EEE Dept organises workshop on Arduino for Polytechnic College Students

A workshop on Arduino Programming was conducted by the EEE Dept of Vidya in the online mode exclusively for the Electrical Engineering Diploma students of Polytechnic Colleges in Kerala during 8 – 9 March 2020. The focus of the workshop was to impart programming and interfacing skills using Arduino board. As the number of registrations exceeded the expectations, it was decided to conduct the workshop in two different slots. The workshop for the first slot of 71 students of MTI Thrissur and St Marys Polytechnic College, Palakkad was on 8 March 2021. The second slot for 69 students of TPT College, Alagappa Nagar and Sree Rama Polytechnic College, Triprayar and SSM Polytechnic College, Thiroor was on 9 March 2021.

The workshop began with Dr Mary P Varghese (Associate Professor & Head-in-charge, EEE Dept) welcoming the participants. Dr Sudha Balagopalan (Dean, Academics) presided over the function and Mr Krishnakumar M (AP, EEE Dept) and Ms Akhila R (AP, EEE Dept) proposed the vote of thanks.

After the formal inauguration, the students were introduced to different development boards of Arduino and also the development environment for Arduino. Mr Vishnu Rach K R (AP, EEE Dept) led both the sessions.