Title :
A Distance Laboratory System for Electronic Engineering Education
Author :
Wei, Chuliang ; Zhuang, Zhemin ; Xin, Qin ; Al-Shamma, A.I. ; Shaw, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shantou Univ., Shantou, China
Abstract :
Laboratory experiments are always vital for a university student in electronic engineer to improve her/his practical skill. However, because of unit cost and availability, student may not get opportunity to use the equipments, particularly the latest industrial equipments, in their experiments. For this reason many graduates require time to adapt to real industrial technology when they leave university. This paper presents a virtual instrument based distance laboratory system that offers students the opportunity to complete their experiments, by using an Internet linked personal computer at university, home, or anywhere. Based upon the system, a set of laboratory equipment can be used for their experiments by many students at the same time. Both Local Area Network (LAN) and Virtual Network Computing (VNC) technologies are employed to develop this low-cost but efficient system.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational institutions; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; laboratories; local area networks; virtual instrumentation; Internet linked personal computer; LAN; VNC; distance laboratory system; electronic engineering education; industrial technology; laboratory equipment; local area network; university student; virtual instrument; virtual network computing; Educational institutions; Engines; Laboratories; Local area networks; Sensors; Software; Vibrations; distance laboratory; graphical user interface; industry application; virtual network computing;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Computation Technology and Automation (ICICTA), 2012 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zhangjiajie, Hunan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0470-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICICTA.2012.10
