Research Activities

-- Fei Hu

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Jan. 1998- Now: Research Assistant in TINKER Microprocessor Design Laboratory, CACC, NCSU. Course Project: Design of a Single Chip Programmable Logic Controller.
• Sept. 1995- Jun. 1997:Research Assistant for Prof. Tang Jing-xin, Dept. of Automation, Tsinghua University.* My task is to design and develop a new type of Network Based PLC System with Intelligent Control Algorithms.
• Sept. 1994-Jun. 1995: Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Automation, Tsinghua Univ. * My work was grading the student's homework and papers in the course of Computer Organization.
• Sept. 1994-Aug. 1995: Research Assistant for Prof. Tang Jing-xin, Dept. of Automation, Tsinghua University. * My task was to design and implement the entertainment robot control system using Intel 8098 Micro-controller.
• Jun. 1994-Sept. 1994: Working as intern in Jinhua Electric Power Company, Zhejiang Province. My work was to develop computer real-time supervision program on PC.
• Sept. 1993-Jan. 1994: Research Assistant for Prof. Sun Xin-ya, Dept. of Automation, Tsinghua University. * My work was to design and implement the Temperature Control System of News Paper Printers.
• Jun. 1993-Sept. 1993: Research Assistant for Prof. Cao Zhu-you, Institute of Chemical Metallurgy, Chinese Academy of Sciences * My job was to design computer image processing and control programs which were used to calculate the combustion rate of the coal ball, and then control its position in the reaction container.
• Mar. 1991-Apr. 1993: Research Assistant for Prof. Tang Jing-xin, Dept. of Automation, Tsinghua Univ. * My share was to design and implement the computer network and the control system of Computer Controlled and Managed Voting System, which was used in The 10th People's Conference 1993.
• Jun. 1992-Sept. 1992: Working as intern in Haihua Computer Company * My job was in R&D division to implement seismic signal acquisition and processing device and program on PC for the Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Oct. 1989-Jul. 1991: Part Time Job, the Service Center of Student's Association. * My job was to fix electronic devices.

SPECIALTIES:

• Hardware:
  • 1. Embeded Micro controller(Intel8098 &8031, 68HC11) Application system design.
  • 2. Applied PLC System Design.
  • 3. PLD, ASIC Chip Design, VLSI Circuit Design, PCB board Design.
  • 4. IBM-PC Interface Design (Image Capture Device, ROM&RAM Disk, Rs485 Network Interface, Data Recording Device.)
• Computer Software & Tools:
  • Design Tools: Cadence, Verilog, VHDL, Synopsys, Hspice, Tango, AutoCAD
  • Operation System: SUN-UNIX, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, Novell Netware
  • Programming Language: C, C++, Pascal, 8086 & MIPS Assembly, FoxPro, Visual Basic, Delphi, Java