National Technical University of Ukraine — Kiev Polytechnic Institute (NTUU "KPI"), laboratory of digital technologies at the chair of design of electronic-digital equipment (DEDEC) of the electronics faculty

EVENTS

Employees of the D epartment DEDEC E. Korotkiy and O. Lysenko, prepared a report by the World Congress on Information and Communications Technology WICT-2011 (11-14 December 2011., Mumbai , India ) on "Hardware Implementation of Link Aggregation in Networks-on-Chip ". Report has been approved by 4 reviewers and included in the technical program of the Congress!
It is planned that after the forum report in the form of an article to be published IEEE.

In December of 2011 Laboratory of Digital Lab is expected to receive within the framework of Universit y Programm from Texas Instruments modules BeagleBoard-xM , having a processor core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8, 800 MHz C64x + DSP processor , graphics accelerator PowerVR SGX530, 512 MB of SDRAM memory and have the wide possibilities for connecting peripherals.

Except for it, the receipt of the evaluation module of OMAP35x EVM is expected also, processor of Texas Instruments OMAP3530 built on a base (720 Mhz of ARM Cortex-a8 / 520 Mhz of C64x+ DSP). 256 Mb of LPDDR of RAM have the module, 256 MB NAND Flash ROM, 3,7" touch screen of Vga/qvga, will eat away for connecting of CMOS of chamber, S-video / component / composite / videoentrance and S-video output. On the module also there is 10/100mbps Ethernet, SDIO, I2c, JTAG, instrument room keyboard, USB 2.0 and slot for the cards of Mmc/sd. Connecting of daughter's add-in card of expansion is possible with the off-wire interfaces of WLAN and Bluetooth.

The indicated means will be used both in an educational process at the study of discipline of «System of computer vision» and for an implementation in the laboratory of researches under- and postgraduate students of Department DEDEC in area of the digital processing of images.

Dear colleagues !

FOR LECTURERS AND STUDENTS OF NTUU « KPI »
WELCOME TO OUR SEMINARS

Training Center, which works at the Digital Lab of Department DEDEC of NTUU "KPI", holds permanent professional training courses and business schools in the following areas:

Programmable logic arrays of the firm ALTERA;
Digital signal processing, including images;
Digital Signal Processors of the firm Texas Instruments;
Single-chip microcontrollers from Texas Instruments;
Single-chip microcontrollers from Atmel;
ZigBee Wireless Networks.

List of ongoing training courses is presented below.

Start of seminars –

Programmable logic arrays [open] [close]

1. Basic Course "Fundamentals of CAD in Quartus II"

Introduction
- The main areas of activity of the firm ALTERA;
- The possibilities of CAD Quartus II;
- FPGA design methodology.
Creating a project in Quartus II CAD
- Creating a project using New Project Wizard;
- Working with Project Navigator;
- Official files of the project;
- Working with the project:
a) backup and recovery;
b) copy of the project;
c) the creation of the revision of the project.
Creating a source file
- Types of source files;
- Text files and text editor;
- A graphical editor, a library of megafunctions generator MegaWizard Plug-in Manager;
- Editor of the description of the finite automats;
- Content Editor of memory blocks.
Compiling the project
- The process of compiling the project in CAD Quartus II, the status window, and communications;
- Viewing the results of compilation:
a) a report compiler;
b) The windows displaying the results of synthesis: schematic (RTL Viewer) and technology (Technology Map Viewer);
c) The topology editor of the crystal (Chip Planner).
Assignments and settings of the project
- Control of the synthesis process and tracing;
- Settings in the project: the dialog box settings (Settings Dialog Box), control synthesis, trace and compilation;
- Purposes of the project: Assignment Editor and examples of assignments;
- Built-in support tools: Design Assistant and Optimization Advisors.
Instantiation of I/O pins
- How to use contacts;
- Editor-purpose contact Pin Planner;
- Assigning contacts with files, CSV, Tcl language, language attributes of HDL;
- Analysis of the assigned I/O pins.
Modelling of the Project *
- The types of files used for modeling;
- Built-in simulator configurations;
- Creating image file for simulation, Waveform Editor;
- Text files for simulation (TestBench);
- Analysis of simulation results;
- Break points.
* - Instead of a " project simulation " can be read the block "time analysis".

