VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSTY, BELAGAVI

B.E (CBCS) Open Electives List of EC/TC Board

UPDATED ON 03-08-17 with

(i) 5th sem: 8051 Microcntroller in place of Virtual Instrumentaion
and (ii) Addition of 6th sem: Digital System Design using Verilog

5th Semester Open Electives List:

SL Course Code Course Title Teaching Offering

No Department(s) Department
1 15EC561 Automotive Electronics EC/TC EC/TC
2 15EC562 Object Oriented Programming CS/IS/EC/TC/EE EC/TC
Using C++
3 15EC563 8051 Microcontroller EC/TC EC/TC

6th Semester Open Electives List:

SL Course Code Course Title Teaching Offering

No Department(s) Department
1 15EC661 Data Structures Using C++ CS/IS/EC/TC EC/TC
2 15EC662 Power Electronics EC/TC/EE EC/TC
3 15EC663 Digital System Design using EC/TC EC/TC
Verilog

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 UPDATED ON 03-08-17
5th Semester Open Electives Syllabus:

Automotive Electronics
B.E V Semester (Open Elective)
[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme

Subject Code 15EC561 IA Marks 20

Number of Lecture
03 Exam Marks 80
Hours/Week

Total Number of
40 (08 Hrs per Module) Exam Hours 03
Lecture Hours
CREDITS 03

Course objectives: This course will enable students to:

Understand the basics of automobile dynamics and design electronics to
complement those features.
Design and implement the electronics that attribute the reliability, safety,
and smartness to the automobiles, providing add-on comforts.

Module-1

Automotive Fundamentals Overview Evolution of Automotive Electronics,

Automobile Physical Configuration, Survey of Major Automotive Systems, The
Engine Engine Block, Cylinder Head, Four Stroke Cycle, Engine Control,
Ignition System - Spark plug, High voltage circuit and distribution, Spark
pulse generation, Ignition Timing, Diesel Engine, Drive Train - Transmission,
Drive Shaft, Differential, Suspension, Brakes, Steering System (Text 1:
Chapter1), Starter Battery Operating principle: (Text 2: Pg. 407-410)
(4 hours)

The Basics of Electronic Engine Control Motivation for Electronic Engine

Control Exhaust Emissions, Fuel Economy, Concept of an Electronic
Engine control system, Definition of General terms, Definition of Engine
performance terms, Engine mapping, Effect of Air/Fuel ratio, spark timing
and EGR on performance, Control Strategy, Electronic Fuel control system,
Analysis of intake manifold pressure, Electronic Ignition. (Text 1: Chapter 5)
(4 hours)

Module-2

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Automotive Control System applications of Sensors and Actuators Typical
Electronic Engine Control System, Variables to be measured (Text 1: Chapter
6) (1 hour)
Automotive Sensors Airflow rate sensor, Strain Gauge MAP sensor, Engine
Crankshaft Angular Position Sensor, Magnetic Reluctance Position Sensor,
Hall effect Position Sensor, Shielded Field Sensor, Optical Crankshaft
Position Sensor, Throttle Angle Sensor (TAS), Engine Coolant Temperature
(ECT) Sensor, Exhaust Gas Oxygen (O2/EGO) Lambda Sensors, Piezoelectric
Knock Sensor. (Text 1: Chapter 6) (5 hours)
Automotive Actuators Solenoid, Fuel Injector, EGR Actuator, Ignition
System (Text 1: Chapter 6) (2 hours)

Module-3
Digital Engine Control Systems Digital Engine control features, Control
modes for fuel Control (Seven Modes), EGR Control, Electronic Ignition
Control - Closed loop Ignition timing, Spark Advance Correction Scheme,
Integrated Engine Control System - Secondary Air Management, Evaporative
Emissions Canister Purge, Automatic System Adjustment, System
Diagnostics. (Text 1: Chapter 7) (6 hours)

Control Units Operating conditions, Design, Data processing,

Programming, Digital modules in the Control unit, Control unit software.
(Text 2: Pg. 196-207) (2 hours)

Module-4
Automotive Networking Bus Systems Classification, Applications in the
vehicle, Coupling of networks, Examples of networked vehicles (Text 2: Pg.
85-91), Buses - CAN Bus, LIN Bus, MOST Bus, Bluetooth, FlexRay,
Diagnostic Interfaces. (Text 2: Pg. 92-151) (6 hours)

Vehicle Motion Control Typical Cruise Control System, Digital Cruise

Control System, Digital Speed Sensor, Throttle Actuator, Digital Cruise
Control configuration, Cruise Control Electronics (Digital only), Antilock
Brake System (ABS) (Text 1: Chapter 8) (2 hours)

