This document provides an overview of software and hardware resources available at the EPIC group for energy, power, and intelligent control. It describes various software tools for PCB design, embedded programming, CAD, MATLAB, and LabVIEW. It also lists hardware platforms including National Instruments DAQ systems, dSpace, Arduino, BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi, and Mbed. RFID, Zigbee, and other wireless modules are also mentioned.

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Dr Jing Deng
Energy, Power and Intelligent Control
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Queen's University Belfast
29/05/2015
j.deng@qub.ac.uk
Developing resources at EPIC group
– (to be updated continuously)

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Content
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 Software
 Hardware
 Platforms

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1. Software
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• PCB design
• Embedded programming
• Computer-aided design (CAD)
• Matlab & Labview
• Others

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1.1. PCB design and circuit simulation
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a). Altium Designer
Non-commercial/educational
license for one year £432
License Expiry Date: 21/11/2015

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1.1. PCB design and circuit simulation
b). EAGLE PCB
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Free if
• The useable board area is within 100 x 80 mm (4 x
3.2 inches).
• No more than two signal layers (Top and Bottom).
• One sheet in schematic editor

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c). DesignSpark PCB
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• Free and no limitations
• Integrate with RS components
• Less user and library,
• User interface is not friendly

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1.2. Embedded programming
• IAR Embedded Workbench
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• IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM
• Educational licence: £1,764.00

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1.2. Embedded programming
• Keil MDK-ARM by Keil
– free lite version limits to 32 Kbytes of code and data
• CoIDE by CooCox
– Free & open source for ARM Cortex-M
• ARM DS-5 Development Studio
– Community version is free
• Arduino IDE
– Free and easy to start
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1.3. Computer-aided design (CAD)
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SketchUp
The fast easiest way to draw in 3D
Professional version is free for research use

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1.3. Computer-aided design (CAD)
AutoCAD
Free for students & educators
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SOLIDWORKS
• Professional industrial designer
• Flow licence can be requested from
mechanical school

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1.4 LabVIEW
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Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering
Workbench
NI Academic Site License
Free access to online training
courses

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1.4 LabVIEW
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LabVIEW Demo

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1.5 Others
• ShareLatex https://www.sharelatex.com/
• Todoist free to-do list and task manager (alternative wunderlist)
• Google drive / Onedrive online office and collaboration
• Evernote & Dropbox
• Ciiva Cloud Based Bill of Materials Software - Intelligent Collaboration
• Notepad++ or Vim source code editor and Notepad replacement
• Autohotkey a scripting language for desktop automation
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2 Hardware
1) National Instrument (NI c-RIO, NI c-DAQ)
2) dSpace
3) Arduino
4) BeagleBone Black
5) Raspberry Pi
6) Mbed
7) RFID & Zigbee & GPRS & GPS
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2.1 NI DAQ
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cRIO- 9022 embedded real-time controller
cDAQ-9188 CompactDAQ Ethernet chassis
USB-6002Low-Cost Multifunction DAQ for
Basic, Quality Measurements
NI myRIO dual-core ARM®
Cortex™-A9 real-time processing
and Xilinx FPGA customizable I/O

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2.1 NI C Series modules
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NI 9265 0 to 20 mA, Analog Output,
100 kS/s/ch, 4 Ch Module
NI 9227 4-Channel Current Input C
Series Module
NI 9225300 Vrms, Simultaneous
Analog Input, 50 kS/s, 3 Ch Module
NI 920532-Ch ±200 mV to ±10 V, 16-Bit,
250 kS/s Analog Input Module
NI 9263±10 V, Analog Output, 100 kS/s,
4 Ch Module
NI 94035 V/TTL, Bidirectional Digital
I/O, 32 Ch Module
NI 9237±25 mV/V, Bridge Analog Input,
50 kS/s/ch, 4 Ch Module
NI 9213±78 mV, Thermocouple
Input, 75 S/s, 16 Ch Module
NI 94824-Ch Relay [30 VDC (1.5
A), 60 VDC (1 A), 250 VAC (1.5)]
NI 9203±20 mA, Current Analog Input,
200 kS/s, 8 Ch Module

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2.2 dSPACE
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The DSPACE system is used to implement real-time feedback controllers.

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2.3 Arduino
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Arduino Uno Arduino Due Arduino Yún
Arduino Zero Arduino Ethernet
Arduino GSM Shield
Arduino WiFi Shield

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2.3 Arduino
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Arduino IDE

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2.4 BeagleBone Black
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Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8
• 512MB DDR3 RAM
• 4GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage
• 3D graphics accelerator
• NEON floating-point accelerator
• 2x PRU 32-bit microcontrollers
Software Compatibility
• Debian
• Android
• Ubuntu
• Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript library
• plus much more
Connectivity
• USB client for power & communications
• USB host
• Ethernet
• HDMI
• 2x 46 pin headers

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2.5 Raspberry Pi
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The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized
computer that plugs into a computer monitor or
TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is
a capable little device that enables people of all
ages to explore computing, and to learn how to
program in languages like Scratch and Python.

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2.6 Mbed
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The mbed controller module is equipped with an NXP
LPC1768 MCU, which is based on ARM's Cortex-M3 32 Bit
core architecture. With the mbed module and an online
development environment by ARM, the creation of
prototypes and test circuits is done in a completely new
and easy manner.

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2.7 RFID
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS RI-K3A-
001A-00 RFID READER, 134.2KHZ,
EVAL KIT

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2.7 Zigbee
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DIGI INTERNATIONAL XB24-PDK DEV KIT, W / XBEE, XBEE-PRO MODULE

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Thank you!
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