2. The basic course " The Basics of Verilog"

Introduction
- The appropriation of the language Verilog;
- The basic concepts of the language;
- Other HDL languages.
Component Description Language Verilog
- The concept of "module" and its constituent components;
- Ports;
- Data and their types.
Assigning values. Numbers and Operators
- Representation of numbers;
- The basic operators of the language Verilog.
Behavioral description of the devices
- Permanent appointment;
- Procedural purposes:
a) initial operator;
b) always operator;
- Blocking and nonblocking assignment;
- An indication of the time delays;
- processes, the sensitivity list of processes;
- operator if - else;
- operator case;
- Looping;
- Synchronous and asynchronous devices;
- Parallel and sequential blocks;
- Procedures and functions (subroutines).
A structural description of the devices
- Structural levels of representation of the device;
- Verilog language primitives and how they connect;
- Custom primitives;
- An indication of internal delays.
Functional Simulation
- The structure of the project, designed for simulation;
- File incentives;
- Synthesized and nonsinthesized operators.
Applications
- System procedures and functions;
- Compiler directives.

3 . The basic course "Analysis and simulation devices in CAD Quartus II"

Introduction
- Problem analysis;
- Built-in CAD Quartus II.
Simulation environment in ModelSim-ALTERA
- The basis of the interface environment in ModelSim;
- Preparation of a draft to the simulation;
- Official files of the project;
- Quartus II and ModelSim joint work;
- Connection library functions during ALTERA simulation.
Analysis of power consumption
- Built-in CAD Quartus II;
- Static and dynamic power consumption;
- Adjacent Tools Power Optimization Advisor;
- Adjacent Tools Early Power Estimator;
- PowerPlay Power Analyzer built-in utility.
Built-in debugging of the project
- SignalProbe Utility;
- In-System Sources & Probes utility;
- Chip Planner;
- Embedded logic analyzer SignalTap.

4. The basic course "Optimization projects in CAD Quartus II"

Introduction
- The optimization problem of the project.
The method of progressive compiling
Fixed logic areas
Project optimization tools
- Design Assistant Utility;
- Optimization Advisor Utility;
- Design Space Explorer Utility.
Optimization of the project by speed.
Optimization of project by resources consumption.
Optimization of power consumption of the project.

5. The basic course "Embedded CPU core Nios II"

Introduction
- The purpose and architecture of the processor core Nios II.
SOPC Builder Utility.
Development of application software.
Debugging software.
Simulation of the processor core.
Avalon internal bus architecture.
Connection to the processor-user devices.
User commands.
Support of debugging tools.

6. Advanced course on Verilog language

- Verilog b asic design language;
- Verilog synthesized design language;
- Creation of logical components;
- Methods of implementing finite state machines;
- Optimization of the source code for the FPGA;
- Creation of test files (testbench).

7. The course "Time analysis of projects in the medium Quartus II"

- The possibility of built-in utility TimeQuest;
- Basic time characteristics of the project;
- Analysis of the results;
- Temporary assignments for clock signals;
- Temporary use I/O pins;
- Temporary assignment for asynchronous signals;
- Exclusion of chains of temporal analysis.

8. The course "Development of system-level (DSP Builder)"

- The possibility of DSP Builder built-in utility;
- Familiarity with CAD MatLab and Simulink;
- The main stages of design using DSP Builder tools;
- A library of system modules;
- Simulation of the designed system;
- Debugging of the system established by the DSP Builder utility;
- Use of library functions in the system.

Digital signal processing, including images
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Digital signal processors [open] [close]

Single-chip microcontrollers [open] [close]

ZigBee Wireless Networks [open] [close]

Each of the proposed courses consist of theoretical and practical (laboratory) parts. The course lasts for five sessions of 4 hours. The total duration of one course - 20 hours.

