Computer-based laboratory teaching tools: An overview of LabVIEW and MATLAB

Author

Leena, N. ; Raj, B. Durai ; Gunabalan, R.

Author_Institution

EEE Dept., Fed. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Angamaly, India

fYear

2012

fDate

19-21 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Technology continues to advance day by day. There has to be a paradigm shift in the conventional teacher-centric teaching to a student centric learning so that students grasp a better understanding of the subject. The computer technology and the internet have proven to have vast potential to provide an interactive learning environment. This paper focuses on two powerful software tools-MATLAB and LABVIEW extensively used for simulation and modeling of engineering applications. An example of simulation of a full converter using the two softwares is also shown to establish the great power and utility of the packages.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; interactive systems; laboratories; mathematics computing; software tools; teaching; virtual instrumentation; Internet; LabVIEW; MATLAB; computer technology; computer-based laboratory teaching tools; interactive learning environment; software tools; student centric learning; teacher-centric teaching; Educational institutions; Firing; Laboratories; MATLAB; Thyristors; Voltage measurement; Full converter; LABVIEW; MATLAB;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Education: Innovative Practices and Future Trends (AICERA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kottayam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2267-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICERA.2012.6306686

Filename

6306686