Design of a general purpose platform for easy setup of low-cost remote laboratories in electronics

Author

Samuelsen, D.A.H. ; Graven, O.H.

Author_Institution

Fac. for Technol., Buskerud Univ. Coll., Kongsberg, Norway

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 Feb. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A design specification for a remote laboratory platform for electronics laboratories is presented which gives the user an easy setup, a large freedom in reconfiguration and a low cost solution. The system is designed around a motherboard with connectors for standardized add-on boards that constitute the configurable components in the laboratory circuit. The solution is designed to in a natural way facilitate the creation a remote laboratory from the prototyping level up to a permanent installation. The acquisition hardware can be chosen freely by the user both during development and after the creation of the lab, without extensive changes to the hardware setup. This paper presents both the design of the motherboard, various designs for add on cards and shows how to configure the setup.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; distance learning; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; laboratories; data acquisition hardware; electronics laboratories; general purpose platform design; hardware setup; low-cost remote laboratories; motherboard; permanent installation; standardized add-on board connector; Pins; Remote laboratories; Resistance; Resistors; Transistors; Remote laboratory; hardware setup; reconfiguration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2013 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6345-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-6344-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REV.2013.6502907

Filename

6502907