints with tower
Procedure for assembling of tubular tower
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Technology


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PROJECT TITLE To Study Flow Characteristics around Straight and Curved
Fin Projectiles
OBJECTIVES To study flow anomalies in curved fin projectiles
PROJECT OUTLINE Literature Review
CFD analysis of straight and curved fin projectile
Grid independence study
Validation of CFD results with available experimental data
Detail study of anomalies in curved fin projectile
MAJOR EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED
Standard CFD software
DELIVERABLES Solid model, grid, and solution files of all configurations
Report
ESTIMATED
DURATION
One Year
SPONSORING WING Space Technology