A novel interdisciplinary course measurement and automated data acquisition-an update

Author

DeLyser, Ronald R. ; Rullkoetter, Paul ; Armentrout, Dan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Denver Univ., CO, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

6-9 Nov. 2002

Abstract

A novel multidisciplinary course was developed that integrates knowledge gained and tools acquired from the introductory freshman, circuits, mechanics and C/C++ courses and is built around the concepts associated with automated data acquisition systems. This 3 quarter hour, laboratory intensive course used a suite of data acquisition equipment located in the Computer Aided Teaching Laboratory. Since then the laboratory computers have been replaced by the students´ personal laptops and a PCMCIA card has replaced the data acquisition board. Laboratories early in the course explore the subsystems of an automated data acquisition system. The students then learn the operation of the National Instruments DAQCard-1200 card, learn the operation of analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and learn the use of the C/C++ commands provided for controlling these subsystems. The students learn these concepts while doing typical experiments dealing with the measurement of temperature, strain, and the evaluation of a temperature controller.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; computer aided instruction; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; digital-analogue conversion; educational courses; engineering education; laptop computers; memory cards; strain measurement; temperature control; temperature measurement; C/C++ commands; C/C++ courses; Computer Aided Teaching Laboratory; National Instruments DAQCard1200 card; PCMCIA card; analog to digital converters; automated data acquisition systems; circuits courses; data acquisition equipment; digital to analog converters; freshman courses; interdisciplinary course; laboratory intensive course; measurement and automated data acquisition; mechanics courses; personal laptops; strain measurement; temperature controller evaluation; temperature measurement; Automatic control; Data acquisition; Digital-analog conversion; Education; Instruments; Integrated circuit measurements; Laboratories; Portable computers; Strain measurement; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7444-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2002.1158716

Filename

1158716