A remote experimentation using virtual laboratory

Abstract

Experimental laboratories in technical institute are important part of the education areas. It demonstrates course concepts and brings theoretical ideas alive so students can more visualize and understand facts of theoretical concepts. Natural phenomenon affects the real world measurement and control the working algorithm. However, equipping a laboratory ubiquitously is an effective in cost and its maintenance can be difficult. Teaching assistants are required to instruct and setting up the well equipped laboratory, and grade the student report. These time-consuming and costly tasks turns in relatively low equipped laboratory also when teaching assistants and laboratory equipment are available experiments can be driven out. A lightweight web server as well as website interface has been developed, which restricts cost efficient laboratory equipment and measures electronic devices as “virtual laboratory” for any technical institute experiments to undergraduate as well as post graduate students. It uses standard browsers without additional plug-ins to provide interface to any user. The present interface is flexible and could be expanded to many other devices and instruments.