I. Khan, D. Muthusamy, W. Ahmad, K. Nilsson, J. Zackrisson, I. Gustavsson, L. Håkansson
{"title":"Remotely controlled laboratory setup for Active Noise Control and acoustic experiments","authors":"I. Khan, D. Muthusamy, W. Ahmad, K. Nilsson, J. Zackrisson, I. Gustavsson, L. Håkansson","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293158","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a remotely controlled educational experiments setup for Active Noise Control (ANC) and acoustic experiments. The experiments setup is based on the Virtual Instruments Systems in Reality (VISIR) open source platform, National Instruments LabVIEW software and a Digital Signal Processor TMS320C6713 from Texas Instruments. The software development and equipment are controlled remotely form a client PC using a standard web browser. The proposed laboratory setup focuses on ANC experiments applied to noise in a ventilation duct. The laboratory setup will enable students to test and investigate properties and behaviour of adaptive algorithms in reality as compared to more confined simulations usually carried out in Matlab etc. The general steps in ANC, such as the feasibility of active control, designing, testing and debugging ANC algorithms, configuration and implementation of an active control system, are all covered. In addition students will be able to study the effect of analog to digital converters (ADC), anti-aliasing filters, digital to analog converters (DAC) and reconstruction filters using digital signal processing in reality, etc. The laboratory setup is suitable for a wide range of courses such as sound related experiments in upper secondary school physics, digital signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and acoustics at university level.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117164891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Butime, R. Besiga, A. Bwonyo, V. Nakanwagi, T. Togboa, A. Katumba
{"title":"Design of online Digital Electronics laboratories based on the NI ELVIS II platform","authors":"J. Butime, R. Besiga, A. Bwonyo, V. Nakanwagi, T. Togboa, A. Katumba","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293098","url":null,"abstract":"The Makerere University iLabs Project Team (iLabs@MAK) has designed and implemented online laboratories based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) iLabs Shared Architecture (ISA), a scalable model that provides highly reliable generic experiment services independent of the experiment domains. This paper presents the design process of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) FPGA-based Digital Electronics laboratory with the 3-bit Full Adder, 4-Bit Bidirectional Universal Shift Register and Synchronous Up/Down Counter experiments developed by undergraduate student researchers using the Digital Electronics FPGA add-on board for the National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS II™) platform. Herein described are the experiments and the process of integration of Data Acquisition, Monitoring and Control capabilities using the NI CompactRIO to the initial FPGA Digital Electronics laboratory.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"223 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116024662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Bowtell, Clint Moloney, A. Kist, V. Parker, Andrew D. Maxwell, Natasha Reedy
{"title":"Using Remote Access Laboratories in nursing education","authors":"L. Bowtell, Clint Moloney, A. Kist, V. Parker, Andrew D. Maxwell, Natasha Reedy","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293148","url":null,"abstract":"Remote Access Laboratory (RAL) based learning activities are commonplace in engineering faculties; in other disciplines such activities are not widely used. Practicing safe-installations of intravenous pump driver setups and related clinical reasoning skills are important components for the training of nurses. The aim of this research project is to develop and trial remote access technologies that enable nursing students to test their knowledge, skills, and clinical reasoning with intravenous infusion pump drivers. This has been possible by extending the concept of RAL from a physical and tangible experiment, to more conceptual experimentation in any form conducted remotely. In such a context clinical reasoning becomes possible. This paper discusses a prototype that has been build through collaboration betweens the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying and the Department of Nursing and Midwifery. An initial evaluation with a group of nursing students has been completed to assess if such activities can assist with the training of student nurses. Previous work has identified the need to scaffold learning activities that rely on RAL technology; the key conclusion in this paper is that in the context of nursing this have to be taken a step further. RAL activities here require contextualisation to become an effective learning tool.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129568361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simplifying the communication with I2C devices using LabVIEW and the PC's parallel port","authors":"E. Lunca, C. Damian, F. Mariut","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293128","url":null,"abstract":"At the moment, Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) is one of the most widely used protocols for serial data communication in embedded systems. The purpose of this paper is to show a simple solution to communicate with I2C devices using the PC's parallel port and LabVIEW graphical programming environment. First, a low-cost 2-wire interface and an associated I2C LabVIEW library are presented. Then, a number of sample applications involving different ICs are described.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127487568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A remote direct sequence spread spectrum communications lab utilising the Emona DATEx","authors":"Cosmas Mwikirize","doi":"10.3991/ijoe.v8is4.2187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v8is4.2187","url":null,"abstract":"Remote labs have become popular learning aids due to their versatility and considerable ease of utilisation as compared to their physical counterparts. At Makerere University, the remote labs are based on the standard Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) iLabs Shared Architecture (ISA) - a scalable and generic platform. Presented in this paper is such a lab, addressing the key practical aspects of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) communication. The lab is built on the National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) with the Emona Digital and Analog Telecommunications Experimenter (DATEx) add-on board. It also incorporates switching hardware. The lab facilitates real-time control of the equipment, with users able to set, manipulate and observe signal parameters in both the frequency and the time domains. Simulation and data Acquisition modes of the experiment are supported to provide a richer learning experience.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125865049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Swartling, J. S. Bartunek, K. Nilsson, I. Gustavsson, M. Fiedler