Telephone for communications: 38 044 454-95-38, Antonyuk Aleksandr Igorevitch.

Main lines of Laboratory's activities

– training of bachelors, magisters, and specialists ordered by enterprises, with specialization according to the following platforms of “electronic” education:
– organization of workshops for training of the enterprise specialists in contemporary methods and means for designing the devices and systems based on the above platforms;
– fulfillment of projects on a turnkey basis with the use of the following "electronic" platforms:

1. Design of programmable logic ICs of "Altera" company;

MAXII

Stratix II

Cyclone II

2. RISC-microcontrollers of MSP series produced by Texas Instruments;

3. DSP-processors of families С24х (F243, LF2407), С28х (F2812), and С55х (С5510) produced by Texas Instruments;

4. AVR RISC-microcontrollers made by Atmel company;

5. Precise measuring microcontrollers of the MSC12xx family made by Texas Instruments company;

6. ZigBee wireless technologies in conformity woth IEEE 802.15.4 standard based on Chipcon - Texas Instruments radio-modems;

7. Development and promotion of WEB-applications.

The Laboratory includes an official Center of training in the products of the "Altera" company in Ukraine and the training premises for the Texas Instruments and Atmel companies.

The official Training Center of the Altera company in Ukraine, functioning on the base of the training-and-scientific laboratory of digital technologies at the chair of design of electronic-digital equipment (DEDEC) of the electronics faculty in National Technical University of Ukraine — Kiev Polytechnic Institute (NTUU "KPI") offers the permanently acting courses of training in design of logic integrated circuits of the Altera company on the following topics:

• Designing with the Quartus II Software for CPLD
• Designing with the NIOS II Processor and SOPC Builder
• Introduction to VHDL
• Introduction to Verilog HDL
• Designing with Cyclone & Cyclone II Devices
• Designing with Stratix II Devices
• Analyzing Designs Using Mentor Grafphic's ModelSim-Altera
• Simulation Tool

The laboratory practicals must be performed by each student personally in the Quartus II ver. 7.2 medium with the use of NIOS Development Kit Cyclone Edition modules. The learning volume is 20 hours.

We provide the textbooks issued by the company and adapted by the university lecturers. Upon graduation from the courses the participants will obtain the ALTERA firm certificates.

Contact telephones: 454-9538 (454-9363) — Alexander Lysenko;

E-mail: lysenko@pson.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

THE NAME OF THE BASIC COURSE "Design technology of programmable logic ICs of ALTERA company in QUARTUS II medium"

Individual courses

Our laboratory performs teaching specialists of enterprises (and other people interested in the topics) in the issues related to design of digital devices and systems based on the following platforms:

1. Mocropower RISC microcontrollers, series MSP430, made by Texas Instruments company, in the “Kickstart” integrated design medium.

2. Single-chip AVR RISC microcontrollers produced by the “Atmel” company, in the “AVR Studio” and/or “IAR Systems” integrated design media.

3. DSP - processors, families TMS 320 C 24 x, TMS 320 C 28 x, and TMS 320 C 55 x, produced by Texas Instruments, in the “Code Composer Studio” integrated design medium.

The course of learming may be conducted either individually or in a group — in accordance with the basic (typical) or peculiar program approved by Customer. The studies include mastering the necessary tools in the form of Starter Kits estimation modules.

The term of learning is 7 to 10 days (depending on the learning curriculum and the level of initial knowledge of the person to be learned).

Contact telephones: 454-9538 (454-9363) — Alexander Lysenko;

E-mail: lysenko@pson.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

News

01.07.2011
The staff of Digital Lab and Department DEDEC congratulates his head, Dr. Lysenko Oleksandr with the awarding him by the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine the academic title of Professor!

12.05.2011
The Digital Lab team congratulates the Laboratory employee, a senior lecturer of Department DEDEC Denis Lebedev with the successful defense of the thesis "Microcomputer means of hearing screening of newborn based on methods of pediatric audiometry and otoacoustic emission" for specialty 05.11.17 - "Biological and Medical devices and systems"!

