Design of Web-Based Experiments on Acceleration and Speed Transducers

Abstract

Remote laboratories are becoming increasingly popular in academic arena due to availability of web-based technologies and infrastructure. Remote Labs are equipped with real instruments, where experiments are performed by controlling the instruments and observing the real data from a distant location through computer networks. They provide for student centric laboratory experience as students can perform experiments at their own convenience and requirements. Further, Remote Labs reduce management of work involved in running conventional laboratories. This paper describes design and implementation of such an experimental setup for performing characterization experiments on Transducers in general and Acceleration and Speed Transducers in particular from a remote location. The experiment can be made accessible to anyone over a TCP/IP network with a standard Web Browser, relevant plugin, and permission. This paper demonstrates that traditional experiments on sensors and transducers can be successfully made available online to both on-campus and off-campus students at their own schedule and convenience.

Using UML Models to Describe the VISIR System

“…In the general case, the architecture of a remote laboratory is built on a client-server structure [20] [21], in some cases it is based on a software controller written in Lab-VIEW [22]. [27] have been described the VISIR architecture, and clarified the overall operation cycle of VISIR.…”