Remote electronics Workbench ¿ taking the lab home

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2004

Authors

Gustavo Ribeiro Alves (Author) Other; António Cardoso (Author) Other; José M. Martins Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing - INCOM 2004

11th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing - INCOM 2004

Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, April 5-7 2004

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): Students usually regard lab classes as the opportunity to practice learnt theory. Some would even pass more time in the lab performing new or the same experiment with slightly different parameters, if allowed to. Benefiting from the experience gained in the PEARL (Practical Experimentation by Accessible Remote Learning) project, the University of Porto has developed a Remote Electronics Workbench (REW) that allows students to carry out real experiments in electronics, from their home computer, through web-based access. The REW includes: interfaces to experimental scenarios; real video feedback from the lab environment; video-conference facilities to enable student-tostudent and student-to-tutor dialogue; and registration and booking pages to new and registered users, respectively. It is also a constituting part of a proposal to create a Remote Experimentation Network covering both European and Latin-American countries, under the Alfa II programme.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6