Title :
A Web-based linear-systems iLab
Author :
Viedma, Gerardo ; Dancy, Isaac J. ; Lundberg, Kent H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a Web-based laboratory for students in courses on feedback systems. This project uses the iLab architecture, which provides a framework for remote-lab development and deployment, using a three-tiered client/broker/server architecture. This three-tiered approach simplifies the development of remote labs by providing reusable components for laboratory-administration functions. In the specific lab described here, students use a Java-based Lab Client to configure system parameters of a state-variable filter and submit jobs to the Lab Server. The Lab Server computer uses a dynamic signal analyzer to take frequency-response measurements of the configured filter.
Keywords :
Internet; Java; client-server systems; computer aided instruction; control engineering education; feedback; linear systems; software architecture; Internet; Java-based Lab Client; Lab Server computer; Web-based laboratory; Web-based linear-systems; client-server systems; computer aided instruction; control engineering education; feedback systems course; iLab architecture; remote lab deployment; remote-lab development; software architecture; state-variable filter; three-tiered client-broker-server architecture; Computer architecture; Feedback; Filters; Internet; Java; Network servers; Processor scheduling; Remote laboratories; Sockets; Web server;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9098-9
Electronic_ISBN :
0743-1619
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2005.1470837