08.04.2011
During the visit of Warsaw University of Technology (VUT) delegation to NTUU "KPI", the prof. of the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology of the Institute of Electronic Systems, Anatoly Platonov visited the Digital Lab. The capabilities of the laboratory were presented and the perspectives of the bilateral scientific cooperation were discussed.

In the picture: During a meeting in the lab ( from left to right) – Professor of Warsaw University of Technology A.A. Platonov , junior research fellow of the Digital Lab P.G. Merezhany and Head of the Laboratory of Digital Technology , Dr. Prof. A.N. Lysenko .

1-2.12.2010
The Digital Lab personnel took part in the 4-th European Conference on Application of DSP Technology in Education and Research (EDERC-2010), which had been held in Nice ( France ). The Laboratory employees prepared a report, published in the collection of conference works:

- A.Varfolomeyev, O.Antonyuk, O.Lysenko. CamShift Object Tracking Algorithm Implementation on DM6437 EVM // Proceedings of the 4-th European DSP in Education and Research Conference. – 1-2 December 2010. – Nice ( France ). – P. 96-100. [ 802 Kb ]

05.12.2010 – 15.03.2011
By the invitation of the European Mission of the university program of Texas Instruments the educational and research laboratory of digital technology with the complement of the 20 world DSP- laboratories participated in testing of educational materials of the new C5000 BETA Test ROM ( based on the module C5505 "eZdsp) :

29.11.2010
The research module type DK - VIDEO-4 SGX 230 N is expectated. The Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix® IV GX Edition, delivers a complete video and image processing development environment for design engineers. The kit facilitates the entire design process, from design conception through hardware implementation. This kit includes the Stratix IV EP4SGX230 Audio Video development board, Quartus® II development software, evaluation intellectual property (IP) cores—including the Video and Image Processing Suite—the serial digital interface (SDI) reference design, as well as power supplies, cables and documentation.

15.11.2010
Laboratory received on 9 DE2 modules for use in the educational process of the Department KEVA and in conducting training courses for specialists of enterprises and organizations of Ukraine . The board contains Altera Cyclone ® II 2C35 FPGA, which makes it the ideal tool for the study of digital logic, processor organization and the FPGA.

11.08.2010
Teaching and research laboratory of digital technology (Digital Lab), based on which since 2004 has been successfully operating an official training center company Altera, visit the company's manager for Eastern Europe, Mrs. Margaret Tishler. The presentation of opportunities and resources laboratory, the Center, a demonstration of the original laboratory work based on modules UP2, Nios Development Board (Cyclone Edd.), DE2, teaching materials (lectures, instructions for laboratory work, tutorials), diploma projects and master's theses, using technology from Altera. Agreement on the delivery to the Lab and the Center for additional training facilities DE2 and one of the research modules for graduate students and undergraduates of the Department KEVA.

In the photo: (1) - (left to right) head. Department KEVA, head of Digital Lab, Dr. Lysenko A.N, manager of Eastern Europe Ms. M. Tishler, representatives of Biakom (Kiev), A. Maksimovich and I. Kovriga, Dipl .- engineer EBV Elektronik (Slovakia) Jozef Stiskal at the entrance to the main building of the university; ( 2) - during a meeting with First Vice-Rector NTUU "KPI" Acad. NAS U Yakimenko Yu.I. (Center).

15.05.2010
Laboratory Digital Technology (Digital Lab) were obtained from Texas Instruments additional learning tools and debugging tools, including the same for all DSP families and MSP430 microcontrollers CAD, as well as modules for handling audio, video, and implementation based on the MSP430 platform with 2.4 GHz radio modems CC2520 Wireless Technology ZigBee:

• Code Composer Studio v.4 (Academic edition on 100 seats);
• 5505 eZDSP – 2 pcs..;
• Experimenter Board MSP-EXP430FG4618 – 4 pcs.;
• Experimenter Board MSP-EXP430F5438 - 2 pcs.;
• Programmer MSP-FET430 UIF - 9 pcs. ;
• CC 2520 EMK - 4 pcs.;
• C 5510 DSK – 4 pcs.;
• C 6416 DSK - 1 pc.

