Internet-Based Teaching and Experiment System for Control Engineering Course

e-Learning engineering courses with online experiments are attracting a great deal of attention because of the flexibility they provide in both teaching and learning. This paper has described an Internet-based teaching and experiment system for control engineering (ITESCE) that provides students wit...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982) Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 2386 - 2396
Main Authors: Min Wu, Jin-Hua She, Gui-Xiu Zeng, Ohyama, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York IEEE 01.06.2008
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Browser/server (B/S) architecture
Communication system control
Control engineering
Control systems
e-learning
Education
Educational robots
Electronic learning
Internet
Java
Java applet
Java database connectivity (JDBC)
multithreading
Network servers
On-line systems
Online
online experiment
real-time control
Simulation
Teaching
Web server
Java applet
database
e-learning
browser/server (B/S)
on-line experiment
real-time control
Java database connectivity (JDBC)
multithreading
control engineering
architecture
ISSN:0278-0046, 1557-9948
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Summary:e-Learning engineering courses with online experiments are attracting a great deal of attention because of the flexibility they provide in both teaching and learning. This paper has described an Internet-based teaching and experiment system for control engineering (ITESCE) that provides students with online course material, a simulator, an online control experiment using an arm robot, and the ability to store and search simulation and experimental results. To implement the functions required by the course and to facilitate connection to the Internet, the ITESCE is based on a standard browser/server architecture with three layers and employs multithreading, Java applets, and Java database connectivity. Background control subsystems handle the real-time control of experiments, and a network server handles communication with clients and with background control subsystems. A database stores simulation and experimental results. The course covers a variety of control methods, and students can try them out through online simulations and experiments. To enhance realism, a Web camera takes a video of an experiment and streams it to a student's PC in real time.
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ISSN:0278-0046
1557-9948
DOI:10.1109/TIE.2008.921229