The power electronics lab is one of the most well established laboratories in the department of electrical and electronics engineering equipped with all the advanced facilities worth of Rupees 14 lakhs. The lab has a carpet area of 264m² and is one of the biggest laboratories. This laboratory provides facilities for learning various power device characteristics, Ac to Dc converters, choppers,cyclo converters,PWM inverters and other power electronic circuits. For research and career development of staff and students in the key areas of power electronics simulation the lab provides facilities with PC’s and software’s like Pspice, MATLAB,ORCAD and Multisim .The students are constantly motivated to indulge themselves in mini projects as well as main projects in the field of power electronics . There is also excellent faculty strength in the field of Power Electronics to carry out research in the laboratory.

The integrated circuits laboratory is well equipped with digital trainer boards to study the basics of logic gates, flip flops etc. The lab is also equipped with CRO’s, power supplies, measuring meters and linear IC’s to study the operation principles of OP AMP’s and other linear IC’s. The laboratory provides facilities like FPGA kits and DSP kits. PC’s installed with Xilinx and code composer studio software enable the students to study the principles of VHDL design and digital signal processing.

The Microprocessor and Microcontroller Laboratory is used by undergraduate students of the institute to perform experiments based on Microprocessor & Microcontroller kits and peripheral boards. Each student can operate on the trainer boards and develop the software for various applications. The Laboratory consists of 8085 /8086 /8051 based kits and interface cards to give students a feel of direct hardware programming. Prototypes of working systems using direct machine and assembly-level programming to observe the exciting area of embedded systems is also developed. The laboratory is provided with Pentium IV systems installed with KEIL software.

The department has a full fledged control system laboratory with modern equipments like servomotors, synchros, position control system, controllers and compensators. The lab is also equipped with advanced computing tools like MATLAB and ORCAD.The course is designed to inculcate in students a fundamental understanding of the theory and design of modern and classical feedback control system via transfer functions and state variables.

The measurements and instrumentation laboratory encompasses of various instruments for the purpose of measuring parameters like temperature, speed, torque, strain, resistance etc. The equipments have been purchased from companies like TMI systems, Mighty Electronics, SYSCON etc. The laboratory has a total area space measuring 61" * 40" and has equipment worth Rupees 14 lakhs. The laboratory is equipped with all the latest amenities, tools and Instruments that furnishes to the standards of Anna University. The laboratory is provided with PLC trainer kits, Digital Oscilloscopes, bridges, sensors and transducers that gives the students an exposure in the field of Instrumentation.

The Analog Electronics lab has state-of-the-art equipments for the conduction of experiments by students for learning and research. All basic Electronic device characteristics and applications can be studied. Using these devices small electronic circuits to a complex circuit can be constructed and checked. The laboratory is well equipped with a whole range of Analog and Digital Storage Oscilloscopes,VHF Function Generators, power supplies of various ranges , multi-meters , volt meters, ammeters , decade capacitance, inductance and resistance boxes and PCs for electronic system design.

The Thermal Engineering Laboratory includes Diesel and petrol engines and also test apparatus to find the viscosity of lubricants, oils and other liquids. The major experiments in their tests include calculation of the efficiencies of various types of engines and also experimenting with the efficiency of various fuels. Research work on Bio Fuels is also carried out in this laboratory. Various other equipments include a .25mx.25mx1.2m cooling tower mini test rig, 5hp 4S Single cylinder Diesel engine with 1500 rpm, slow speed 4S single cylinder engine of 8hp and 850 rpm and engines with various compression ratios ranging from 16:1, 17.5:1, etc…

The Mechatronics laboratory is one of the laboratory facilities that highlight the college from another. The lab is equipped with state of the art machinery that allows the students to get a complete knowledge on actuators that work on hydraulics and pneumatics. Various equipments include Basic Level Electro PNEUMATIC Trainer Kit with and without PLC. The PLC being a 14 point PLC working on FANUC software, servo controller open/closed system of 3000 rpm and torque of .32 Nm Ac servo motor-100watts, multi process station with flow rate 500-1000 liters with a global pneumatic control valve, PID controller interfacing set up with PF-100 RTD sensor.

