Embedded Systems Lab
| Embedded Systems Lab (ESL) has been set up to stimulate research and teaching activity in the area of hardware and software design for real-time applications. Stringent computational demands posed by real-time signal processing can only be met through improvements in the design process all the way from algorithm-level conceptual design down to gate-level physical implementation. New design methodologies that support a combination of Hardware/Software co-design and System Level mixed-signal platform support are needed. |  |
| The lab is equipped with state-of-the-art hardware platforms and software tools to support research activity in a number of key areas of contemporary interest. Recent inventory includes Electronic System Level (ESL) tools provided by Mentor Graphics Inc. to support newly established Chair in Embedded Systems. ESL has in the past received generous donations in the form of equipment and software tools from Analog Devices, USA, Xilinx Inc., USA, Altera Inc., USA and PTCL Grant for VIEW project. Additional circuit boards for different research projects have been procured from Digilent, Memec, Burched and Dalanco. | |
| In the past ESL has successfully completed research projects on On-chip Cache Analysis of RISC Processor, Real-time G.729 Speech codec on Analog Devices Media Processor, FPGA Implementation of Pipelined CORDIC Algorithm, Communication Receiver Implementation using Texas Instruments DSP, Hardware Design of a Galois Field Divider and High Performance Logic Analyzer using Memory Interleaving. | |
| Currently research is being done on Multi-standard Software Defined Radios, Assessing some of the limitations of OFDM, Image and Video Instruction Set Extensions in RISC processors, Programmable DSP based Real-time Speech and Audio coding and MIPS Architecture Simulations. Our latest developments include a design method for Intermediate Frequency Architecture that concurrently supports GSM, CDMA and UMTS. Architectural modifications in OpenRISC CPU to support multimedia processing have also been carried out. | |
| For more information regarding the activities at the Embedded Systems Lab, please contact Dr. Shahid Masud (smasud AT lums DOT edu DOT pk) or Dr. Jahangir Ikram (jikram AT lums DOT edu DOT pk). | |
Projects
Mentor Graphics Chair in Embedded Systems
Mentor Graphics, through a cash donation of over $100,000/- has established a Chair in Embedded Systems in the Dept of Computer Science. Given below are the main objectives of this initiative.
1. Create a highly skilled work force that is equipped to deal with challenges in Embedded Systems Design in the 21st Century.
2. Stimulate Interest of Scientists and Engineers in Embedded Systems Design through Curriculum Improvement at LUMS and Specialized Industry Training.
3. Stimulate Research Activities in Embedded Systems Design. Topics that have been identified for initiating research work are in Low Power Software Architectures for Embedded Applications.
4. Promote Industry-Academia partnership through close interaction with the Lahore Office of Mentor Graphics.
Grants
Mentor Graphics Chair of Embedded Systems
Focal Person: Dr. Shahid MasudProject Duration: August 2007 - July 2010
Funded by Mentor Graphics ( US$ 108,000 )
Working at Embedded Systems Laboratory
Embedded Systems Laboratory comprises of Ten workstations hosting state-of-the-art tools for Electronic System Level Embedded Design. |  |
