The document provides an overview of various fields in electronics, including embedded systems, semiconductor devices and microelectronics, digital electronics, microprocessors and computer architecture, digital signal processing and communication, computer networks, and power electronics and control systems. It discusses topics such as embedded system design, transistors and circuit elements, digital logic, microprocessor functionality, analog to digital conversion, computer networking, and control system modeling. Examples are given for each field to illustrate concepts and applications.

1. An Overview of Various Fields of ElectronicsProf. Anish Goel

2. Electronics !!!Specialized branch that deals with Electrons.Low voltage operation.Mostly deals with semi-conductor.Derivative of Electrical branch.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel2

3. Various DomainsElectronic Devices.Electronic Circuits.Electronic Systems.3An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

4. Various FieldsEmbedded Systems.Semiconductor Devices and Microelectronics.Microprocessors and Computer Architecture.Power Electronics and Control Systems.Digital Signal Processing and communication.Computer Networks.4An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

5. Embedded SystemsWe are surrounded by Embedded Systems.Cell PhonesAutomatic Washing Machines.Traffic Signals with Timers.Automobile Electronics.Find a system that contains no electronic system.How can a electronic system improve the functionality/efficiency of that system.Custom design an embedded system for the same.5An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

6. EMBEDDED SYSTEMS6Embedded system means the processor is embedded into that application.

7. An embedded product uses a microprocessor or microcontroller to do one task only.

8. In an embedded system, there is only one application software that is typically burned into memory.

9. Example：printer, keyboard, video game playerAn Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

10. Semiconductor Devices and Microelectronics.7Earlier:Vacuum tube diodes.Transistors.Now:Semiconductor diodes.Semiconductor Transistors.Build circuits to:Amplify electronic signals.Filter signals according to frequency.Typical example :Audio system.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

11. Digital Electronics.8Transistor as switch. Develop switching logic using multiple transistors.Electronic Data is the treated as Digital having only 2 voltage levels : 0 V and 5 V.A typical electronic data would be something like this: 10101110101000010101010001010101010…….This is called binary digital as it has only two voltages: 0 V represented by digit 0 and 5V represented by digit 1.These 1’s and 0’s turn ON and OFF the transistors.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

12. Example of Digital world around us…..Computers.Electronic Systems (Digital)Cell Phones.Computer Networks.Communication Channels.Hard Disks’CD-ROM’s.Pen Drives and Flash Memories.9An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

13. Micro-Electronics…Transistors are small.Take cross section of human hair… (Diameter is 0.1 mm)How many transistors can you implement/fabricate in that area???? (Any Clue)Intel P-4 Consists of 42 Million Transistors in and area of 217 mm². (Approx. 1.5 cm x 1.5cm)What do you do with so many transistors:Implement memory to store data.Build logic to solve problems.Problems ?????10An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

14. VLSI….Very Large Scale Integration….Integration of what ?Transistors.11An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

15. Design Flow….12How to build an electronic system?? Preferably digital.Transistors  logic gates  Cells  Blocks  Integrated circuits  Circuit Board.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

16. Microprocessors and Computer Architecture.What is needed to make systems smart????Human Brain !!!We are surrounded by microprocessors.Where are they???In cell phones.In cars.Smallest electronic system you can think of.Largest system you can think of.They are there is Shoes as well.What???? In shoes???What would a piece of semi-conductor do in a shoes?13An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

17. Why Microprocessors?They will act as brain of the system.They add intelligence to the system.They can be programmed to perform a task.Once programmed, they make the system work automatically.Computer Architecture!Specialized branch that deals with the Microprocessor Architecture.For instance:What is the memory requirement of the system.How many input and output devices are to be connected to the system.14An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

18. Block Diagram of a Computer15An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

19. Digital Signal Processing and Communication.16Most of the signals in real world are analog.(In fact all the signals are analog)Temperature.Pressure.Human Voice.Electricity.But we are into digital world. As microprocessors are everywhere.Microprocessors are digital.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

20. Bridge.17If that’s the case then there had to be a bridge between the real world and digital world.Real world signals need to processed and fed to microprocessor for processing.Analog to digital conversion.Once processed, the digital output of the microprocessor needs to be converted back to analog (Real world)Digital to analog conversion.Signal processing is the field that deals with how to make this bridge between the real and digital world without loosing the data.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

21. Communication.18Most of the communication is digital.Like?Cell phone communication.Messaging service.Internet.Web browsing.Voice chat (VOIP)Video conferencing.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

22. Computer Networks.19If you have many computers why not hook them together?What’s the use of that?Data transfer between them.Bluetooth.LAN.Wireless sensor networks.Improve efficiency. Single task performed by more then one computer.Parallel processing.Cluster computingGrid Computing.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

23. WWW.20Internet is the backbone of today's communication.If I have to go to office and all I have to do is work there on computer, then why not do it from my home. I do have a personal computer.Log ON to the office server through internet and start working. (Hurrary!!!)Wireless networks.Optical communication.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

24. Power Electronics and Control Systems.Areas that require computer control but work on high voltages.Aircraft control.Industrial Drives.Industrial Robots.Automatic control of huge systems like:Space shuttle.Airbus A380.Or small systems like:Nano-positioner.Room temperature control.21An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

25. Control System theory…Mathematical modeling of Systems like huge mechanical systems.Work out all the Applied Mathsyou’r studying:Transforms like Z-Transform, Fourier, Laplace….On signals and then decide the output.Microprocessor is always there to perform complex mathematical calculations.Simplest control system:22Thermometer Input (Temp.)Switch ON/OFF. ACComparatorRoom Temp ?An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel

26. Thank you !!! But wait…23This presentation is open source….Log on to my website:www.discovermechatronics.blogspot.comYou can view/download this presentation.You can brows my projects on this website.An Overview of Various Fields of Electronics. Anish Goel