contain dangerous amounts of PCBs. When ma- processing, sometimes illegally. terials cannot or will not be reused, conventional recycling or disposal via., landfill often following. It is commonly believed that a majority of sur- Standards for both approaches vary widely by plus laptops are routed to developing nations jurisdiction, whether in developed or developing as “dumping grounds for e-waste”. Guiyu in the countries. Shantou region of China, and Delhi and Banga- lore in India, have electronic waste processing The complexity of the various items to be dis- areas. Uncontrolled burning, disassembly, and posed of, the cost of environmentally approved disposal can cause environmental and health recycling systems and the need for concerned problems, including occupational safety and and concerted action to collect and systemat- health effects among those directly involved, ically process equipment are challenges. One due to the methods of processing the waste. study indicates that two-thirds of executives are unaware of fines related to environmental reg- Thousands of people are working in highly pol- ulations. luting, primitive recycling technologies, extract- ing metals, toners, and plastics from computers Electronic waste is often exported to develop- and other electronic waste. ing countries. Increased regulation of electronic waste and concern over the environmental harm Such countries utilize methods that are not only which can result from toxic electronic waste has more harmful but also more wasteful. An ex- raised disposal costs. This has had the unfore- pedient and prevalent method is simply to toss seen effect of providing brokers and others call- equipment onto an open fire, to melt plastics, ing themselves recyclers with an incentive to and burn away invaluable metals. export electronic waste to developing countries. This releases carcinogens and neurotoxins into To lower environmental and labor standards, the air, contributing to acrid, lingering smog. cheap labor, and the relatively high value of These noxious fumes include dioxins and fu- recovered raw materials in China, Malaysia, In- rans. Bonfire refuse can be disposed of quickly dia, Kenya, and various African countries, elec- into drainage ditches or waterways feeding the tronic waste is being sent to these countries for ocean or local water supplies 51 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
DNA -The Digital Data Storage Sneha Raj MP, S2 ICE Storing Data in DNA Brings Nature into the Digital Universe Nature has evolved an incredible information correspond to C-G-T-A. That’s the order in which storage medium – DNA. It evolved to store ge- we join the nucleotides to form a DNA strand. netic information, blueprints for building pro- After determining what order the letters should teins, but DNA can be used for many more pur- go in, the DNA sequences are manufactured let- poses than just that. DNA is also much denser ter by letter with chemical reactions. These re- than modern storage media: The data on hun- actions are driven by equipment that takes in dreds of thousands of DVDs could fit inside a bottles of A’s, C’s, G’s and T’s and mixes them in matchbox-size package of DNA. DNA is also a liquid solution with other chemicals to control much more durable – lasting thousands of years the reactions that specify the order of the phys- – than today’s hard drives, which may last years ical DNA strands. or decades. And while hard drive formats and connection standards become obsolete, DNA At present, DNA storage is experimental. Before never will, at least so long as there’s life. it becomes common place, it needs to be com- pletely automated, and the processes of both To store data in DNA, the concept is the same, building DNA and reading it must be improved. but the process is different. DNA molecules are They are both prone to error and relatively slow. long sequences of smaller molecules, called nu- For example, today’s DNA synthesis lets us write cleotides – adenine, cytosine, thymine and gua- a few hundred bytes per second; a modern hard nine, usually designated as A, C, T and G. Rath- drive can write hundreds of millions of bytes per er than creating sequences of 0s and 1s, as in second. DNA data storage doesn’t need the per- electronic media, DNA storage uses sequences fect accuracy that biology requires, so research- of the nucleotides. There are several ways to ers are likely to find even cheaper and faster do this, but the general idea is to assign digital ways to store information in nature’s oldest data patterns to DNA nucleotides. For instance, data storage system. 00 could be equivalent to A, 01 to C, 10 to T and 11 to G. To store a picture, for example, we start with its encoding as a digital file, like a JPEG. That file is, in essence, a long string of 0s and 1s. Let’s say the first eight bits of the file are 01111000; we break them into pairs – 01 11 10 00 – which 52 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
