The Two Day
Workshop on TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPMENT TOOL (MSP430) was
conducted by the Department of Electronics and Communication
Engineering jointly with Industry Institute Partnership Cell
of Coimbatore Institute of Technology, in collaboration with
Texas Instruments University Program and Cranes Software
during 23rd and 24th of June 27, 2011.
Co-Ordinators of
this Workshop:
Dr. S. Uma Maheswari, Associate
Professor, and
Ms. M. Poongothai, Assistant
Professor
The Inaugural function of this
workshop was held on 23rd June 2011 in IT Building
Conference Hall at 9.30 a.m. Principal and Patron Dr. V.
Selladurai was the chief guest of the function. Dr. K.
Subramanian, Head, Civil Engineering Department and Co-Ordinator
IIPC, CIT presided over the function. Dr. S. Shanmugam,
Administrative Officer was the Guest of Honor. Dr. A.
Rajeswari, Associate Professor, Head ECE Department welcomed
the gathering. Dr. S. Uma Maheswari, Associate Professor
gave an overview of the workshop and Ms. M. Poongothai,
Assistant Professor (SG) presented the vote of thanks.
The scope of this workshop is
to explore the architecture, features, peripherals and
associated development tools of MSP430FG4618 microcontroller.
Expert Members Mr. K. Sheik Abdullah and Mr. Danny Jayaraj
from M/s. Cranes software demonstrated the features of Low
Power MSP430 family of Microcontrollers and their enhancement
in wireless communication and embedded systems exploiting the
encouragement from the participants who found the conversation
stimulating and useful. The participants also had excellent
learning experience with hands-on training in MSP430FG4618
microcontroller and TI tool.
The
workshop ended with valedictory function on 24th of
June 2011 at 5 p.m. Principal Dr. V. Selladurai presided over
the function and distributed the certificates to the
participants. Forty one academicians from various Institutions
participated in the workshop.