Module-5
Automotive DiagnosticsTiming Light, Engine Analyzer, On-board
diagnostics, Off-board diagnostics, Expert Systems, Occupant Protection
Systems Accelerometer based Air Bag systems. (Text 1: Chapter 10)
(2 hours)

Future Automotive Electronic Systems Alternative Fuel Engines, Electric

and Hybrid vehicles, Fuel cell powered cars, Collision Avoidance Radar
warning Systems, Low tire pressure warning system, Heads Up display,
Speech Synthesis, Navigation Navigation Sensors - Radio Navigation,

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Signpost navigation, dead reckoning navigation, Voice Recognition Cell Phone
dialing, Advanced Cruise Control, Stability Augmentation, Automatic driving
Control (Text 1: Chapter 11) (6 hours)

Graduating Attributes (as per NBA)

Engineering Knowledge
Problem Analysis
Design / development of solutions (partly)

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten questions.
Each full Question consisting of 16marks
There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions)
from each module.
Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under
a module.
The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full
question from each module.
Text Books:
1. William B. Ribbens, Understanding Automotive Electronics, 6th
Edition, Elsevier Publishing.

2. Robert Bosch Gmbh (Ed.) Bosch Automotive Electrics and Automotive

Electronics Systems and Components, Networking and Hybrid Drive,
5th edition, John Wiley& Sons Inc., 2007.

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 Object Oriented Programming Using C++

B.E. V Semester (Open Elective)

[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme]

Subject Code 15EC562 IA Marks 20
Number of 03 Exam Marks 80
Lecture
Hours/Week
Total Number of 40 (08 Hrs/ Module Exam Hours 03
Lecture Hours
CREDITS 03
Course objectives: This course will enable students:
To understand the basic concepts of object oriented programming
language.
To develop their problem solving skills.
To use classes, objects, constructors & destructors, function prototypes,
private and public access and class implementations with inheritance and
polymorphism.
Modules
Module -1

Beginning with C++ and its features:

What is C++, Applications and structure of C++ program, Different Data
types, Variables, Different Operators, expressions, operator overloading and
control structures in C++ (Topics from Ch -2,3 of Text).
Module -2
Functions, classes and Objects:
Functions, Inline function, function overloading, friend and virtual functions,
Specifying a class, C++ program with a class, arrays within a class, memory
allocation to objects, array of objects, members, pointers to members and
member functions (Selected Topics from Chap-4,5 of Text).

Module -3
Constructors, Destructors and Operator overloading: Constructors,
Multiple constructors in a class, Copy constructor, Dynamic constructor,
Destructors, Defining operator overloading, Overloading Unary and binary
operators, Manipulation of strings using operators (Selected topics from
Chap-6, 7 of Text).
Module -4
Inheritance, Pointers, Virtual Functions, Polymorphism:
Derived Classes, Single, multilevel, multiple inheritance, Pointers to objects
and derived classes, this pointer, Virtual and pure virtual functions (Selected

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topics from Chap-8, 9 of Text).
Module -5
Streams and Working with files: C++ streams and stream classes, formatted
and unformatted I/O operations, Output with manipulators, Classes for file
stream operations, opening and closing a file, EOF (Selected topics from
Chap-10, 11 of Text).
Graduating Attributes (as per NBA)
Engineering Knowledge
Problem Analysis
Design / development of solutions (partly)

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten questions.
Each full Question consisting of 16marks
There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions)
from each module.
Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a
module.
The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full
question from each module.
Text Book:
Object Oriented Programming with C++, E.Balaguruswamy, TMH, 6th
Edition, 2013.
Reference Book:
Object Oriented Programming using C++, Robert Lafore, Galgotia
publication 2010.

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 8051 MICROCONTROLLER
B.E., V Semester (Open Elective)
[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme]

Subject Code 15EC563 IA Marks 20

Number of Lecture 03 Exam Marks 80
Hours/Week
Total Number of Lecture 40 (08 Hrs/ Module) Exam Hours 03
Hours
CREDITS 03
Modules
Module -1
8051 Microcontroller:
Microprocessor Vs Microcontroller, Embedded Systems, Embedded
Microcontrollers, 8051 Architecture- Registers, Pin diagram, I/O ports
functions, Internal Memory organization. External Memory (ROM & RAM)
interfacing.

Module -2
8051 Instruction Set: Addressing Modes, Data Transfer instructions,
Arithmetic instructions, Logical instructions, Branch instructions, Bit
manipulation instructions. Simple Assembly language program examples
(without loops) to use these instructions.

