Title :
ELVIS. A new tool for teaching and training
Author :
Del Rio, J. ; Trullols, E. ; Manuel, A. ; Mendez, J. ; Prados, G. ; Palomera, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Vilanova I La Geltru, Spain
Abstract :
ELVIS (educational laboratory virtual instrumentation suite) is a LabVIEW based virtual instrument of National Instruments, a multifunction data acquisition device, a custom-designed bench top workstation and prototyping board. As a virtual tool it has a high potentiality in the education and training of basic electronics and circuit design, to engineering students. ELVIS has full testing, measurement, and data saving capabilities needed for such training. A removable prototype board offers students the ability to build circuits at home, thus using laboratory time more effectively. LabVIEW facilities as a Web, e-tool and VI server allow the configuration of ELVIS in order to be fully accessible remotely.
Keywords :
data acquisition; distance learning; educational aids; electronic engineering education; measurement systems; student experiments; virtual instrumentation; ELVIS; LabVIEW based virtual instrument; VI server; custom-designed bench top workstation; data saving capabilities; educational laboratory virtual instrumentation suite; engineering students; measurement systems; multifunction data acquisition device; remotely accessible e-tool; removable prototyping board; teaching tool; testing system; training tool; Circuit synthesis; Circuit testing; Data acquisition; Education; Engineering students; Instruments; Laboratories; Prototypes; Virtual prototyping; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2004. IMTC 04. Proceedings of the 21st IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8248-X
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2004.1351299