THE NEURAL NETWORKS IN CONTROL TECHNOLOGY CONTROL SYSTEMS The use of neural networks in control systems Deepika R, S2 ICE can be seen as a natural step in the evolution of control methodology to meet new challenges. The ever-increasing technological demands of Looking back. the evolution in the control area our modem society require innovative approach- has been fueled by three major needs: the need es to highly demanding control problems. Artifi- to deal with increasingly complex systems, the cial neural networks with their massive parallel- need to accomplish increasingly demanding de- ism and learning capabilities offer the promise sign requirements, and the need to attain these of better solutions, at least to some problems. requirements with less precise advanced knowl- edge of the plant and its environment-that is, Neural networks have the potential for very the need to control under increased uncertainty. complicated behavior. They consist of many in- Today, the need to control, in a better way, in- terconnected simple nonlinear systems, which creasingly complex dynamical systems under are typically modeled by sigmoid functions. The significant uncertainty has led to a reevaluation massive interconnections of the rather sim- of the conventional control methods, and it has ple neurons. which make up the human brain, made the need for new methods quite appar- provided the original motivation for the neu- ent. It has also led to a more general concept ral network models. The terms artificial neural of control, one that includes higher-level deci- networks and connectionist models are typical- sion making, planning, and learning, which are ly used to distinguish them from the biological capabilities necessary when higher degrees of networks of neurons of living organisms. system autonomy are desirable. Neural networks are characterized by their net- Neural networks appear to offer new promis- work topology-that is, by the number of inter- ing directions toward better understanding and connections, the node characteristics that are perhaps even solving some of our most diffi- classified by the type of nonlinear elements cult control problems . The dynamical behav- used, and the kind of learning rules implement- ior, studied via differential equations, exhibits ed. stable states, which act as basins of attraction 53 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
for neighboring states as they develop in time. Hardware implementations of neural networks This time evolution toward these equilibrium are seen as necessary. Neural networks are used points can be seen as the attraction of an imper- to process data from many sensors for the re- fect pattern toward the correct one, stored as a al-time control of mobile robots and to provide stable equilibrium. Several design methods are the necessary learning and adaptation capabili- presented to appropriately assign the weights, ties for responding to the environmental chang- so that the resulting networks will behave as an es in real time. For this. a structured hierarchical associative memory. A neural network so de- neural network and its learning algorithm are signed can be useful in control as, for example, used, and the network is divided into two parts an advanced dictionary of different control algo- connected with each other via short memory rithms; when certain operating conditions are units. This approach is applied to several robots, present, they are matched to stored conditions. which learn to interact and participate in a form and the control action that corresponds to the of the cops-and-robbers in “Integrating Neural conditions that most closely match the current Networks and Knowledge-Based Systems for In- operating conditions are selected. Other appli- telligent Robotic Control”. cations of associative memories to control are possible. One of the key practical problems for many of the neuro control systems is the generalisation A neural network emulator learns to identify issue, that is the ability of networks to perform the dynamic characteristics of the system. The well in new situations. Generally those tech- controller, another multilayered network, then niques which guarantee stability applied to a learns to control the emulator. The self-trained restricted class of systems. As the field of neuro controller is then used to control the actual dy- control continues to progress stable neuro con- namic system. The learning continues as the trol methods will be developed for wider classes emulator and controller improve as they track of systems. the physical process. 54 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
INTERNET OF THINGS any major damage because you got the treat- ment you needed in just the nick of time so now SONU, S6 ICE is the internet of things worth it maybe all be- cause things can talk to other things or what we Let’s go back to my morning and there I am ly- call the Internet of Things Thank you. ing blissfully asleep or so it seems. IoT – Opportunities and Benefits The sensors in my arm sent something is very wrong my heart rate – it is going up, my breath- IoT offers us the opportunity to be more efficient ing has become erratic, and instead of this time in how we do things, saving us time, money and gently waking me, it vibrates aggressively to get often emissions in the process. my attention, and as I roll over, I I’m grabbing my chest, and I’m I’m like what’s going on, so I Internet of Things can be used to tackle simpler reach over to my phone. day-to-day issues – like finding a car parking space in busy areas, linking up your home enter- I pull it up and sure enough there’s a message tainment system and using your fridge webcam it says I’m having high blood pressure in my to check if you need more milk on the way home. breathing as a radicand and it suggests that I IoT offers many other benefits industrially, such take a two aspirin right away and then goes on as: to say it says all my vital signs have been record- Unprecedented connectivity: IoT data and in- ed in electronically transmitted to my