THE ROLE of circuit simulation is very important in designing as simulation greatly facilitates broadening of canvass of imagination and innovative attributes among the developers.
These sentiments were expressed by Assistant Professor of the Electrical Department Dr RK Singh while speaking at the inaugural session of the three-day long workshop on 'Circuit Simulation using SPICE and VHDL (Simulation Programme on Integrated Circuit and Simulation) which began at the Electrical Department of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) on Saturday.
Addressing the participants, Dr Singh, who is also the convenor of the programme, emphasised over the need of organising more and more such programmes on simulation in order to provide the opportunity to the budding engineers and researchers to upgrade their knowledge in the field.
A team of experts from Cadence India conducted a special session for the researchers which was followed by lab session conducted by the Department of Electrical Engineering.
The chairman of the workshop, Prof Vineeta Agarwal while presiding over the panel discussion enunciated on the intricacies of PC based simulation. Issues like inclusion of simulation packages in laboratory classes, teaching of important softwares, format of lab manual were discussed by the eminent experts of MNNIT and other renowned institutions taking part in the programme.
More than 50 participants from all over the country are attending the workshop. The workshop is aiming to help the participants to get an understanding of simulation softwares like MultiSim, UltiBoard & MultiHDL and discuss the classical and open experiments based on spice for UG/PG laboratory teaching. During the programme, a draft for laboratory Manual will also be created besides discussing advanced features of the design with simulation package.
{{/usCountry}}More than 50 participants from all over the country are attending the workshop. The workshop is aiming to help the participants to get an understanding of simulation softwares like MultiSim, UltiBoard & MultiHDL and discuss the classical and open experiments based on spice for UG/PG laboratory teaching. During the programme, a draft for laboratory Manual will also be created besides discussing advanced features of the design with simulation package.
{{/usCountry}}Overwhelmed with response, Dr Singh informed that due to the paucity of available seats, many entries had to be rejected. "However the department will host another such workshop soon for the benefit of the participants who could not be accommodated this time round," he said.
It may be mentioned that the workshop has been organised under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) of World Bank deigned for achieving academic excellence of the Technical education in the country. Motilal Nehru National Institute is a lead institute in this project and expected to participate with network institution in this mission.
It is to be recalled that MNNIT's Department of Electrical Engineering had acquired circuit simulation package called Multisim, Ultiboard and Multi HDL from the TEQIP project and students of the institute are presently using this package in their UG and PG studies under the guidance of experts of the department.
A number of UG/PG laboratory courses can be based on spice based simulation packages.