Internet-based educational control systems lab using NetMeeting

Author

Swamy, Nitin ; Kuljaca, Ognjen ; Lewis, Frank L.

Author_Institution

Autom. & Robotics Res. Inst., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX, USA

Volume

45

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

145

Lastpage

151

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to illustrate the remote control of hardware in the laboratory for educational purposes, using commercial off-the-shelf equipment and available freeware. The goal is to eliminate extensive programming using high-level languages, such as Java programming to achieve remote connectivity and focus on the primary task of implementing control algorithms. The use of MS NetMeeting for Internet-based control is described. Control experiments were easily carried out by a remote user, using Matlab-based real-time tools and MS NetMeeting

Keywords

Internet; control engineering computing; control engineering education; distance learning; laboratories; student experiments; telecontrol; Internet-based educational control systems laboratory; Matlab; Microsoft NetMeeting; commercial off-the-shelf equipment; control experiments; freeware; hardware; real-time tools; remote connectivity; remote control; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Hardware; High level languages; Internet; Java; Laboratories; Mathematical model; Programming profession; Robotics and automation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TE.2002.1013879

Filename

1013879