Module -3
8051 Stack, I/O Port Interfacing and Programming: 8051 Stack, Stack and
Subroutine instructions. Assembly language program examples on subroutine
and involving loops - Delay subroutine, Factorial of an 8 bit number (result
maximum 8 bit), Block move without overlap, Addition of N 8 bit numbers,
Picking smallest/largest of N 8 bit numbers.
Interfacing simple switch and LED to I/O ports to switch on/off LED with
respect to switch status.

Module -4
8051 Timers and Serial Port: 8051 Timers and Counters Operation and
Assembly language programming to generate a pulse using Mode-1 and a
square wave using Mode-2 on a port pin.
8051 Serial Communication- Basics of Serial Data Communication, RS-232
standard, 9 pin RS232 signals, Simple Serial Port programming in Assembly
and C to transmit a message and to receive data serially.

Module -5
8051 Interrupts and Interfacing Applications: 8051 Interrupts. 8051

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Assembly language programming to generate an external interrupt using a
switch, 8051 C programming to generate a square waveform on a port pin
using a Timer interrupt.
Interfacing 8051 to ADC-0804, LCD and Stepper motor and their 8051
Assembly language interfacing programming.

Evaluation of Internal Assessment Marks:

It is suggested that at least a few simple programs to be executed by students
using a simulation software or an 8051 microcontroller kit for better
understanding of the course. This activity can be considered for the evaluation
of 5 marks out of 20 Internal assessment marks, reserved for the other
activities.
Graduating Attributes (as per NBA)
Engineering Knowledge
Problem Analysis
Design / development of solutions (partly)
Question paper pattern:
The question paper will have ten questions.
Each full Question consisting of 16 marks
There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions)
from each module.
Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a
module.
The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full
question from each module.
TEXT BOOKS:

1. The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems using assembly

and C -, Muhammad Ali Mazidi and Janice Gillespie Mazidi and Rollin
D. McKinlay; PHI, 2006 / Pearson, 2006.

2. The 8051 Microcontroller, Kenneth J. Ayala, 3rd Edition,

Thomson/Cengage Learning.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. The 8051 Microcontroller Based Embedded Systems, Manish K
Patel, McGraw Hill, 2014, ISBN: 978-93-329-0125-4.
2. Microcontrollers: Architecture, Programming, Interfacing and
System Design, Raj Kamal, Pearson Education, 2005.

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 6th Semester Open Electives Syllabus:

DATA STRUCTURE USING C++

B.E VI Semester (Open Elective)

[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme]
Subject Code 15EC661 IA Marks 20
Number of Lecture 03 Exam Marks 80
Hours/Week
Total Number of Lecture 40 (08 Hrs per Module) Exam Hours 03
Hours
CREDITS 03
Modules
Module -1
INTRODUCTION:

Functions and parameters, Dynamic memory allocation, Recursion.

LINEAR LISTS: Data objects and structures, Linear list data structures, Array
Representation, Vector Representation, Singly Linked lists and chains.

Module -2
ARRAYS AND MATRICS:
Arrays, Matrices, Special matrices, Sparse matrices.

STACKS:
The abstract data types, Array Representation, Linked Representation,
Applications-Parenthesis Matching & Towers of Hanoi.
Module -3
QUEUES:
The abstract data types, Array Representation, Linked Representation,
Applications-Railroad car arrangement.

HASHING:
Dictionaries, Linear representation, Hash table representation.
Module -4
BINARY AND OTHER TREES:

Trees, Binary trees, Properties and representation of binary trees, Common binary tree
operations, Binary tree traversal the ADT binary tree, ADT binary tree and the class
linked binary tree.

Module -5

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Priority Queues:

Linear lists, Heaps, Applications-Heap Sorting.

Search Trees:

Binary search trees operations and implementation, Binary Search trees with
duplicates.

Graduating Attributes (as per NBA)

Engineering Knowledge
Problem Analysis
Design / development of solutions (partly)

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten questions.
Each full Question consisting of 16marks
There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each
module.
Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from
each module.

Text Book:
Data structures, Algorithms, and applications in C++, Sartaj Sahni, McGraw Hill,
2nd Edition, 2005.
Reference Books:
1. Object Oriented Programming with C++, E.Balaguruswamy, TMH, 6th Edition,
2013.
2. Programming in C++, E.Balaguruswamy. TMH, 4th, 2010.

