The Reaction Wheel Pendulum: An Interactive Virtual Laboratory for Control Education

Virtual laboratories have been demonstrated to contribute successfully to the theoretical understanding of many important systems theory and automatic control concepts in engineering education. This paper describes the pilot experience on the use of such laboratories as learning tools in introductory systems theory courses at the University of Extremadura during the academic year 2015/2016. The purpose of the present paper is to offer some objective academic evidence for the effectiveness of the use of virtual laboratories to improve learning in laboratory lessons in engineering.

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“…14 for mobile robots, in García et al. 15 for a reaction wheel pendulum, and in Dormido et al. 16 for a three-tank system.…”

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confidence: 99%

Introducing systems theory with virtual laboratories at the University of Extremadura: How to improve learning in the lab in engineering degrees

González

Tejado

Merchán

2019

International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education

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“…In fact, it has been broadly used to construct such educational resources for universities all around the world. Some examples for engineering education cover several scopes like automatic control [29,30,38,39], robotics [25,40], automation [26,33], photovoltaic systems [41], supervisory systems [42]. Regarding the extensions, EJS can connect with external software widely used in academic and research laboratories, namely Java-Internet-LabVIEW (JIL) [43] and Java-Internet-Matlab (JIM) [44].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Easy Handling of Sensors and Actuators over TCP/IP Networks by Open Source Hardware/Software

Mejías

Herrera

Márquez

et al. 2017

Sensors

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There are several specific solutions for accessing sensors and actuators present in any process or system through a TCP/IP network, either local or a wide area type like the Internet. The usage of sensors and actuators of different nature and diverse interfaces (SPI, I2C, analogue, etc.) makes access to them from a network in a homogeneous and secure way more complex. A framework, including both software and hardware resources, is necessary to simplify and unify networked access to these devices. In this paper, a set of open-source software tools, specifically designed to cover the different issues concerning the access to sensors and actuators, and two proposed low-cost hardware architectures to operate with the abovementioned software tools are presented. They allow integrated and easy access to local or remote sensors and actuators. The software tools, integrated in the free authoring tool Easy Java and Javascript Simulations (EJS) solve the interaction issues between the subsystem that integrates sensors and actuators into the network, called convergence subsystem in this paper, and the Human Machine Interface (HMI)—this one designed using the intuitive graphical system of EJS—located on the user’s computer. The proposed hardware architectures and software tools are described and experimental implementations with the proposed tools are presented.

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Design and Implementation of the Remote Laboratory System to Enhance Engineering Education in Sri Lanka

Laksiri,

Ratnaweera,

Maithripala

2023

2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS)

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The Reaction Wheel Pendulum: An Interactive Virtual Laboratory for Control Education

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Introducing systems theory with virtual laboratories at the University of Extremadura: How to improve learning in the lab in engineering degrees

Introducing systems theory with virtual laboratories at the University of Extremadura: How to improve learning in the lab in engineering degrees

Easy Handling of Sensors and Actuators over TCP/IP Networks by Open Source Hardware/Software

Design and Implementation of the Remote Laboratory System to Enhance Engineering Education in Sri Lanka

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