Salam Zayer, Marwah Muneer Al-bayati, György Györök, A. Bouzid
{"title":"Pragmatic Implementation of the Front-End of an N-bit/V ADC based on FPGA and FPAA","authors":"Salam Zayer, Marwah Muneer Al-bayati, György Györök, A. Bouzid","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Reconfigurability has made it possible, among other benefits, to replace traditional discrete components with chips, whose internal components can be programmed in this case FPAAs (Field Programmable Analog Arrays). This paper presents a design and implementation of FPAA of the analog front end dedicated to a new ADC architecture called “N-bit/V”. After validation of the algorithm in simulation, the experimentation results show that the obtained reconfigurable circuit can replace the traditional discrete components-based circuits.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"12 - 15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41898529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashraf Kasem, Ahmad Reda, J. Vásárhelyi, A. Bouzid
{"title":"A Survey about Intelligent Solutions for Autonomous Vehicles based on FPGA","authors":"Ashraf Kasem, Ahmad Reda, J. Vásárhelyi, A. Bouzid","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Safe driving and reducing the number of accidents victims have been the main motivations for researchers and automotive companies for decades. Today, humanity is very close to make the old dream of fully autonomous vehicles a reality, thanks to the rapid spread of AI (artificial intelligence) and the evolution of semiconductor technologies. But the real problem here is the increasing demand for computational power and that of course will increase power requirements, hence it will not be suitable for autonomous driving applications. GPU is not suitable for solving this problem due to its power consumption as well as heat generation. On the other hand, CPU also does not satisfy the performance requirements. For the above condition, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) has drawn attention as a hardware accelerator since it features high performance with low power consumption. This paper reviews the common solutions involving artificial intelligence implemented on FPGA for autonomous vehicle applications. Research, development, and current trends related to the topic are emphasized.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"7 - 11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69192707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theoretical and experimental aspects of the controlled movement of solenoid actuators by means of the voltage static converter with logic gates","authors":"Flaviu-Nicolae Kesucz","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of the scientific research in this paper is to control the movement of electromechanical actuators, through a new voltage convertor. The optimization of the system consists in finding new solutions to control the movement of electromechanical actuators in the gas valve, used in thermal power plants, which can be operated by static converters - with logic gates.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"22 - 29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48700665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Grib, Z. Erdei, Mihaela Cristina Turcu, A. Constantin, M. Iordache
{"title":"Using Pathological Elements in Analog Circuit Analysis and Simulation","authors":"A. Grib, Z. Erdei, Mihaela Cristina Turcu, A. Constantin, M. Iordache","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper is focused on some kind of mystery circuit nullator, nullor, current mirror, and voltage mirror, all of them known as pathological elements. These pathological elements can be used to perform circuit modelling, symbolic circuit analysis, circuit synthesis, circuit design and to develop applications that involve modern active devices. It is described a new modeling of nullor-based active devices from the circuit abstraction level. In this paper it is presented the way all types of equations which describe the circuit containing nullors can be directly formulated from the diagrams of these circuits if we took into account that a nullator is an over-determined two-port circuit element (zero voltage, zero current) and the norator is an undetermined two-port circuit element (any voltage and any current). To simulate the nullors with ideal voltage controlled voltage sources, ec = Ac_c uc, with the control gate an ideal independent current source, jC = 0.0 A and with the amplification (transfer) factor Ac_C very big (theoretically ∞), the analog circuits with nullors can be analyzed by using any of the existing simulation software. By this way, it was possible the elaboration of efficient algorithms for an automatic formulation of Kirchhoff’s equations, of loop equations, of modified nodal equations and of state equations for circuits with pathological elements. These procedures can be easily implemented in dedicated programs for the simulations of the complex analog circuits with pathological elements. The example presented in this paper validates the presented models for nullors.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"1 - 6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41740846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental Modeling of the Optimized Motion Control of Electromechanical Actuators Used in Thermal Power Plants","authors":"Flaviu-Nicolae Kesucz","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of scientific research in this paper is to improve the operation of thermal power plants. The experimental stand for the study was made for testing, verifying and adjusting the dynamic parameters of the electromechanical actuators that are integrated in the gas valve component. In order to improve the performance of the thermal power plants by increasing the energetic, mechanical, electrical efficiency, this will be achieved through an alternating-alternative static converter, experimentally realizing the single-phase alternating voltage variable module. System optimization is to find new solutions for controlling the linear motion of electromechanical actuators, including the choice of working principles that would become patent proposals, or new research stands.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"30 - 40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49331309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. A. Sankar Ponnapalli, Kaithi Deepthi Reddy, Shaik Aqeel
