Skilled Manpower Advanced Research and Training (SMART) facility or Virtual Prototyping Lab is set up at NIELIT Calicut as part of Chip to Start-up (C2S) programme of MeitY for the proliferation of advanced VLSI and Embedded system design training, research, and electronics systems development across the country.

To learn electronics hardware and embedded system design concepts, and to acquire design skills, it is inevitable to practise laboratory experiments. Skilled Manpower Advanced Research and Training (SMART) facility for conducting skilled training programmes through remote hardware facility in the state-of-the-art areas of Embedded System, VLSI, & Electronic Product Design.

* Courses of beginner, intermediate and advanced levels complexity shall be started in a phased manner.

The beginner level programmes in the areas of VLSI and Embedded

S No Course Name Course Fee Start Date Course Tenure Regn Link 1. Embedded for Beginners Free 10-10-2023 5 Days + 1 SMART Lab Session (1-Week)   2. VLSI for Beginners Free 10-10-2023 5 Days + 1 SMART Lab Session (1-Week)     3. Python for Beginners Free 10-10-2023 5 Days    4. Introduction to MATLAB & Simulink Free 10-09-2023  5 hrs - Daily (1 hr Theory + 1 hr Lab)   5. MicroPython Primer Free 25-09-2023 5 Days + 1 SMART Lab Session (1-Week)   6. RISC-V programming primer Free 03-10-2023 5 Days + 1 SMART Lab Session (1-Week)   7. Machine Learning using Python Free 18-09-2023  10 hrs - Daily (1 hr Theory + 1 hr Lab)     8. Data Analysis Using Python Free 28-09-2023  5 hrs - Daily (1 hr Theory + 1 hr Lab)

 

The intermediate level programmes in the areas of VLSI and Embedded

 

S No Course Name Course Fee Start Date Course Tenure Regn Link 1. Lab Workshop on Embedded C Essentials with ARM Cortex Microcontrollers 300 21-09-2023 20 Days + 4 slots SMART Lab Sessions (4-Week)   2. Online Course in MATLAB & Simulink 700 20-09-2023 10 Days / 2 Weeks

 

The advanced level programmes in the areas of VLSI and Embedded

 

S No Course Name Course Fee Start Date Course Tenure Regn Link 1. PG Program on VLSI SoC Design and Verification (Online) 40,000 09-10-2023 600 Hours (6 Modules and Project)   2. NIELIT-ARM Lab Workshops in Association with NPTEL Embedded C Essentials with ARM Cortex Microcontrollers 2,500 09-10-2023 65 Hours (Theory: 13 hours & Remote Lab access: 52 hours) 24X7 Self-paced using Recorded Lectures

 

MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOC)

S No MOOC Name Start Date Major Topics Regn Link 1. FPGA Architecture and Programming 16-10-2023 Introduction to VLSI Design flow  RTL Design (Verilog HDL) Quick start FSM Coding  Fundamental of Programmable Logic FPGA Architecture &Design Flow Timing Fundamentals Advanced FPGA Topics   2. ARM based Soc Design 16-10-2023 Introduction to Verilog HDL & Hierarchical Modelling Concepts AHB Light bus architecture Building a System on Chip- Integrating AHB peripherals to ARM  UART, Timer, MEMORY, GPIO etc.

 

Certification Criteria for MOOC :

•  50% for attendance and 50% for exit test.
•  Payment of Certification fee (Rs 1000/- per head)

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