A remotely accessible and configurable electronics laboratory implementation by using LabVIEW

Abstract

In this article, selected applications from the experiments included in undergraduate Electronics and Computer Education curriculum are transformed into remotely accessible and configurable manner. The experiment user interfaces and publishing over the internet is developed in LabVIEW. These experiments are suitable for online conduction where students are either in-class or laboratory on-campus and/or at home. In this work, four different remotely configurable experiment modules are designed and implemented. Remotely configurable facility in a predefined range is performed by using switches activated by DO terminals of a data acquisition card through a web-based application. In this way, students can select the desired experiment from the ones stored on the PCB, adjust the voltage applied to the input terminal of the circuit and change the circuit elements values by using telepresence methodology. ß

Implementing a new approach for the design of an e‐learning platform in engineering education

“…In addition, practice is very important in technical and vocational education, alongside theoretical education. Most of the lecturers in technical education institutions around the world agree that learning by practice helps facilitate retention more than learning by reading . Practical experience is essential in the training of an engineer, as it helps to balance the theoretical and practical contents and it encourages active learning .…”

“…Most of the lecturers in technical education institutions around the world agree that learning by practice helps facilitate retention more than learning by reading . Practical experience is essential in the training of an engineer, as it helps to balance the theoretical and practical contents and it encourages active learning . The main function of the engineering profession is to manipulate materials, energy and information thereby creating benefits for humankind .…”

“…In addition, if the number of students in a class is more than the number of seats in a laboratory, or if there is not enough equipment or devices for the individual use of each student to complete all the laboratory procedures in a limited period, some problems can arise. Practicing inadequately therefore leads to an increase in the generation of young inexperienced graduates, with a lack of scientific skills and knowledge .…”

The development and implementation of a thermal process trainer for control and measurement via the Internet

“…The usage of LabVIEW provides useful tools (LabVIEW Remote Panels, Web Publishing Tools), it is easy to learn, has single software (language) for a complete solution; and is well suited to control setup and collect data. On the other hand LabVIEW is mostly used to conduct experimental sets using data acquisition (DAQ) cards, this limits the number of experiments connected to the server computer 10, 14, 15 and Virtual Instruments (VI) in LabVIEW could become large files 16.…”

LabVIEW-based Remote Laboratory Experiments for a Multi-mode Single-leg Converter

“…A remote laboratory for engineering measurements was used as a power engineering and motion control laboratory for a mechatronic course in [3]- [5]. Web-based laboratories were also used as a configurable electronic laboratory [6], an analog and digital communication laboratory [7], a robotic control laboratory [8], [9], a digital signal processing laboratory [10], and an electrical machine laboratory [11]- [15].…”