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Remote Electronic Lab

The Remote Electronic Labas a Part of the Telelearning Environment of the

Carinthia Tech Institute

Dr.sc., Dr.-Ing.Michael E. AUER

Dipl.-Ing.(FH)Wolfgang GALLENT

supported by

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• Task/Requirements

• Environment

• Hardware

• Software

• User Interface

• Conclusion

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Task

• System for carrying out electronic exercises via the Internet

• Real measurements - not simulation

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Basic Requirements

• Integration in the existing WBT system

• Common Internet browser at the client-side

• Minimal administrative needs

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Benefits of Remote Labs

• The students can login from any place of the world

• Access to specialized devices

• Real lab experience

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Telelearning Environment

- Modem- ISDN- GSM- ADSL

Hyperwave Information

Server (GENTLE / eLS)

MatLab - Server

REL – Server

Terminal – Server

Application - Server

Client PCs

e.g. ORCAD

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Hardware

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Hardware

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Circuit Modules & Mainboard

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Module in Mainboard

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Software

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Client Control “REL-Access”

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Client Control for Power Supply

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Client Control for the Function Generator

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Client Control for the Digital Multi Meter

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Client Control for the Oscilloscope

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Client Control for DAQ Board

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WebCam

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Example Experimentf/Hz AC Voltage

100 9,46500 9,44600 10,79700 12,2800 13,21

1000 13,941200 12,691300 10,381350 7,111400 5,891500 4,561800 2,731900 2,412000 2,122200 1,7

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October 27th, 2000: Remote experiment by TU Dresden

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NIWeek 2000 Semi Finalist

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Conclusion

• Different fields of application– Telelearning– Industry– Research

• Open for future extensions– User scheduling– Usage of IVI drivers– Switch matrix board for changing the probes

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Wanted!

• Partners for cooperation

• Exchange of experience with similar Projects

• Solutions for User-Scheduling

• Students as holiday-trainees or for diploma-projects

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Contact

• Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Wolfgang GALLENTE-mail: wg@cti.ac.at

• Dr.-Ing., Dr. sc. Michael E. AUERE-mail: M.Auer@IEEE.org