The fluid mechanics laboratory is where the engineering students test the efficiency of pumps such as centrifugal pumps, reciprocating pumps, gear pumps and also to test the efficiency of turbines such as the Kaplan and pelton wheel turbines. It also includes experiments that are designed to check the flow of liquid and the various losses that occur during the flow. Various equipments include a Kaplan test rig -1550 rpm turbine, discharge of 6000 lpm and head of 5m. Francis turbine with 15m head, turbine speed of 1500 rpm, centrifugal pump of.5hp, submersible pump 3hp, reciprocating pump 1 hp, pelton wheel turbine test rig with 36m head, 660 lpm discharge, turbine speed 1500 rpm and a gear pump of 2hp.

The CAD/Cam laboratory trains the students in the upcoming fields of analysis of structures and also the design of various components. The experiments designed helps the student to get a complete picture on how to design a component from step to step right from choosing the material, the basic shapes, assembly and then analysis on the strength of the entire structure. The laboratory is equipped with 32 systems with P-IV processors, 80 GB memory, 17” colour monitor and 1GB Ram. The softwares used are Solidworks (16 licenses), Edge CAM (5 users) Ansys11.0 (25 licenses), Matlab 11.0 (15 licenses), CATIA V 5R11 (25 licenses).

The college is very particular that the students must get the best of the coaching that is available and that is the sole reason why the lathe shop consists of full and full production level lathes that are used in industries. The students are extensively trained to machine various components with experiments that include facing, turning, and multi threads, under cut, boring and also advanced tests like tool life analysis. The lathe shop is equipped with Panther lathe with Centre height 215 mm, distance between centers 1000 mm, Length of Bed 1380mm, and Kirloskar Lathes with 175mm centre height, 800mm distance among centers, 1200 mm bed length. All together the Laboratory is equipped with 15 lathes.

The metrology laboratory concerns in investigating the theory on the performance of various machines and the underlying mechanisms. The student would be trained to identify basic flaws in designs to eliminate unwanted vibrations, whirling and also balance a mechanism to avoid the above faults. The measurement lab trains the student on all available methods of measurement from a vernier, various gauges, micrometers, scales etc… The lab is equipped with various equipments such as a universal governor with a .1 hp motor, 8000rpm and a central load capacity of 1kg, whirling of shaft apparatus with .47m, .64m, .79m Ø and test length of upto 112cms, etc

A sound Mechanical Engineer must know the characteristics of the material that is to be used for the design of the component. The strength of Materials Laboratory helps the students to do just the same. The Lab is equipped with second to none equipment which allows checking the major characteristics of the material such as the ductility, stress and strain parameters, yield strength, tensile strength etc…

The special machines laboratory is equipped with the best of machines that are required to manufacture any component. Cylindrical grinding machine, Surface grinding machine, shapers, face milling, end mill cutters, drilling machines power saws and also the most advanced CNC (Vertical machining centre) worth 28 Lakhs which can machine in three axis. The lab is equipped with surface grinding machine (pinnacle), Cylindrical grinding machine (forward and backward traverse) universal Milling Machine with movement capacity of 800mmx230mmx 400mm in the longitudinal, transverse and vertical respectively.

An engineering student needs to be trained thoroughly with the basics and hence the student is trained on basics such as carpentry, plumbing, and are also given training on power tools that are most frequently used. The students are also taught how to make various joints such as dove tail joint, tee joint in carpentry and taught to make threads on pipes. The students are usually taught to make threads on 1 inch (1”) pipes PVC preferred for safety reasons.

The Information Technology lab1 (IT LAB1) is well equipped with about 33 Computer Systems each with PIV 7.7 GHz processor, 1 GB DDR RAM, 80 GB HDD hard disk and 15” CRT monitor. The lab contains one HP Laser Jet 1022n printer. For the smooth functioning of the lab a 20 KVA console UPS with uninterrupted power supply is available. The computer systems in the lab are all running Windows XP and are installed with TURBOC3, JDK 1.4, MS-Office and Visual Studio 6.0. Other than Windows XP, LINUX operating systems such as REDHAT and FEDORA are also available.

The Information Technology lab2 (IT LAB2) is well equipped with about 33 Computer Systems each with PIV 7.7 GHz processor, 128 MB DDR RAM, 40 GB HDD hard disk and 15” CRT monitor. The lab is having one HP Laser Jet 1022n, that is, networking printer. For the smooth functioning of the lab a 20 KVA console UPS with uninterrupted power supply is available. The computer systems in the lab are all running Windows XP and are installed with TURBOC3, JDK 1.4, MS-Office and Visual Studio 6.0.