24.03.2010
The lab of digital technologies (Digitallab) on the basis of which since 2001 the educational laboratory of Texas Instruments successfully works, was visited by the Manager of the University Program of this company Mr. Robert Owen. The presentation of opportunities and resources of lab, demonstration of original laboratory works on platforms С5510, С6437, MSP430FG46x, methodical materials (rates of lectures, instructions to laboratory works, manuals), degree projects and masters theses using DSP and MCU technologies of TI took place. In turn, Mr. R. Owen has stated substantive provisions of realization of the University Program of company TI. The agreement on delivery in lab of additional tools of debugging, including uniform for all processors of TI the IDE Code Composer Studio v.4 (Academic edition), for the sum $3700 is achieved.

On a photo: acting of first pro-rector NTUU « KPI » Prof. Timofeev V.I., University Program Manager of TI Mr. R. Owen and Head of Diditallab and Department DEDEC, Prof. Lysenko A.N.;

Presentation of lab Prof. Lysenko A.N.;

Presentation of the University Program of TI by Mr. R. Owen.

01.09.2009
During the autumn semester of the 2009/2100 school-year, the lectures and laboratory works on the following disciplines shall take place for the 6-year masters of DEDEC chair
:- Designing of “systems-on-chip”,
- Electronic computational facilities around digital signal processors,
- Technical vision systems.

7-8.06.2009
Four master thesis works have been successfully completed by the 6 th year masters at the laboratory of digital technologies of the digital equipment design chair in NTUU “KPI”. The topics of the works performed are as follows:

Fuzzy algorithms for controlling DC commutatorless motors (based on DSP platform, type C24X produced by Texas Instruments);
Realization of video signal processing algorithms with the use of a system-on-chip (implemented around the Cyclone II platform produced by Altera company and a module, type DE 2);
Realization of audiological procedures based DSP technologies (implemented around DSP TMS 320 VC 5510 produced by Texas Instruments and a module, type DSK C 5510);
A measuring system based on DSP-microcontroller, type TMS 320 F 2812 (implemented around a module, type DSK eZdsp F 2812 produced by Texas Instruments);

The defence was accompanied by practical demonstration of acting pilot prototypes of the algorithmic and circuit decisions proposed. Additional information on the designs may be obtained in the laboratory (building 12, room 339).
In more detail: http://keoa.kpi.ua/go/cPath/20835_20859/index.htm

12.05.2009
The list of training courses offered by the official Training Center for technologies of PLIC design of the Altera company. The Center, acting on the base of the Laboratory, announces two new courses: “Designing with DSP Builder v .9.0” and “Designing with DSP Builder Advanced v .9.0”.

17.04.2009
Presentation of the training-and-research laboratory of digital technologies was conducted within the framework of the 7th all-Ukrainian student contest named “Programming of microprogrammed automata and microcontroller systems”. The presentation was arranged for leaders of participant teams of the Olympiad and demonstrated the potentialities and resources of the laboratory.

18.03.2009
Two new courses are prepared for training in the sphere of technology of designing of digital systems based on single-chip RISC microcontrollers, families AVR AT 90 (Atmel company) and MSP 430 (Texas Instruments):

– Architecture and programming of RISC М C AVR AT 90 made by Atmel Company
– Architecture and programming of RISC М C MSP 430 by Texas Instruments.

03.02.2009

Within the framework of joint Korean-Ukrainian project aimed at creation (at NTUU “KPI”) of a modern Center for training in IT-technologies, a meeting of the laboratory employees with technical experts in SoC (System-on-Chip) technologies of the KOICA Korean company was held. The guests familiarized with contemporary SoC and DSP technologies (available at the laboratory) based on the products of well-known companies such as Altera and Texas Instruments (the U.S.A.).

