An HTML client for the Blackbody Radiation Lab

The Blackbody Radiation Lab has been developed for students to experimentally learn about the physics of light. It is used as an anchor lab within the Go-Lab project. The lab hardware, which is controlled with LabVIEW software, has been made remotely accessible with the help of the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine. This implementation had some drawbacks in terms of accessibility, observability and user friendliness. The solution to this problem was found in the development of a client with HTML and JavaScript. With it no plug-ins are required any more. It allows access for multiple users at a time and enhances accessibility as well as the learning experience because the experimentation can now be followed over web cam.