35 Nos. of HCL Pentium IV 2.4 GHz Processor, 1.5 GB DDR RAM, 80 GB HDD based PCs with multimedia capability are available. Multimedia Software like Macromedia, Flash, 3D Studio MX, Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Director etc. are available

35 Nos. of HCL PCs with Intel Core 2 Duo IV, 2.9 GHz processor, 2 GB DDR RAM, 160GB HDD 22X DVD Drive, 17” LCD Monitor are available. Windows, Linux Operating System are available for laboratory. Our college has a dedicated internet lab working from 8 am to 10 pm 6 days a week. We give free internet access to our students. We have a 4Mbps MLLN leased line plus a and 2 Mbps Broadband Internet connection. The internet can be accessed from more than 100 computers. All the departments and the HOD's have internet connectivity. The campus intranet has important details about Test Schedules, Time Tables, Examination Schedules, Campus News etc., and a wealth of information about the college.

35 Nos. of HCL Pentium IV 2.4 GHz Processor, 1.5 GB DDR RAM, 80 GB HDD based PCs with Rational Suit, Oracle, Java Serverlet, Dream Viewer, Matlab, NS2 Simulator and other latest software that are required for the project development. Linux and Windows operating system are available.

45 Nos. of HCL PCs with Intel Core 2 Duo IV, 2.9 GHz processor, 2 GB DDR RAM, 160GB HDD 22X DVD Drive, 17” LCD Monitor are available. AU Power Lab, ETAP, Matlab and Windows, Linux Operating System are available for laboratory.

The department has well equipped laboratories through which creative ideas are sown in the minds of the students This laboratory is established with the wide range of equipments for doing their regular laboratory experiments. The DC machines include generators and motors. The DC generators are of separately excited type and self excited type. In Induction motors, Squirrel Cage and Slip Ring type are available. Modern distribution panels (both AC and DC) are used to control the various electrical machines. The Laboratory serves the educational, research and testing requirements in the field of electric machines, electric motor drive systems, power and industrial electronics.

The Laboratory is furnished with instruments to assess the performance of CAM analysis apparatus, governors, gyroscopic couple and critical speed of shaft. The laboratory is also equipped with dynamic balancing machine, Measurement of frequency (Damped and Undamped, Free and Forced), also equipped with Vibration

Exciter, vibration pickup, Accelerometer pickup, Power amplifier, Function generator and Vibrations meters along with charge to voltage converter to read frequency, displacement and acceleration.

In modern CNC systems, end-to-end component design is highly automated using CAD/CAM programs. The programs produce a computer file that is interpreted to extract the commands needed to operate a particular machine via a post processor, and then loaded into the CNC machines for production. Since any particular component might require the use of a number of different tools—drills, saws, etc

.—modern machines often combine multiple tools into a single "cell". In other cases, a number of different machines

are used with an external controller and human or robotic operators that move the component from machine to machine. In either case, the complex series of steps needed to produce any part is highly automated and produces a part that closely matches the original CAD design.

In the digital lab, students learn about design of various digital circuits like registers, counters, and other combinational circuits. The facilities include IC Trainer kits, Xilinx software (VHDL, VERILOG --simulation software, etc.) and a well advanced digital oscilloscope.

Analog Electronics lab is well equipped with advanced equipments and the students are trained in designing of oscillators, amplifiers, the study of characteristics of semiconductor devices and operational amplifier circuits.

This lab is equipped with various kits for AM and FM modulation. Students get educated in both analog and digital modulation schemes like amplitude, frequency and pulse modulation. They are also trained to study the way the signals are sampled and multiplexed during transmission and to perform various pure digital coding techniques.

This laboratory is used by the students to perform experiments based on Microprocessor & Microcontroller kits and peripheral boards. The Laboratory consists of 8085 /8086 /8051/ARM based kits and interface cards to give students a feel of direct hardware programming. Prototypes of working systems using direct machine and assembly-level programming to observe the exciting area of embedded system are developed. The lab has KEIL software which helps the students in carrying out project works.