VenDASys — A versatile experimentation platform for educational purposes

Sallier, René; Misler, Rudiger; Schütze, Andreas

doi:10.1109/educon.2010.5492576

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“…However, experimentation on MEMS pressure sensors requires a particularly expensive setup of hundred thousand dollars; that is, pressure controller, bottle nitrogen, pressure regulator, pressure chamber/manifold, as well as environmental chamber for temperature/humidity control. A worthwhile research approach presented by Sallier et al [18], addresses a cost-effective experimentation platform that applies to MEMS sensors and a blood pressure monitoring example is proposed, as well. Unfortunately, plain monitoring examples do not expose students to the exploration of particular sensor characteristics, which constitutes an essential area under discussion on MEMS training.…”

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Ethernet and PC‐based experiments on barometric altimetry using MEMS in a wireless sensor network

Bolanakis

Kotsis

Laopoulos

2016

Comp Applic In Engineering

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This paper presents a training framework that applies to Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) technology. Recommendations are in line with a prototype educational platform along with an innovative set of experiments for a creative training on barometric altimetry. The proposed platform relies on a wireless sensor network system of Ethernet as well as PC-based (i.e., LabVIEW) user interface for ambient air pressure acquisition. The web user interface renders feasible the implementation of a single setup per class, while also minimizes students' occupation on software and hardware configuration activities; hence, students are concentrated on the problem solving process. The LabVIEW controlled interface advocates tutordemonstration by means of real-time graphical monitoring of the measurement procedure. The wireless system feature provides flexibility in experimentation, allowing the examination of particular sensor characteristics (related to the design of a MEMS system) that regularly require an exceptionally expensive apparatus. ß 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 24: [443][444][445][446][447][448][449][450][451][452][453][454][455] 2016; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/ journal/cae;

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Ethernet and PC‐based experiments on barometric altimetry using MEMS in a wireless sensor network

Bolanakis

Kotsis

Laopoulos

2016

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…The universal experimentation platform VenDASys [5] offers the possibility for students and teachers alike to realize their own ideas for experiments due to its versatile. Students and teachers alike can concentrate on the development and realization of their experiments instead of spending a lot of effort on the necessary periphery.…”

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“…The students can apply their knowledge gained in the previous stations in this inter-subject experiment connecting Physics and electronics with Biology. The blood pressure monitoring is based on the principle of Riva-Rocci [5]. At first, the blood pressure is measured manually in the same way as, e.g., a general practitioner would.…”

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“…Primarily, students should actively work with microsensors as technical senses to gain a deeper understanding of modern science. In addition, we developed the modular experimentation platform VenDASys [4], which is based on an open source approach for use in schools and projects as well as in our science lab [5]. The VenDASys platform offers a straightforward approach for dealing with sensors by simply "bypassing" most of the electronics from a didactical point of view.…”

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Improved Cooperation between Schools and Science Labs by Adapting Experiments to the Curriculum

Sallier

Beckhauser

Brück³

et al. 2011

Int. J. Onl. Eng.

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Abstract-Science labs have repeatedly shown their impact on high school students for increasing the interest in natural sciences and engineering [1]. Due to the fact that pupils are experimenting independently, their natural interest in research can be re-activated due to improved intrinsic motivation. However, with the increasing density in school curricula -in Germany especially caused by the reduction of the high school duration by one year -many teachers do not find the time to visit science labs due to their often extracurricular topics. For our lab SinnTec, which is focused on sensors as the "technical senses", and the experimentation platform VenDASys we are currently adapting existing experiments and examples for improved compatibility with the regular school curricula primarily in Physics. The goal is to integrate the science lab as much as possible into the standard curriculum to reach most pupils.

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“…The list of open source hardware available is quite large, 1 comprising CPUs, boards, microcontrollers, GPUs, communication adapters and many other devices. Nowadays, creating our own electronics and hardware including sensors and actuators into physics teaching experiments is a possibility accessible to almost any laboratory given certain electronics and programming skills [8] [9] [10]. This paper presents our own proposal to include electronic sensors, and the computing elements required, into physics experiments concerning kinematics.…”

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Improving the Physics Laboratory Experience Through Sensors on a Wireless Open Source Hardware and Software Platform

Llamas¹,

Delgado²,

Rebollo³

et al. 2016

ICERI2016 Proceedings

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This paper describes an open source hardware and software platform devised specifically to allow high school and undergraduate instructors to prepare new laboratory demonstrations and projects for kinematics and dynamics in an easy, affordable and extensible way. The platform consists of a computing portable station with static sensors and a microcontroller based mobile device small sensors embedded. The whole platform rely heavily on wireless technologies so the students could operate the platform with their own tablets or smartphones.To meet the open source requirements, all the components comply with open source restrictions and also the design documents and the source code are made publicly available to the education community. Therefore, there is not only an economical sensing alternative to current configurations of laboratories but an extensible system in which new requirements and sensors could be added covering new areas such as electronics, magnetism and thermodynamics. A user friendly web client permits the students to configure and perform measurements using an Internet connected smartphone or any portable computing device in a way that makes possible to the instructor to broaden the type and intensity of experiments.

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VenDASys — A versatile experimentation platform for educational purposes

Cited by 5 publications

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Ethernet and PC‐based experiments on barometric altimetry using MEMS in a wireless sensor network

Ethernet and PC‐based experiments on barometric altimetry using MEMS in a wireless sensor network

Improved Cooperation between Schools and Science Labs by Adapting Experiments to the Curriculum

Improving the Physics Laboratory Experience Through Sensors on a Wireless Open Source Hardware and Software Platform

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