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Let Intellect Go Forth and Harness Telecomm Engineering
OPEN HOUSE 2008
Message from COMMANDANT
I am delighted to see that the MCS Telecomm Society is working actively to promote a culture of curricular as well as extra curricular activities in the college. I am also extremely glad to see that they have come up with a brilliant edition of their newsletter, the “LIGHTE�. During the last few years, the Society has been transformed into a vibrant and energetic student body. This is evident from its enthusiastic patronage of students affairs. It is playing a vital role in representing and safeguarding the interests of students of Telecommunication Engineering, acting as a communication medium between the students and the administration. The current Society members have done a great job in making the Society more progressive and efficient. I render my full support to them for the continuation of their good work. Brig Waqar Ahmed
The Open House is an annual event held at MCS. The final year students of TCC-16 and BESE-10 displayed their degree projects and presented their ideas to the outside world, as their first step leading into practical and professional careers. Representatives from leading telecomm and software companies were invited to see these projects. This year the Open House was held on 6 March 2008. Members of the Telecomm Society prepared well in advance and catered to the swift registration of the guests. The guests appreciated the efforts of all students and the standard of display of projects. The Open House proved to be a well conducted and organized event and was appreciated by everyone.
WORKSHOPS
FPGA Based Chip Design Maj Abdul Ghafoor of the EE department arranged a 3-day intensive hands on workshop on FPGA based chip design that went on from 14th to 16th November 2008. It included a study of Verilog HDL with design issues, behavioral and RTL design, optimized state machine based design and testing and verification methodology. In addition, the participants were told about Xilinx FPGA/CPLD Architecture, the constraints definition and its analysis. In the lab digital circuits design for specific FPGA including timing analysis, core generator ,floor planner & FPGA editor were touched upon. Synthesis and implementation, real time debugging for Xilinx FPGA using Chip Scope pro and hardware testing on Xilinx training kits were also covered.
EDUCATIONAL TRIPS
Editorial Team
PASCOMS / DEFCOM EXCHANGES
President Telecomm Society
TCC-17 and TE-42 courses visited the PASCOMS and DEFCOM exchanges, located in the GHQ premises, on 19th May 2008. The students were given a tour of the complex and shown different telephone exchanges currently in use. They also visited the Network Management Centre (NMC) from where all microwave links as well as data communication of the Army are monitored. They also got the opportunity to visit the Army Data Network (ADN) setup from where internet facilities are provided to the cantonments all over the country.
NC Waqas Naeem, TE-42C Chief Editor NC Mehreen Tahir, TE-42A Editors PC Suhaib Hafeez, TE-44A NC Mahnaum Maqsood, TE-44C NC Sanam Rashid, TE-44B
INSIDE THIS EDITION
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Telecomm Society Competitions Educational Trips Seminars Courses OPEN HOUSE Workshops
4 Sports 4 Annual Functions 5 Foreign Publications 5 Inter University Achievements
5 Alumni Comments 6 Co-Curricular Activities 6 Welcome/farewell 7 Extra Curricular 8 Picture Gallery