Title :
Suitability of SCADA for development of remote laboratories
Author :
Nedic, Z. ; Nafalski, A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Abstract :
Development of remote laboratories is a complex task. It usually requires knowledge from various disciplines like computer science, electrical, mechanical and other engineering disciplines depending of the nature of the experiments for which the remote laboratory is designed. Many remote laboratories have client server architecture and use LabVIEW software to support remote access to experimental workbench. In this article we discuss the suitability of using SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) software for the development of remote laboratories with an extra benefit of making students work ready for industrial environments where SCADA is commonly used in automation of manufacturing and scientific processes.
Keywords :
SCADA systems; computer aided instruction; engineering education; virtual instrumentation; LabVIEW software; SCADA; computer science; electrical engineering; industrial environments; manufacturing automation processes; mechanical engineering; remote laboratories; scientific processes; supervisory control and data acquisition software; Indexes; Local area networks; Reliability; Remote laboratories; SCADA systems; Visualization; SCADA systems; engineering education; process control; remote laboratories;
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
DOI :
10.1109/REV.2013.6502912
