The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB or IIT Bombay) is a public engineering and research institution located in Powai, Mumbai.

The Embedded Systems lab supports teaching and research in embedded systems and re-configurable hardware technology.

Areas of Interest

Hardware: Reconfigurable computing, hardware synthesis
Languages: Esterel, Handel-C, Embedded Java, Rational Rose RTOS: RT-linux, Palm OS, Win-CE
Embedded control systems: automobiles (such as engine management systems), real-time safety monitoring of industrial processes, etc.
Telematics: GPS based applications, driver-rating system with automobile "flight-recorder" black-box, applications based on such devices

Projects completed in areas such as

Communication/Networking (design of wireless MAC for 802.11 protocol)
Digital Signal Processing (DSP) (PPEG-4 codec with encryption)
Encryption (IDEA, DES, etc. codecs)
Real-time Operating Systems (Applications)
Reconfigurable architecture (Inertial Navigation System)

The facilities at the lab comprise high-end desktop PCs hosting a variety of hardware and software including:
Software

Handel C based DK1 Design Suite(Donated by Celoxica)
C Compiler for Microcontrollers
Xilinx Foundation Tools(Donated by Xilinx)
Real-Time Linux

Hardware

Microcontroller-based platforms: 8051 based Trainer Kits, PIC processor, web-enabled TINI-board, Simputers & Single Board Computers.
FPGA platforms: PCI-based Virtex RC-1000/ 1M gate FPGA board (from Celoxica), Xilinx Spartan II based FPGA board (donated by Celoxica Ltd.) Robotics: LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Kits, Sony Aibo robot
Other platforms: Radio Controlled Flying Airship Kits

Contact:

IIT Mumbai
Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076
Phone: 022 2572 2545