Title :
A measurement laboratory on geographic network for remote test experiments
Author :
Arpaia, P. ; Baccigalupi, A. ; Cennamo, F. ; Daponte, P.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. Elettrica, Univ. di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Abstract :
A remote laboratory for teaching purposes in the field of measuring experiments was activated. Students can access automatic measuring setups and instruments via geographic network and directly carry out real experiments. With respect to current literature solutions, this has been realized on the basis of de-facto networking standards so that students are required to use only a simple commercial Web Internet browser. Moreover, a concurrence of more users on the same measuring setup is allowed. The remote laboratory concept allows measuring resources spread on different geographically remote sites to be utilized by a wide deal of students. In this way, a more complete educational proposal can be economically offered by several geographically remote laboratories specialized in different measuring fields
Keywords :
Internet; client-server systems; computerised instrumentation; educational technology; laboratory techniques; multiprocessing systems; telecommunication standards; virtual machines; automatic measuring setup; commercial Web Internet browser; concurrence; geographic network; geographically remote laboratories; geographically remote sites; measurement laboratory; measuring experiments; measuring resources; networking standards; remote laboratory; remote test experiments; teaching; Application software; Costs; Current measurement; Education; Electric variables measurement; Hardware; Instruments; Remote laboratories; Testing; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1998. IMTC/98. Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
St. Paul, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4797-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1998.679758