Title :
Multimedia tools in electrical engineering laboratories
Author :
Giuma, Tayeb A. ; Holt, Peggy ; Williams, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we will describe a multimedia platform that was developed as a teaching/tutorial tool for undergraduate circuits/electronics laboratories. This tutorial provides students with easy-to-use reference and overview of the materials required for circuits/electronics laboratories in an electrical engineering program. The tutorial is divided into three main separate sections: (1) general knowledge, (2) equipment operations, and (3) actual lab experiments. A PSpice overview section was, also, included to help the students design and analyze circuits and provide them with theoretical values to be used for comparison with actual data measured in the lab. Sound, graphics, digitized images and animations are incorporated to enhance the learning experience
Keywords :
SPICE; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; computer aided instruction; computer animation; electronic engineering education; engineering graphics; multimedia computing; student experiments; PSpice overview section; animations; circuit analysis; circuits laboratories; design; digitized images; electrical engineering laboratories; electrical engineering program; electronics laboratories; equipment operations; general knowledge; graphics; lab experiments; multimedia tools; reference; sound; students; teaching tool; tutorial tool; undergraduate; Animation; Circuit testing; Computer graphics; Education; Electrical engineering; Electronic equipment testing; Hardware; Laboratories; Multimedia systems; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '96. Bringing Together Education, Science and Technology., Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3088-9
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1996.510128