Title :
Computer-based nuclear radiation detection and instrumentation teaching laboratory system
Author :
Ellis, W.H. ; He, Q.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Nucl. Eng. Sci., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
A computer-based nuclear radiation detection and instrumentation teaching laboratory system has been developed at the University of Florida for use in its Nuclear Engineering Sciences teaching laboratories. The system is based on the innovative use of Macintosh II microcomputers, the IEEE-488 communication and control bus system (and protocol), compatible nuclear instrumentation modules (NIM), test equipment, and LabVIEW 2 graphical software, applications software and locally prepared, interactive, menu-driven HyperCard based multiexercise laboratory instruction sets and procedures. The laboratory teaching station concept entails using the computer to establish a `man-machine interface/communications system´ that can provide user-friendly instructions and online instrument control for system setup, test, data acquisition, storage, analysis, plotting, and laboratory report preparation
Keywords :
Apple computers; computer aided instruction; demonstrations; nuclear instrumentation; physics computing; teaching; HyperCard; IEEE-488 communication and control bus system; LabVIEW 2 graphical software; Macintosh II microcomputers; computer-based; instrumentation; nuclear instrumentation modules; nuclear radiation detection; teaching laboratory system; test equipment; Communication system control; Communication system software; Control systems; Education; Instruments; Laboratories; Microcomputers; Protocols; Radiation detectors; Test equipment;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0884-0
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301315
