Illuminare to inform.. .

Electro quiz, an event organised by Electronics and Communication Engineers Association (ECEA), for first year students of the academic year 2014-15 was held on 25th November 2014. It was conducted with the objective of bringing out the technical interest of students towards the branch.

The event commenced at 5pm in EBLHC with sixty six students participating, among whom twenty nine were girls and thirty seven were boys. They were divided into teams of three students each. The Quiz consisted of simple but tricky questions that tested the logical, technical as well as analytical

aptitude of the participants. Each correct answer fetched a team 5 points with no negative marking. The buzzer questions, on the other hand, fetched ten points for a right answer and minus two otherwise. The quality of questions kept the students on their toes.

The Quiz came to a close by 6:15pm as scheduled, with the declaration of winners and other qualifying teams of this preliminary round. The event was successful as was evident from the enthusiastic response of the crowd throughout the programme. The final round of the same is expected to be conducted this month.

Electro QuizFIRST VENTURE IN THE ACADEMIC YEARFUN, TRICKY AND INFORMATIVE

This is a moment of joy for the entire ECE department as the Electronics and Communication Engineering Association (ECEA) is bringing out a newsletter for the very first time. This newsletter is sure to set new standards in NITC and be able to play a crucial role in urging the student community to explore their entire potential. I also hope that its diverse contents can cater to the insatiable appetite for knowledge in the young minds. I extend my whole hearted support to this genuine effort and wish it all the success so that more such endeavours are taken up in the future.

Message from HOD

Dr C.K Ali

Project ARA 2Puzzle 4 You 2Skin to Touchscreen 3Firefly Light Bulbs 3Upcoming Events 3Campus News 4Photography Contest 4

HIGHLIGHTS

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Ever thought about a google play store idea for developing smart phones?

Google’s project ‘ara’ has! How does this work?

Google has introduced an innovative idea of an open hardware platform to create smart phones where different modules of the smart phone can be chosen by the user from different developers instead of using one predefined phone.

Now the user can choose the display, camera etc. from different manufacturers as well as replace

individual malfunctioning modules without changing the whole phone. Also anyone can develop a module without requiring a license or paying a fee.

So if you want a phone that combines all your

favourites,project ara is the way to

go!

Project ARA

DOWNWARD

1. When India used gravity to defy gravity!

2. “ Why so serious? ”

3. The famous electrical engineer known for being in the  “AC” side of the so-called “War of Currents”

ACROSS

4. The first place you go when you get an assignment5. Millions in a single silicon chip6. Theory of everything

LATEST TRENDS

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The ECE Association functions with a vision to bring the students, faculty and staff together as one ECE family. A platform is provided for students across the semester to work together and aid each other in their mutual growth. I have thoroughly enjoyed my role in the association and gained a fresh perspective about academic life from the orientation program, demos, invited lectures and workshops the association organises. The ECEA newsletter is a positive step forward in bringing the ECE family together. I hope the newsletter would be able to cover everything from day to day life at ECE to our work and accomplishments. I am sure the success stories portrayed through the letter would inspire our future.

Message fromDr.Praveen Sankaran

In this modern world people strive to be connected to each other everywhere(even in their showers!). A French startup

Cicret is aiming to do exactly that using a screen-free band.

The Cicret bracelet, as it’s called, contains a Pico projector complete

with proximity sensors to detect swipes & gestures. The company is planning to also include a 3G smartcard along with the band to enable calling facilities.

Much like the wearable gadgets in the market today, the bracelet is expected to have an Android-style interface. The company is presently working on the water-proof bracelet and is expected to be rolled out on July 2015.

SkintoTouchscreen

UpcomingEvents

Tech Events• Electroquiz Finals By ECEA• Mock GATE Examination By

ECEA• Hobby Circuits Workshop By

ECEA-For 1st years• Mock Placements By IPF-For

1st years• IEEE TECHNOTRIX

Workshop-For 1st years

Cultural Events• Debutante By LnD• DnD Week

(Exclusively for 1st years)

Nature has a bounty of gifts for the mankind. And it should come as no surprise that a keen and observative mind can draw great inspiration from mother-nature.

When insects of the genus Photuris light fires in their bellies, the radiance is amplified by their

a n a t o m y - s h a r p , jagged scales - according to research p u b l i s h e d by scientists from Belgium, France, and C a n a d a . Based on this observation, the scientists then built and laid a similar

structure on a light-emitting diode (LED), which increased its brightness by 55 percent.

This is not the only one. We will be bringing up more in the next issue. Till then, keep observing nature.

Firefly Light BulbsINSPIRED FROM NATURE

PUZZLE 4 YOU SOLUTION 1.Mangalyaan 2.Joker 3.Tesla 4.Google 5.Transistor 6.Hawking

SMART ID CARD facility will be introduced in the college soon. It is aimed at easing transactions and other amenities like issue of library books.

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10TH CONVOCATIONThe college hosted its 10th

convocation on 10th January 2015 at NITC Audi. Yet another batch of bright graduates were awarded their degree certificates by Prof.S.K.Joshi, former Director General of CSIR and currently professor emeritus,National Physics Laboratory.

IEEE SPICESThe IEEE international

conference on Signal Processing, Informatics , Communication and Energy Systems is to be held from 19th to 21st Feb 2015. It is intended to be a forum for technical exchange amongst researchers, research laboratories and industries.www.ieeespices.org

BEST IEEE SB IN KERALA

The IEEE Student Branch of the Institute has bagged the award for the best student branch in the whole kerala region.The SB in the college had a colourful year marked with numerous activities ranging from high school workshops to the pre-tathva workshop’14.

Do you know what exactly needs to be done to get income tax reduction form or something similar to it from our academic section?There may be numerous such matters concerning you.Post your concerns and questions in our facebook page or send it to:ecea@nitc.ac.in

Send us photos of your technical project along with its title and a brief description to our email id.

Winners will be selected once in every two months based on the photos sent.The prize winning projects and their photos will be published in the next issue of the newsletter.

Announcements regarding the winners will be made in the facebook page of the association and winners will be informed via email too.

www.facebook.com/EceaNitCalicut

ecea@nitc.ac.in

CAMPUS NEWS

PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

QUERIES HERE

T h e O f f i c i a l N e w s l e t t e r o f t h e D e p t . O f E l e c t r o n i c s & C o m m u n i c a t i o nN I T C A L I C U T

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DID YOU KNOWRAGAM, which began in 1977 as the All Kerala Rajan memorial mu-sic competition to commemorate Rajan’s life, adopted its present name in the year 1987.

sample photo of counter clock circuit used during Tathva’14