{"title":"Simulations of the VISIR Open Lab Platform","authors":"M. Swartling, J. S. Bartunek, K. Nilsson, I. Gustavsson, M. Fiedler","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293108","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a queue simulation of a remote laboratory based on the VISIR Open Lab Platform designed at Blekinge Institute of Technology. A model of this VISIR laboratory and statistical distributions of how users interact with the system based on real log files are presented. The system is then simulated in order to determine how many concurrent students that can be allowed to use the laboratory while at the same time keeping a low response time to ensure the quality of the service. The results show, in a worst case setup with approximately 300 ms response time per experiment, that roughly 100 concurrent users is an upper limit to ensure an average response time below 2 s. The results also show that raising the limit of the desired experiment response time does not necessarily increase the number allowed concurrent users significantly once the system is saturated. However, improving the experiment response time can significantly increase the number of users that can simultaneously be connected.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128933859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RESTlabs: Service broker architecture for remote labs","authors":"M. Schulz, A. Rudd, L. Payne","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293171","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a work-in-progress at the Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology (CEIT) at The University of Queensland on the design and implementation of a new remote laboratory architecture utilizing contemporary and emerging web standards. The RESTlabs architecture maintains the concept of a Lab Server that manages a rig upon which to run experiments and a Service Broker to manage user access to a Lab Server. Much innovative design is taking place in the Lab Server and the UI associated with an experiment, and this requires new support architectures from the Service Broker. This paper discusses the design of a Service Broker as detailed in the MIT iLabs architecture and discusses the changes that have been incorporated in the RESTlabs architecture of the Service Broker.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128006344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Marcelino, J. B. Silva, V. Gruber, M. S. Bilessimo
{"title":"3D virtual worlds using open source platform and integrated remote experimentation","authors":"R. Marcelino, J. B. Silva, V. Gruber, M. S. Bilessimo","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293182","url":null,"abstract":"This project seeks to demonstrate the use of remote experimentation and 3D virtual environments applied to the teaching-learning in the areas of exact sciences-physics. In proposing the combination of remote experimentation and 3D virtual worlds in teaching-learning process, we intend to achieve greater geographic coverage, contributing to the construction of new methodologies of teaching support, speed of access and foremost motivation for students to continue in scientific study of the technology areas. The proposed architecture is based on a model implemented fully featured open source and open hardware. The virtual world was built in OpenSim software and integrated it a remote physics experiment called “electrical panel”. Accessing the virtual world the user has total control of the experiment within the 3D virtual world.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127998168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conceptual design of a thermal process plant Weblab","authors":"M. T. C. D. Siqueira, M. Santos, L. A. Mendes","doi":"10.3991/ijoe.v8is4.2275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v8is4.2275","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the conceptual design of a remote experimentation laboratory -a Weblab - for a thermal process plant, based on a systematic model for its planning and development. The adopted approach comprises three layers (physical system, hardware and software), being prescribed the following steps: definition of requirements; system technical specification; conceptual synthesis; analysis, simulation and dimensioning; detailing and documentation; integration and start up. The conceptual solution includes the thermal process plant remote configuration to allow the variation of the experimental setup parameters, offering three variants of control engineering exercises. The presented results provide the basis for the next stage of the Weblab development.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128272436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating a cloud audio player in home automation systems","authors":"A. Maiti, S. Sivanesan","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293138","url":null,"abstract":"With the growth of cloud computing, progressively more ways to make optimal utilization of cloud applications are being sought. In this paper, we present one such optimized cloud service deeply integrated in a home automation network. The application is a cloud based audio player synchronized across the home automation network in all (or selected) rooms of a house, thus delivering a brilliant music listening experience across a household. We also present strategies and protocols used to synchronize the playing of an audio file from the cloud using minimal network bandwidth, in order to maintain a virtuous quality of service (QoS) for other components of the home automation network.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116541325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}