Title :
Computer-based nuclear radiation detection and instrumentation teaching laboratory system
Author :
Ellis, W.H. ; He, Q.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Nucl. Eng. Sci., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
fDate :
8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The integration of computers into the University of Florida´s Nuclear Engineering Sciences teaching laboratories is based on the use of Macintosh II microcomputers, IEEE-488 (GPIB) communication and control bus system and protocol, compatible modular nuclear instrumentation (NIM) and test equipment, LabVIEW graphics and applications software, and locally prepared, interactive, menu-driven, HyperCard-based multiexercise laboratory instruction sets and procedures. Results have been highly successful with the majority of the laboratory exercises having been implemented
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer graphics; computerised instrumentation; hypermedia; microcomputer applications; particle detectors; peripheral interfaces; physics computing; radiation detection and measurement; HyperCard-based multiexercise laboratory instruction sets; LabVIEW graphics; Macintosh II microcomputers; applications software; control bus system; modular nuclear instrumentation; protocol; Communication system control; Computer aided instruction; Control systems; Education; Instruments; Laboratories; Microcomputers; Protocols; Radiation detectors; Test equipment;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
