UVC Seed Sterilization BSc Thesis: LED Driving and Sensing Unit

This thesis describes the design and implementation of a LED Driving and Sensing Unit, one of the parts of a UV-C LED sterilization machine for the disinfection of plant seeds. The purpose of this part is to drive LEDs which can destroy different structures of pathogens. While doing this, certain parameters like temperature and ozone generation...

Neural network partitioning for resource-limited environments

The demand for implementing neural networks on edge devices has rapidly increased as they allow designers to move away from expensive server-grade hardware. However, due to the limited resources available on edge devices, it is challenging to implement complex neural networks. This study selected the Kria SoM KV260 hardware platform due to its...

Constructing a sub-nanosecond time synchronization network using White Rabbit: Proof-of-concept study on a distributed White Rabbit Switch

Highly accurate time sources, such as Cesium-based or GPS clocks, are the best candidates to provide a correct notion of time, but are too costly and impractical for implementation in every modern digital device. Ubiquitously, (crystal) oscillators are employed instead. To maintain a shared notion of time, the offsets and drift/jitter have to be...

A Dynamically Reconfigurable Recursive Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter with Adaptive Load Ability Enhancement

Multiple voltage conversion ratio (VCR) recursive switched-capacitor (SC) DC-DC<br/>converters, based on a number of basic 2:1 converters, are widely used for on-chip power supplies due to their flexible VCRs for higher energy efficiency. However, conventional multi-VCR SC converters usually have one or more 2:1 converters unused for some VCRs,...

Detecting Unique RRAM Faults: High Fault Coverage Design-For-Testability Scheme

Resistive Random-Access Memory (RRAM) is an emerging memory technology that has the possibility to compete with mainstream memory technologies such as Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) and flash memory. The reason why RRAM has not seen mass adoption yet is due to its defect-prone nature. The resistance of RRAM can assume any value within its...

Wired sensor network for measuring fat deposition in extraction channels: A Power Supply and Communication Module

The goal of this project is to identify the most promising measurement method and strategy for measuring the thickness of grease and to design a sensor module with electronic read-out and communication module. This project has been split into two parts: a sensor implementation and a communication system. This report describes the design and...

A System-Level Aging and Mitigation Assessment Simulation Framework

As technology scaling enters the nanometer regime, device aging effects cause quality and reliability issues in CMOS Integrated Circuits (ICs), which in turn shorten its lifetime. Evaluating system aging through circuit simulations is very complex and time consuming. In this thesis, a framework is proposed, which allows for the evaluation of...