medical sights from connected applications and devices provider. empower organizations with the ability to deliv- er innovative new products and services faster So back at the hospital the doctors already eval- than their competitors. uating my data and in his professional opinion Increased efficiency: IoT networks of smart and I need to get in the hospital right away so we intelligent devices provide real-time data to arm electronically dispatch Emergency Medical Team employees with the information they need to directly to my home including pertinent data optimize their day-to-day efficiency and produc- about my current medical situations so they tivity. know how to take care of me and I even get a Cost savings: IoT devices provide accurate data notice or a message from the EMT that they’re collection and automated workflows to help or- about to arrive I’m whisking to the hospital and ganizations reduce their operating costs and I’m put under keen observation. minimize errors. Time savings: Connected smart devices can help The good news is later that morning that doc- organizations enhance the performance of sys- tor comes and says you’re going to be fine. You tems and processes to save time. were suffering a heart attack and we avoided 55 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
MOLECULAR lows for a deeper understanding of the physical COMMUNICATION and biological obstacles to drug delivery and the creation of highly tailored layouts, material and SUDEEP M, S6 ICE physiochemical properties of molecular com- pounds. Moreover, advances in microelectrome- Molecular communication is an upcoming tech- chanical systems promise the development of nology, which was introduced in 2005, it is a micro-sized drug delivery machines working in solution for communication at the molecular the human body. level. Molecular communication is a modern Working model for communication that uses molecules as a carrier for communication. Data is encod- Bionanomachines interact using chemical sig- ed on molecules at transmitters in molecular nals or molecules in an aqueous environment transmission, and the molecules disperse in a during molecular communication. Sender bion- regulated fashion to receivers. Upon obtaining anomachines encode data on molecules, and the molecules, the receivers decipher the en- the molecules in which the data has been en- coded information and biochemically respond. coded are referred to as molecules of informa- Drug delivery systems are strategies designed tion which are release into the environment also to allow therapeutic agents to be administered known as propagation channel, most probably in a targeted manner at the proper pace and po- an aqueous medium. sition while minimising undesired side effects. Molecular communication help overcome these The propagation channel serves as a link be- obstacles, and can be diffusion based or mag- tween the senders and receivers. Receiver bion- netic nanoparticle based. Sender and receiver anomachines react biochemically with the mol- bionanomachines and related nodes in mobile ecules after detecting information molecules to molecular communication demonstrate com- decode the information and perform applica- plex behaviour in the sense that they are mobile tion-dependent functionalities. and interact as they travel. With various obsta- cles to overcome, more researches are being A relatively static system is the conventional view conducted on this upcoming technology. of molecular communication, sender and receiv- er bionanomachines are statically positioned in Continued advancement in nanotechnology, the atmosphere and communicate using diffuse biotechnology and biomedical engineering al- molecules of information. In comparison, an evolving view is that molecular communication 56 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES APPLICATIONS Radiation free Slow Biomolecular Sensing Need for aqueous medium Targeted drug delivery Low energy required Long delay Tissue Regeneration Expensive Internet of Bio Nano Things Both Long and short range Highly sensitive to the range of communication communication Bionanomachines Oral administration for drug delivery Only moderate skills are re- quired and can be frozen for later use is highly dynamic bionanomachines from the Conclusion sender and receiver are mobile and communi- cate as they travel. Communication is a process of great signifi- cance, molecular communication being a pro- Methods of Molecular Communication cess which can be implemented at the molecular level with the use of bionanomachines, has got Diffusion based MC: In the case of Diffusion its own pros and cons. One of the main advan- based Molecular Communication (DMC), the tage being the fact that the process is nature nanomachines which are emitted from the friendly, as it is not based on any radiations. Be- transmitter end reaches the receiving end by the ing a collaboration between two different fields, process of diffusion. As diffusion is a naturally the introduction of such a research area posed occurring phenomenon, the communication its own challenges. Being a mode of communi- process is highly energy efficient. The diffusion cation, it works on the same base as every other is based on the process of Brownian motion, ow- communication methods, that is, sending and ing to its low complexity. Brownian motion is the receiving of information between the transmit- continuous and random motion of microscopic ter and receiver. particles as a result of continuous bombardment with one