DocumentCode :
351770
Title :
A novel multidisciplinary course: measurement and automated data acquisition
Author :
DeLyser, R.R. ; Wilson, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Denver Univ., CO, USA
Volume :
2
fYear :
1999
fDate :
10-13 Nov. 1999
Abstract :
A novel multidisciplinary course was developed by the authors 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 lab intensive course uses a suite of data acquisition equipment located in a new Computer Aided Teaching Lab. The presentation format is two lectures and 1 three hour lab per week. The lectures are designed to cover material that directly supports the labs. Labs early in the course explore the subsystems of an automated data acquisition system. The students then learn the operation of the parallel port on the personal computer write C/C++ programs to control the parallel port, 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 :
data acquisition; educational courses; engineering education; laboratories; measurement; student experiments; C/C++ course; C/C++ programs; Computer Aided Teaching Lab; analog to digital converters; automated data acquisition; circuits course; data acquisition equipment; digital to analog converters; lab intensive course; measurement; mechanics course; multidisciplinary course; parallel port control; personal computer parallel port; strain measurement; temperature controller measurement; temperature measurement; Automatic control; Data acquisition; Digital-analog conversion; Education; Integrated circuit measurements; Microcomputers; Strain control; Strain measurement; Temperature control; Temperature measurement;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
ISSN :
0190-5848
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.841664
Filename :
841664
Link To Document :
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