Title :
Virtual circuit laboratory
Author :
Hodge, Hess ; Hinton, H. Scott ; Lightner, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We present the rationale, implementation and performance features of a virtual lab environment for an electronic circuits course. The primary purpose of the tool is to provide an environment that mimics some of the failure modes of a real lab, which aids the student in learning debugging techniques. The tool is implemented as a Java application
Keywords :
Java; courseware; educational courses; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; Java application; debugging technique learning; electronic circuits course; failure modes; virtual circuit laboratory; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Debugging; Electronic circuits; Instruments; Laboratories; Power supplies;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6424-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2000.897567