another in a fluid medium. Two modes of implementation of molecular communication being diffusion based and mag- Magnetic Nanoparticle based MC: Magnetic netic nanoparticle based, each having its own Nanoparticle (MNP) based molecular commu- merits and demerits. Being an emerging tech- nication is a form of external interface based nology, it faces many challenges, but being a molecular communication. MNPs serve as infor- technology with vast amount of applications, es- mation carriers, and they are propagated for- pecially in the medical field like for drug delivery ward towards the receiver end by an external it help interface human therapeutic needs, with magnetic field. The MNPs consists of two layers a future Internet of bionanothings. namely a magnetic core which is made of a poly- mer matrix with embedded iron oxide, making it susceptible to the external magnetic field and a nonmagnetic coating on top of the magnetic layer made of a biopolymer, making it biocom- patible also preventing agglomeration of the nanoparticles. 57 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
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Dr Jayalakshmi Bhaskaran was the former professor of Instrumentation and control engineering department. She started her work as a teacher in NSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEER- ING at 30/12/1999. After 21 years of succesful teaching she re- tired from her proffesional carrier. As a proffesor she shown her maximum level of dedication to create engineers to make them as the future of the society. Our former professor still a miIestone in Instrumentation and Control department. 61 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
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SONU KRISHNAN KAVYAMOL K 2017 - 22 Batch 2017 - 22 Batch For the upliftment and wellbeing of students, ICONS always focused and dedicated to give best ICONS the student’s association of department of opportunities for students to add more values to instrumentation and engineering was launched their knowledge. Enhancing the ability of students on 8th November 2019. The grand inauguration in programming, ICONS in collaboration with IEEE of ICONS and the logo launch was done by MR. IMS SBC NSSCE conducted a 4 days training on Py- Sreejith sir, COO of Coconics private Ltd, at DLH thon programming with Solomon Staby (2017-22 hall followed by an interactive session on “GLOB- Batch) as the resource person. Knowledge in any AL CHALLENGES AND EMERGING TECHNOLO- of the programming language is on of the most GIES- DISCOVER YOURSELF”. He shared his 35 demanding skills during placements, this session years of experience in the core instrumentation helped students to learn some basic concepts in field, which was insightful as well as thought pro- python programming. voking. As part of the inauguration ceremony, an- other brief interactive session was conducted on The COVID pandemic affected the student’s life “Entrepreneurship development and awareness” very badly, the academics activities shifted to the by Alumnus ICE Mrs.Nimmy Prem. virtual platform. To make use of the valuable time of our students effectively, ICONS conducted a 63 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
webinar series on “introduction to Embedded Systems and Linux”, which was handled by Mr. Gokul Sankar V G, Engineer at Kalkitech (ICE Alum- ni 2014-18 batch). The session covered the basic concept of introduction to Linux, different types of operating systems with valid real-world appli- cations and embedding systems with examples of C programming. Apart from the academic knowledge, an engineer has to gain some industrial exposure for build a strong career. This can be achieved by interacting with industrial giants. To give best industrial knowl- edge to our students ICONS organized a webinar session on “significance of Instrumentation and Measurement systems in major Industries”, by Mr. Shemej Kumar Kattikolath, the esteemed Alumnus of ICE department of the batch 1991-1995. He is currently the design engineer of instrumentation at Kuwait Oil company. The dedicated team of ICONS always keeps the promise to give the best to our students and the trust from our students will lead this organization to continue our journey. 64 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
Swathy Chandra R 2018-22 Batch The IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement So- Prakash (2017-21 Batch) and Swathy Chandra R ciety is dedicated to the development and use of (2018-22 Batch) as the Chairperson, Niranjan Aji electrical and electronic instruments and equip- (2017-21 Batch) as the Setreary and Dathathreyan ment to measure, monitor and/or record physical (2018-22 Batch) and Ajil K Babu (2018-22 Batch) as phenomena. The fields of interest include metrol- the treasurer. ogy, analogue and digital electronic instruments, systems and standards for measuring and record- Quaesta, the National level hackathon, under ing electrical quantities (in both frequency and the XPERION was the first official event under time domains), instrumentation and transducers the chapter [20-23 Feb 2020]. After a hands-on for measurement of non-electrical variables, cal- session on NODE MCU, the 24-hour hackathon ibration and uncertainty, instruments with auto- began with a treasure hunt where they have to mated control and analysis functions, safety in- hunt the components for the receiver. Quaesta strumentation, and new technology applications. was a capture the flag concept where