{"title":"Parametric Study and Analysis of Microstrip Patch Antenna with Multiple Slit Positions","authors":"V. A. Sankar Ponnapalli, Kaithi Deepthi Reddy, Shaik Aqeel","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Parametric study and analysis of microstrip patch antenna with multiple slit positions is presented in this research contribution. This work is aimed to design a microstrip patch antenna, which can able resonate dual-band frequencies (i.e. 3.5 GHz and 5.3 GHz) with a trade-off between the geometrical parameters. The proposed antenna designed using the multiple slits on the patch, RT Duroid 5880 as substrate material, and with a defected ground structure. Owing to the geometrical miniaturization this antenna will be capable to work at sophisticated communication systems where size of the communication system is a desired parameter.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"1 - 4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46927288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theoretical and Experimental Aspects of Signal Analysis Applied to Solenoid-Type Actuators Used in Gas Valves","authors":"Flaviu-Nicolae Kesucz","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of scientific research in this paper is to control the movement of solenoid actuators, by analyzing the applied signal. The actuator in a system is the execution element. The optimization of the system consists in finding new solutions for motion control for solenoid actuators, by designing and experimental realization of a static converter, also called alternating voltage inverter (VTA), which would become proposals for patents, or the realization of new experimental research stands. By analyzing the signal in this paper, it will be possible to design, experiment and test different types of VTA (with Arduino development boards, Raspberry Pi single board computers, logic gates) that will improve the reliability, future operation of thermal power plants.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"13 - 22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45154110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of Processing Methods and Classification Algorithm for EEG Signal","authors":"Yu Xie, S. Oniga","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The analysis technique of EEG signals is developing promptly with the evolution of Brain Computer- Interfaces science. The processing and classification algorithm of EEG signals includes three states: pre-processing, feature extraction and classification. The article discusses both conventional and recent processing techniques of EEG signals at the phases of preprocessing, feature extraction and classification. Finally, analyze popular research directions in the future.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"23 - 29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42650001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"R Libraries {dendextend} and {magrittr} and Clustering Package scipy.cluster of Python For Modelling Diagrams of Dendrogram Trees","authors":"Polina Lemenkova","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2020-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2020-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The paper presents a comparison of the two languages Python and R related to the classification tools and demonstrates the differences in their syntax and graphical output. It indicates the functionality of R and Python packages {dendextend} and scipy.cluster as effective tools for the dendrogram modelling by the algorithms of sorting and ranking datasets. R and Python programming languages have been tested on a sample dataset including marine geological measurements. The work aims to detect how bathymetric data change along the 25 bathymetric profiles digitized across the Mariana Trench. The methodology includes performed hierarchical cluster analysis with dendrograms and plotted clustermap with marginal dendrograms. The statistical libraries include Matplotlib, SciPy, NumPy, Pandas by Python and {dendextend}, {pvclust}, {magrittr} by R. The dendrograms were compared by the model-simulated clusters of the bathymetric ranges. The results show three distinct groups of the profiles sorted by the elevation ranges with maximal depths detected in a group of profiles 19-21. The dendrogram visualization in a cluster analysis demonstrates the effective representation of the data sorting, grouping and classifying by the machine learning algorithms. The programming codes presented in this study enable to sort a dataset in a similar research aimed to group data based on the similarity of attributes. Effective visualization by dendrograms is a useful modelling tool for the geospatial management where data ranking is required. Plotting dendrograms by R, comparing to Python, presented functional and sophisticated algorithms, refined design control and fine graphical data output. The interdisciplinary nature of this work consists in application of the coding algorithms for spatial data analysis.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"5 - 12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48046317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of an IoT Solution for Detergent Supervision in Industrial Washing Machines","authors":"Gustavo Gonçalves Coelho, E. Moretti, J. Coelho","doi":"10.2478/cjece-2019-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/cjece-2019-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Automation of industrial activities aims to improve the efficiency of the productive processes while reducing costs and increasing safety. In industrial laundries, detergent management is a key factor that can lead to severe economic and environmental impacts if left uncontrolled. This paper documents the solution devised for an integrated detergent control and supervision system based on Internet-of Things paradigms. This solution follows from a problem put forward by the laundry services of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Bragança, located in Portugal, to the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. In order to keep track of the detergent in a centralised dispensing system, a Wi-Fi based measurement system was developed which enables real-time monitoring of the chemicals level. In order to facilitate the physical installation of the developed hardware, a custom-made enclosure was designed and 3D printed. The acquired data is then sent to a database connected to a data processing web-based platform which is responsible for the analytics.","PeriodicalId":30888,"journal":{"name":"Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering","volume":"12 1","pages":"21 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48353811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}