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 POWER ELECTRONICS
B.E., VI Semester (Open Elective)
[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme]

Subject Code 15EC662 IA Marks 20

Number of Lecture 03 Exam Marks 80
Hours/Week
Total Number of Lecture 40 (08 Hours / Module) Exam Hours 03
Hours
CREDITS 03
Modules
Module-1
Introduction - Applications of Power Electronics, Power Semiconductor Devices, Control
Characteristics of Power Devices, types of Power Electronic Circuits.
Power Transistors: Power BJTs: Steady state characteristics. Power MOSFETs: device
operation, switching characteristics, IGBTs: device operation, output and transfer
characteristics.
(Text 1)
Module-2
Thyristors - Introduction, Principle of Operation of SCR, Static Anode-Cathode
Characteristics of SCR, Two transistor model of SCR, Gate Characteristics of SCR,
Turn-ON Methods, Turn-OFF Mechanism, Turn-OFF Methods: Natural and Forced
Commutation Class A and Class B types, Gate Trigger Circuit: Resistance Firing
Circuit, Resistance capacitance firing circuit.
(Text 2)
Module-3
Controlled Rectifiers - Introduction, principle of phase controlled converter operation,
Single phase full converters, Single phase dual converters.
AC Voltage Controllers - Introduction, Principles of ON-OFF Control, Principle of Phase
Control, Single phase control with resistive and inductive loads.
(Text 1)
Module-4
DC-DC Converters - Introduction, principle of step-down operation and its analysis
with RL load, principle of step-up operation, Step-up converter with a resistive load,
Performance parameters, Converter classification, Switching mode regulators: Buck
regulator, Boost regulator, Buck-Boost Regulators.
(Text 1)
Module-5
Pulse Width Modulated Inverters- Introduction, principle of operation, performance
parameters, Single phase bridge inverters, voltage control of single phase inverters,
current source inverters, Variable DC-link inverter, Boost inverter.
(Text 1)

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Evaluation of Internal Assessment Marks:
It is suggested that at least a few experiments of Power Electronics are conducted by the
students for better understanding of the course. This activity can be considered for the
evaluation of 5 marks out of 20 Internal assessment marks, reserved for the other
activities.
Question paper pattern:
The question paper will have ten questions
Each full question consists of 16 marks.
There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each
module.
Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module
The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from
each module
Text Book:
1. Mohammad H Rashid , Power Electronics, Circuits, Devices and Applications, 3rd
Edition, Pearson Education Inc,2014, ISBN: 978-93-325-1844-5.
2. M.D Singh and K B Khanchandani, Power Electronics, 2nd Edition, Tata Mc-
Graw Hill, 2009, ISBN: 0070583897.
Reference Books:
1. L. Umanand, Power Electronics, Essentials and Applications, John Wiley India
Pvt. Ltd, 2009.

2. Dr. P. S. Bimbhra, Power Electronics, Khanna Publishers, Delhi, 2012.

3. P.C. Sen, Modern Power Electronics, S Chand & Co New Delhi, 2005.

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 DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN USING VERILOG
B.E., VI Semester (Open Elective)
[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme]
Subject Code: 15EC663 IA Marks: 20
Number of Lecture Hours/Week: 03 Exam Marks: 80
Total Number of Lecture Hours: 40 (08 Hrs per module) Exam Hours: 03
CREDITS 03
Modules
Module -1
Introduction and Methodology:
Digital Systems and Embedded Systems, Real-World Circuits, Models, Design
Methodology (1.1, 1.3 to 1.5 of Text).
Combinational Basics: Combinational Components and Circuits, Verification of
Combinational Circuits. (2.3 and 2.4 of Text)
Sequential Basics: Sequential Datapaths and Control Clocked Synchronous Timing
Methodology (4.3 upto 4.3.1, 4.4 upto 4.4.1 of Text).

Module -2
Memories: Concepts, Memory Types, Error Detection and Correction (Chap 5 of Text).
Module -3
Implementation Fabrics: Integrated Circuits, Programmable Logic Devices, Packaging
and Circuit boards, interconnection and Signal integrity (Chap 6 of Text).
Module -4
I/O interfacing: I/O devices, I/O controllers, Parallel Buses, Serial Transmission, I/O
software (Chap 8 of Text).
Module -5
Design Methodology: Design flow, Design optimization, Design for test, Nontechnical
Issues (Chap 10 of Text).
Graduating Attributes (as per NBA):
Engineering Knowledge
Problem Analysis
Design / development of solutions(partly)
Investigations
Question paper pattern:
The question paper will have ten questions.
Each full Question consisting of 16 marks. There will be 2 full questions (with a
maximum of four sub questions from each module.
Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from
each module.

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TEXT BOOK:
Peter J. Ashenden, Digital Design: An Embedded Sytems Approach Using VERILOG,
Elesvier, 2010.

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