finally the winning team had to detect the IR emitter shield- The Instrumentation and Measurement So- ed inside the campus. It was soon after, XPERION, ciety Student Branch Chapter NSS College of the state moved on to lockdown due to the exten- Engineering (IEEE IMS SBC NSSCE) was officially sive spread of the pandemic. approved by IEEE Member of Geographic Activi- ties on 12th February 2020. Since then, the Chap- The IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society ter had a progressive curve with all its student is still an active membership, sharing the same members exposed to various technical domains profession and interest, learning firsthand of de- in the field. The founding members included Asst. veloping technologies, and uncovering opportu- Prof. KS Sivakumar as the Chapter Advisor, Ashin nities for personal professional development. 65 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
TECHNICAL FESTIVALS Throwbacks to the best moment of 2018, where the DYUKSHA’18 was officially announced. 66 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
Dyuksha is one among the prominent techno-cultural events in Southern India. It was organized by the college union, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad. It was a great pleasure that APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University Syndicate Member and the principal of NSSCE , Dr. Sudha T, did the honours of launching the official website of Dyuksha’20 on December 23, 2019 and conveyed her best wishes for the success of this new endeavour. The intention of Dyuksha 20 was to compose a definitive outlay of innovation, business, culture and flare . It aspires to exhibit that nothing is great; and that there are more eminent things than those we have seen. This grand affair necessarily pushes the limits to what such initiatives can achieve. Dyuksha strives to be the unrivalled juncture of technology, innovation and art. Dyuksha’20 is a fest worth stopping by. A massive turnout from all over Kerala and from other states are generally seen. This was a fest packed up with numerous workshops, talks, events , spot events, competitions, hackathons which lasted for 3 days ; 14th , 15th and 16th of FEBRUARY 2020. 67 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
The Department of “INSTRUMENTATION AND then design and implement it to unlock their CONTROL ENGINEERING” organised a total of 6 gates . The event had 3 Rounds which started off events as follows : with the qualifying round. It consisted of a set of questions and had a time limit of 1 hour from THE SHEEP AND THE SHEPHERD : which the students were selected from their bril- “Be my guide , let the game liant performance. ‘coz you are my eyes ! “ Followed by second and third rounds. Outstand- A non technical event conducted on 14th Feb ing students were awarded 1ST , 2ND ,and 3RD, 2020. The event consisted of 4 rounds. The first with CASH PRIZES and CERTIFICATES. round was “Pick it up challenge”. A box full of objects were given from which the blindfolded SPOT DESIGN person had to identify the object from the de- “LET CREATIVITY BEHOLD YOU !!” scription given by the other person. The second event was “Pictionary ‘’ , the blindfolded person A NON-TECHNICAL event conducted on 15th FEB was given the name of the object and the other 2020, that gave the students a golden opportu- person had to identify it from the clay modeling nity to show the world how creative they were made. In the next event , “Paper cup stacking” and convert their ideas into amazing designs. the blindfolded was asked to stack the paper Here the students were provided with raw ma- cups in the form of a pyramid followed by the in- terials like straw, paper, balloon etc…and were structions given by the other. The final event was asked to design. It mainly consisted of 3 rounds. “Blind wiring” , where a miniature circuit board The shortlisted students from 3rd round were was given along with a circuit diagram and blind- declarded as winners of the event. folded had to identify correctly the circuit wiring from the instructions given by the other person. LADDER IT OUT Thus , these rounds gave the students the gold- “STACK ‘EM UP! en opportunity to practice hands-on “minute to win it” type challenges , with a twist of being Fascination about automation led the students blindfolded where one will be the sheep and the to explore their passion in automation using other one will be the shepherd . PLC (PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CIRCUIT) which was a primitive way. It was conducted on 16th VIRTUAL INTERFACE FEB 2020 , that mainly focused on FINAL YEAR “Investigate the interrogations students of ICE and ME The Software used was “TWIDOSUITE”. This event consisted of 3 rounds and be the virtual master” where the participants were given certain condi- tions based on which they had to create a circuit The event was conducted on 14th Feb 2020. It using ladder logic. was done by using the software LabView. The event consisted of 3 rounds where the partici- LINE ROOTER pants were given a set of questions which they “FOLLOW ME IF YOU CAN”. had to solve using the LabView platform. The ones who solved the questions in less time were The objective of the event was to follow a line declared as the winners. and navigate several 90 degree turns and inter- sections using a robot already built by the con- LOGIC CIRCUIT SOLVER testants matching the provided specifications. “FIND THE GATE TO CRACK THE MAZE”. The robot which completes the course in the shortest period of time while accurately tracking This event was conducted on 15th FEB 2020 (DAY the course line from the start till the end, wins. 2) From 10AM to 3PM. It was done by using the The winners were awarded with prizes worth RS software “multisim” . Here the students had to 10,000. solve the logical problems using logic gates and 68 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
