3D Printing and Design detailed syllabus for Computer & Communication Engineering (CCE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CCE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Computer & Communication Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CCE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to CCE Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of 3d printing and design is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION
Introduction; Design considerations – Material, Size, Resolution, Process; Modelling and viewing -3D; Scanning; Model preparation – Digital; Slicing; Software; File formats
Unit II
PRINCIPLE
Processes – Extrusion, Wire, Granular, Lamination, Photopolymerisation; Materials – Paper, Plastics, Metals, Ceramics, Glass, Wood, Fiber, Sand, Biological Tissues, Hydrogels, Graphene; Material Selection – Processes, applications, limitations;
Unit III
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Unit IV
LASER TECHNOLOGY
Light Sources – Types, Characteristics; Optics – Deflection, Modulation; Material feeding and flow – Liquid, powder; Printing machines – Types, Working Principle, Build Platform, Print bed Movement, Support structures;
Unit V
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Product Models, manufacturing – Printed electronics, Biopolymers, Packaging, Healthcare, Food, Medical, Biotechnology, Displays; Future trends;
Practical Exercises
- Study the interface and basic tools in the CAD software.
- Study 3D printer(s) including print heads, build envelope, materials used and related support removal system(s).
- Review of geometry terms of a 3D mesh.
- Commands for moving from 2D to 3D.
- Advanced CAD commands to navigate models in 3D space
- Design any four everyday objects Refer to web sites like Thingiverse, Shapeways and GitFab to design four everyday objects that utilize the advantages of 3D printing
- Improve upon a file and make it your own. Some ideas include:
- Redesign it with a specific user in mind
- Redesign it for a slightly different purpose
- Improve the look of the product
- Use the CAM software to prepare files for 3D printing.
- Manipulate machine movement and material layering.
- Repair a 3D mesh using
Choose four models from a sharing site like Thingiverse, Shapeways or Gitfab.
a) Freeware utilities: Autodesk MeshMixer (http://goo.gl/x5nhYc),
MeshLab (http://goo.gl/fgztLl) or Netfabb Basic or Cloud Service (http://goo.gl/Q1 P47a)
b) Freeware tool tutorials: Netfabb Basic or Cloud Service (http://goo.gl/Q1P47a), Netfabb and MeshLab (http://goo.gl/WPOVec)
c) Professional tools: Magics or Netfabb
Equipment : one 3D printer for every 10-15 students
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Christopher Barnatt, 3D Printing: The Next Industrial Revolution, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.
- Ian M. Hutchings, Graham D. Martin, Inkjet Technology for Digital Fabrication, John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
Reference Books:
- Chua, C.K., Leong K.F. and Lim C.S., Rapid prototyping: Principles and applications, second edition, World Scientific Publishers, 2010
- Ibrahim Zeid, Mastering CAD CAM Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 2007
- Joan Horvath, Mastering 3D Printing, APress, 2014.
CO3001
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
Course Objectives:
- To study the limits set by Information Theory
- To study the various waveform coding schemes
- To learn the various baseband transmission schemes
- To understand the various band, pass signalling schemes
- To know the fundamentals of channel coding
Unit I
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Unit II
WAVEFORM CODING & REPRESENTATION
Prediction filtering and DPCM – Delta Modulation – ADPCM & ADM Principles-Linear Predictive Coding- Properties of Line codes- Power Spectral Density of Unipolar / Polar RZ & NRZ – Bipolar NRZ – Manchester
Unit III
BASEBAND TRANSMISSION & RECEPTION
ISI – Nyquist criterion for distortion less transmission – Pulse shaping – Correlative coding – Eye pattern – Receiving Filters- Matched Filter, Correlation receiver, Adaptive Equalization
Unit IV
DIGITAL MODULATION SCHEME
Geometric Representation of signals – Generation, detection, PSD & BER of Coherent BPSK, BFSK & QPSK – QAM – Carrier Synchronization – Structure of Non-coherent Receivers – Principle of DPSK.
Unit V
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Course Outcomes:
- :Design PCM systems
- : Design and implement base band transmission schemes
- : Design and implement band pass signalling schemes
- : Analyse the spectral characteristics of band pass signalling schemes and their noise performance.
- : Design error control coding schemes
Text Books:
- S. Haykin, “Digital Communications Systems”, John Wiley, 2014
Reference Books:
- B. Sklar, “Digital Communication Fundamentals and Applications”, 2nd Edition, PearsonEducation, 2009.
- B P Lathi and Z Ding, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 4th Edition, Oxford Univ Press, 2010
- H P Hsu, Schaum Outline Series – “Analog and Digital Communications”, TMH 2006
- J G Proakis & M Salehi, Communication Systems Engineering, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2006
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Computer & Communication Engineering 6th Sem, visit CCE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Computer & Communication Engineering results, visit Anna University CCE all semester results direct link.