{"id":882,"date":"2019-08-25T04:52:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T04:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ee.iitb.ac.in\/~stallur\/?page_id=882"},"modified":"2020-02-02T05:23:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T05:23:58","slug":"useful-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ee.iitb.ac.in\/~stallur\/useful-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following are set of resources that I recommend for my students to gain good understanding of the fundamental concepts required in our research.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id8332\"  tabindex=\"\" title=\"Tutorials\"    >Tutorials<\/span><div id=\"target-id8332\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaajakari.net\/~ville\/research\/tutorials\/tutorials.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><u>MEMS tutorials by Ville Kaajakari<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexandertrusov.com\/uploads\/pdf\/2011-UCI-trusov-whitepaper-gyros.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Overview of MEMS gyroscopes tutorial by Alexander Trusov<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/6.101\/www\/reference\/TheArtofDebuggingCircuits.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Art of debugging circuits by D. Elliot Williams<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.analog.com\/en\/education\/education-library.html\" target=\"_blank\">Collection of technical articles, books, tutorials by Analog Devices<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL1XJI8kA-2tmF61H810lwVwcMExSIsP7h\" target=\"_blank\">Video tutorials for ZYNQ-7000 SoC<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBkOVp1Cqz4MR0LYR8vKpZg\" target=\"_blank\">All about electronics &#8211; video tutorials<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id1996\"  tabindex=\"\" title=\"Textbooks\"    >Textbooks<\/span><div id=\"target-id1996\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/catalogue\/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521764834\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Electromechanics and MEMS textbook by Thomas Jones and Nenad Nenadic<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaajakari.net\/PracticalMEMS\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Practical MEMS textbook by Ville Kaajakari<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Photonic-Devices-Jia-ming-Liu-ebook\/dp\/B01MRDC0BT\" target=\"_blank\">Photonic Devices textbook by Jia-Ming Liu<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/as.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-0470747854.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vibration based condition monitoring textbook by Robert Bond Randall<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/in\/book\/9783319400358\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Microfluidics for biologists textbook by Chandra Dixit and Ajeet K. Kaushik<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-0-8176-4948-7\" target=\"_blank\">A mathematical introduction to compressive sensing textbook by Simon Foucart and Holger Rauhut<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/C\/bo23521678.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Craft of Research, by Booth et al.<\/span> <\/a>&#8211; highly recommended read for all students interested in research and innovation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biomath.usu.edu\/files\/Peter_J._Feibelman_A_PhD_Is_Not_Enough.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is not enough, by Peter Feibelman<\/span><\/a> &#8211; highly recommended read for all students pursuing or thinking of pursuing a PhD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id3854\"  tabindex=\"\" title=\"Online courses\"    >Online courses<\/span><div id=\"target-id3854\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nptel.ac.in\/courses\/115102026\/1\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Semiconductor optoelectronics &#8211; NPTEL course by Prof. Shenoy, IIT Delhi<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/embedded-systems-shape-the-world-microcontroller-inputoutput-2\" target=\"_blank\">Embedded systems: shape the world &#8211; edx course by UT Austin (Valvano, Yerraballi)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id3499\"  tabindex=\"\" title=\"Software\"    >Software<\/span><div id=\"target-id3499\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li>Simulations: COMSOL (FEM analysis of MEMS), OptiFDTD and Lumerical (FDTD design of optical components), Sentaurus\/Silvaco TCAD (electronic device modeling), SPICE based circuit simulations<\/li>\n<li>Layout editing and PCB design: Clewin, L-Edit, Cadence, Eagle, CADSTAR<\/li>\n<li>Hardware programming: Keil \u00b5-vision (microcontrollers), Xilinx FPGA (Vivado), Code Composer Studio (CCS &#8211; TI microcontrollers), CCES (CrossCore Embedded Studio &#8211; ADI microcontrollers), mbed OS<\/li>\n<li>Programming for data analysis and instrumentation: Python, MATLAB, LabView<\/li>\n<li>Plotting\/graph making: Origin (plotting), Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator (formatting). Python is also a good resource for graph making<\/li>\n<li>Illustrations: Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator<\/li>\n<li>Time management\/ideation: MS Project, XMind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic arrowright\" id=\"id9262\"  tabindex=\"\" title=\"<b>Circuit (or any system) design advice:<\/b> I recommend the following approach for any system\/circuit design: (<u>Click to read<\/u>)\"    ><b>Circuit (or any system) design advice:<\/b> I recommend the following approach for any system\/circuit design: (<u>Click to read<\/u>)<\/span><div id=\"target-id9262\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ol>\n<li>Who is the user and what is your product? Finalize what your system will look like, and who will use it. Your potential users will offer you the best feedback on defining your product. (Balsamiq, Xmind, Inkscape are useful softwares for this ideation phase.)<\/li>\n<li>Calculate the specifications required to meet the application requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Do not reinvent the wheel! Select components based on the specifications, and follow application notes and technical documentation to start building the system. Read through data sheets; you will learn a lot from a well written data sheet. (Print out datasheets and browse through the pages; it is more effective in teaching you something new as compared to Ctrl+F shortcut in a pdf file.)<\/li>\n<li>Design for test. While coming up with the design, ask yourself how you will test and verify performance and functionality. Add sufficient test points. Extra test points in the initial iterations never hurt anybody.<\/li>\n<li>Have a design review. Never start implementing the project without first reviewing the design on paper with colleagues and peers. Be prepared with back up calculations and supporting simulations and data. (Make an effective presentation, and do not be afraid to mention the flaws and concerns at this stage. It will save you much hardship later if you talk about and resolve any bugs at this stage. Draw neat circuit diagrams and block diagrams using Xcircuit, Ycircuit or Microsoft Visio.)<\/li>\n<li>Debug while you build. This is as true for hardware as it is for software. Keep testing and verifying individual blocks before you integrate them.<\/li>\n<li>Document while you build. This is perhaps the most important step in the process. If you do not document your project, it is as good as not having done one. Document the positives and negatives. Document all possible thoughts and observations. (Preferably use Latex, as it will make writing papers easier later.)<\/li>\n<li>Have a test review. Before you go for another iteration of the hardware, review your test data with peers and colleagues to identify what did not work and how you will fix it.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat! (Transitioning from proof of concept to prototype and then onwards to production requires a design for manufacturability approach. While this is not essential while you are working on proof of concept, it must definitely be taken into account when you are transitioning to prototyping.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Resources available at IIT Bombay<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Home page of the electrical engineering department at IIT Bombay &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ee.iitb.ac.in\/web\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>State-of-the-art electronics and instrumentation lab (pedagogy as well as R&amp;D) at IIT Bombay &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ee.iitb.ac.in\/~wel_iitb\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Wadhwani Electronics Lab<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Characterization facilities at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsic.iitb.ac.in\/facility.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Extensive capabilities for micro- and nano- fabrication at IIT Bombay &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/iitbnf.iitb.ac.in\/iitbnf\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"><u>IITB Nanofabrication Facility (IITBNF)<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Liaison for industrial consultancy projects and sponsorship &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ircc.iitb.ac.in\/IRCC-Webpage\/rnd\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre (IRCC) at IIT Bombay<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following are set of resources that I recommend for my students to gain good understanding of the fundamental concepts required in our research. 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