For detailed information of the presentation, click here [2,3 Mb]

On the photo: Mr Ando Ki, leading expert, PhD, director of R&D Center of Dynalith Systems Co., Ltd., (in the left), and A. N. Lysenko, chief of the Laboratory of digital technologies, Doctor of Technical Science, Chief of the DEDEC chair at NTUU “KPI” (in the right).

16.11.2008
We inform all potential attendants of the training courses that, beginning from December, 2008, execution of laboratory works during the lessons will be conducted interactively, with the use of a special interactive board produced by Promethean company (Great Britain).

16.10.2008
The Laboratory received at last the debugging module, type TMDSVDP 6437, made by Texas Instruments company. This module makes it possible to deploy in the laboratory the work on practical realization of newly developed algorithms of digital processing of video signals and pattern recognition based on the DaVinci™ Digital Media Processors TMS320DM643x platform.

08.10.2008
The laboratory acquired a kit of estimation modules, type MSP-EXP430FG4618, with MSP-FET430UIF USB-programmer, produced by Texas Instruments, and initiated the work on their testing. The modules are fabricated based on two chips of widely-known 16-bit RISC microcontrollers, type MSP430FG4518 and MSP430F2013. In addition to wide spectrum of outer periphery, the controllers include a socket for connecting external radio-modems, families CC1100, CC1101, CC1150, CC2500, CC2550, & CC2420 (Texas Instruments), useful in various wireless, particularly, ZigBee-compatible applications.

Based on the above equipment, we are planning to install (by the end of this year) several working places used in the “Peripheral devices” discipline included in the curriculum of the 5th-year for students of DEDEC department at the faculty of electronics.

05.09.2008
The laboratory is involved in mastering of recently obtained 2-MHz USB PC-functional generators, type PCGU 1000, made by Velleman company (USA), with frequency range 0.01 Hz – 2 MHz.

16.08.2008
The laboratory of digital technologies acquired a desk-top milling-and-engraving machine, type Sungraf XS-3 (Russia), which permits to resolve a whole number of design problems, particularly, prompt prototyping of printed-circuit boards.

15.07.2008
We inform you about changing our address.

Now you can find us in room 339, building 12, faculty of electronics of NTUU “KPI”, 16 Politekhnicheskaya st.
As before, our telephone is 454-95-38.

25.06.2008
We inform all readers of the “CHIP News Ukraina” journal, and the designers, who are interested in applications of DSP technologies, series C28x, offered by Texas Instruments company, that the stock of learning materials on DSP-processors of this family will be published as a separate book including 10 lessons in December 2008.

Telephone for immediate communications: 454-95-38, Antonyuk Aleksandr Igorevitch.

26.05.2008
The official training Center of ALTERA company in Ukraine obtained the DE2 module, made by ALTERA company, whose main part is a Cyclone II programmable logic IC. The module is designed specially for systems dealing with processing of audio and video signals. The work on testing the module is in progress.

18.03.2008
The laboratory members and lecturers of the department of design of electronic computational equipment at faculty of electronics in NTUU “KPI” issued “The open letter to editorial board of the CHIP News Ukraina” journal”. The letter, published in No.2, 2008, considers some issues of training of high-skilled specialists for electronic industry by the higher school of Ukraine.
We invite to our dialogue all those interested in the problem.

04.03.2008
The laboratory prepared and sent to General Motors company (USA) a technical proposal concerning three lines of scientific-technical co-operation in conformity with the extended List of R&D in the sphere of interest of the company (tracking drives based on series C2000 DSP, recognition of speech signals based on series C5000 DSP, and analysis of images and pattern recognition with the use of creative methods).

14.02.2008
A. Antonyuk and A. Lysenko, members of the laboratory, issued an article called “A brief description of architecture of Digital Signal Processor (DSP), type TNS320F2812, Texas Instruments company”. The paper is published in “CHIP News Ukraina” journal, No.1, 2008, and is first in the series of the learning materials on DSP-processor produced by Texas Instruments.

