RaspyLab: A Low-Cost Remote Laboratory to Learn Programming and Physical Computing Through Python and Raspberry Pi

Development of a Supervisory System Using Open-Source for a Power Micro-Grid Composed of a Photovoltaic (PV) Plant Connected to a Battery Energy Storage System and Loads

“…They are cost effective and a powerful processing unit in a compact board. The Raspberry Pi has built-ins for the usage of different interfaces (HDMI-High Definition Multimedia Interface, USB-Universal Serial Bus, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), and it supports Linux and Python, enabling easy development of applications [41][42][43][44].…”

RaspyControl Lab: A fully open-source and real-time remote laboratory for education in automatic control systems using Raspberry Pi and Python

“…Although the previous studies and technologies orientated the aspects considered in the design, construction, and deployment of the RaspyControl Lab , we intended to complement these studies in the sense to provide a fully open-source laboratory for automatic control with Raspberry Pi and Python that can be adapted to the technical and educational requirements of educators and practitioners. RaspyControl Lab started with some prior studies and curricular reflection of the research group in engineering education at the Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios-UNIMINUTO [21] , [22] with the help of students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. These works were oriented to provide high-quality and low-cost learning tools for our students to experiment with hands-on activities in the areas of circuits, signal processing, and physical computing due to the lack of low-cost RLs that could be easily replicable and deployed.…”

“…These works were oriented to provide high-quality and low-cost learning tools for our students to experiment with hands-on activities in the areas of circuits, signal processing, and physical computing due to the lack of low-cost RLs that could be easily replicable and deployed. In special, RaspyLab [21] has been tested with around n = 90 students of engineering and computer science in the topics concerning physical computing and programming. Also, since several of the previous RLs are open-source but employ, for instance, infrastructures such as application servers, or National Instruments (NI) data and signal acquisition units [23] that result expensive, we decided to construct our low-cost hardware and open-source software to support the different tasks of learning and experimentation of the students in automatic control.…”

“…Some references to do that can be consulted in [34] , [35] , [36] , [37] . The same system used in RaspyControl Lab was implemented in RaspyLab [21] . In this case, we deployed the remote laboratory in a Virtual Private Server (VPS) with web access through an internet connection to the students.…”

Common Educational Teleoperation Platform for Robotics Utilizing Digital Twins

“…Current challenges brought by ongoing conflicts, worldwide threats, and unequal economical conditions [1,2] are introducing major challenges to all sectors of societies. As a concrete example, pandemic restrictions have set limitations for student group sessions at university laboratories, forcing educational institutes to rethink practical arrangements of laboratory exercises [3][4][5]. Climate change requires an increased appreciation of environmental awareness and preferring green choices [1].…”