DocumentCode :
2815758
Title :
Work in progress - a distance laboratory system using agilent test equipment
Author :
Eppes, Tom ; Schuyler, Peter
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Hartford Univ., West Hartford, CT, USA
fYear :
2004
fDate :
20-23 Oct. 2004
Abstract :
The authors have developed an Internet accessible distance laboratory system that employs agilent test and measurement equipment. The system is called ALTE (automated laboratory test environment) and pilot-tested in Fall 2004. Instructors and students within the Electronic and Computer Technology (ECT) Department begin using ALTE to remotely conduct experiments over the Internet. Access is 24x7, and the system supports multiple users on the same lab station. ALTE´s architecture consists of a management server that provides access control as well as managing the course/experiment database. The management server interfaces to any number of lab stations. Each lab station consists of a dedicated PC that uses LabView´s virtual instrument interface to send commands and retrieve data from active Agilent test equipment. A typical lab station consists of a networked-PC that is GPIB interfaced to an agilent programmable DC power supply, arbitrary waveform generator, digital multimeter and mixed-signal oscilloscope.
Keywords :
Internet; distance learning; educational courses; laboratories; virtual instrumentation; Agilent test; DC power supply; agilent test equipment; arbitrary waveform generator; automated laboratory test environment; digital multimeter; distance laboratory system; mixed-signal oscilloscope; Access control; Automatic testing; Computer architecture; Databases; Electrical capacitance tomography; Internet; Laboratories; System testing; Test equipment; Web server;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2004. FIE 2004. 34th Annual
ISSN :
0190-5848
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8552-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2004.1408523
Filename :
1408523
Link To Document :
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