Though it was just an intra college TECH-fest, the convivial mood that the three days bring about is at par with the sheen of any inter college fest. Months of hard work and team spirit lead the way to the colours that embellish the NSSian sky during these three days. 69 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
XPERION was the flagship event hosted by IEEE MCU was conducted by Midhun Jacob, IEEE SB SB NSSCE during 20-23rd of February 2020, in- NSSCE member as well as the coordinator of Ro- cluding contributions from the nine society botics and automation society, before the Hack- chapters including Instrumentation and Mea- athon. In the current scenario, the dream of a surement Society Student Branch Chapter robot-centred world, where we scan through NSS College of Engineering. Xperion aimed to retro-futurist literature--normally involves imag- provide a platform for aspiring professionals to es of robots handling all of the dangerous and learn the latest technologies, develop innova- backbreaking work, while humans are free to tive solutions and interact with like minds and explore the limits of philosophy and leisure. In have fun at the same time. It was a grand four- some respects, we are approaching that reality: day-long event filled with session talks, techni- Robots have taken over monotonous and unsafe cal competitions, lectures, hackathons, cultural factory work in many parts of the world. Howev- events, and industrial visits. er, what is happening right now with manufac- turing robotics in Asia could reshape our pres- The four parallel National level workshops cum ent in unpredictable ways. Hackathon was conducted and led by Nine Re- spective Societies, two IVs, Cultural events, etc The delegates were further divided into a team made a great impact on all of the participating of three members. Then the delegates were ap- delegates. All of the four hackathons were tech- prised about the Hackathon - its task duration, nical-related events in which most of them con- time management and the most fascinating cluded with hardware implementation. treasure hunt. They were provided with sets of information and the rules about Hackathon as Quaesta was the Hackathon under the banner well as the treasure hunt. Firstly the team had to of IMS SBC NSSCE. A hands-on session on NODE find out their mentors with the available infor- 70 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
mation and provide clues within the given time. The hackathon gave the delegates a technical- These mentors were appointed as an interface ly energetic and vibrant experience. The event between the team and volunteers of the Hack- was successful and all the executive committee athon Event. members made the best arrangements. It made the students think and create new innovative The 24 hour Hackathon was fully fun packed with ideas and ways to solve problems in the coming its treasure hunt which was radiated all around future. NSSCE using given clues and coordinates the team had to find the components and assemble From basic electronics circuits to implementing them to get the expected outputs. The output models of This event also promoted various van- outcomes were based on the team’s coding skills ishing cultural events like the Kalaripayattu Ses- and the arrangements of their circuits. Each task sion by CVN Kalari organised by the Women in carried 50 points and points were deducted after Engineering Affinity Group of IEEE SB NSSCE and every 45 minutes of the first team which com- Tholpavakoothu. Every empowerment starts pleted the task this was to ensure a tie. It was to from within and the martial arts presented were capture the flag concept where finally the win- a mere representation of the strong self we all ning team had to detect the IR emitter shielded have within. It is an authentic and traditional inside the campus. If there was a tie in the rank- Kerala martial art and is also one of the most ing the winners will be proclaimed by the points famous martial arts that have caught attention scored by their team in each section of the task. across the globe. Tholpavakoothu is a form of shadow puppetry that utilizes the darkness with This Robotics Hackathon was intended to bring traditional illumination equipment and depicts together roboticists on the one hand and bud- stories from various Hindu Mythological Text- ding engineering professionals on the other books. hand. To give a better insight into possible ro- botic applications for Automation. The event These cultural events had lost their shine be- was accompanied by a workshop beforehand, cause of their lack of awareness amongst the where the delegates were acknowledged about common youth. Xperion proved to be a stage the basics of NodeMCU and its day-to-day appli- that helped to educate the students regard- cation. The main goal was to foster the devel- ing the vibrancy and liveliness of these cultural opment of robotic solutions for society through events. these growing young professionals. 71 Inspecta Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NSSCE
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