25.12.2007
From the beginning of year 2008, the design-center of the DEDEC chair of the faculty of electronics, based on the laboratory of digital technologies, starts its work. The main lines of the Center activity are given here.

19.12.2007
Beginning from February, 2008, within the framework of the joint project (in co-operation with the GRAND company), we are planning to publish, in the “Chip News Ukraine”, the learning materials on DSP-processors fabricated by Texas Instruments, in the form of two cycles of papers 10 lessons each, covering the following topics:

– family C28x with DSP-processor TMS320F2812 — 1-2 quarter of 2008.

– family C55x with DSP-processor TMS320VC5510 — 3-4 quarter of 2008.

22.10.2007
28 November 2007, an international scientific-technical seminar named “Hardware Design & Verification in Ukraine” will be held in building No. 12, of Faculty of Electronics, NTUU “KPI”. Organizers: the Chair of design of electronic computational equipment, Faculty of Electronics, NTUU “KPI” and VERIXIOM company (the U.S.A.). Reporter: O. Petlin, Ph.D. (VERIXIOM). Beginning at 16 o'clock.

20.10.2007
13 November 2007, from 9-00 to 16-00, an international scientific-technical seminar “Designing of digital devices in PLIC produced by ALTERA company” will be held in the main building of NTUU “KPI”. The agenda, mdin reporters, and organizers of the seminal are given in the announcement attached.

28.09.2007
A manual for laboratory works on the subject “Electronic computational facilities based on digital signal processors” (in Ukrainian) has been prepared for publishing within NTUU “KPI”. The manual title: Digital signal processors TMS320C24x produced by Texas Instruments. Part 2 — I/O ports, ADC, timer and interruption.

01.06.2007
The certified Training Center of the ALTERA company in Ukraine is planning to conduct, for foreign specialists, a two-day training named “Analyzing Designs Using Mentor Grafphic's ModelSim-Altera Simulation Tool”.

24.04.2007
The Laboratory took part in the work of a TI conference for designers named “TI Developer Conference”, held in Moscow in 2007.

28.03.2007
The Laboratory members took part in the work of the single-day seminar named “The prospects of development of Hardware Design in Ukraine” held in Kiev under the patronage of the “Ukrainskaya Hi-Tech Initsiativa” alliance.

26.02.2007
The Laboratory staff congratulates its chief Alexander Nikolayevitch Lysenko with his appointment as the head of the department of design and production of electronic digital equipment (DEDEC) of the Faculty of Electronics in NTUU (KPI).

06.11.2006
An electronic manuscript titled "Introduction to Quartus II (version 5.0) " (in Russian) has been prepared for publishing in 2008.

20.09.2006
A manual for laboratory works on the subject “Information processing facilities” (in Ukrainian) has been prepared for publishing within NTUU “KPI” framework. The malual title: Digital signal processors TMS320C24x produced by Texas Instruments. Part 1 — The Code Composer integrated design medium, logic and arithmetic oprations.

08.06.2006
The Laboratory staff congratulates its chief Alexander Nikolayevitch Lysenko with his successful presentation of doctor's thesis and awarding the scientific degree of Doctor of Technical Science in speciality 05.11.17 “Biological and medical devices and systems”.

17.05.2006
The Laboratory staff took part in the work of the single-day seminar named “A day of MSP430: An overview of microcontrollers of the MSP430 family produced by Texas Instruments company, held in Kiev in cooperation with the “Scanty” Ltd.

25.03.2006
The Laboratory has carried out approbation of the received kits MSC1200EVM of the MSC family produced by Texas Instruments company. The kits are employed in construction of a precise system of measurement of relative air pressure with the use of a pressure sensor, type MPX5010 (made by Motorola) and multicharacter liquid-crystal display 8x2 (made by Bolimin company).

30.01.2006
The Laboratory has developed a ZIG-Bee module whose main part is a radio-transceiver CC2420 (made by the Chipcon company, Norway) and a microcontroller MSP430F149 (Texas Instruments). The device specifications are included in the site.