Lab on the Web : running real electronics experiments via the Internet / Tor A. Fjeldly, Michael S. Shur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fjeldly, Tor A.

Contributor:

Shur, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronics--Experiments--Data processing.

Electronics.

Internet.

Electronics--Experiments.

Physical Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience ; [Place of publication not identified] : IEEE Press, [2003]

Summary:

The widespread use of the Internet as a communication medium has opened up a broad range of possibilities for extending its use into new areas. One such area is remote education, a rapidly growing part of today's university curricula. Using the Internet and Web technology, courses can be offered to students anywhere in the world with no more technical requirements than a personal computer and an Internet connection. Until recently however, lab courses have been considered impractical for remote access. But thanks to technical advances of the past decade, even these courses with their often complex interactive techniques have been made accessible to remote students. Lab on the Web: Running Real Electronics Experiments via the Internet is the first text to present, in detail, experiments that can be run over the Web, specifically in the area of electronics. The authors present detailed descriptions of approximately 100 experiments in solid state electronics that can be used by engineering and science students at all levels, anywhere in the world, as well as by researchers working on semiconductor devices. The book has achieved widespread collaboration that will enable universities around the world to participate in these remote access experiments. Enhanced by interactive Web sites which will accommodate a growing array of experimental modules from participating institutions, the text opens up a virtual Pandora's box of possibilities for students to access a wide variety of real experiments, and for institutions, jointly or individually, to establish their own remote laboratory sites.

Contents:

1 Electronics Laboratory Experiments Accessible via Internet / T. A. Fjeldly, M. S. Shur 1

1.2 AIM-Lab at RPI 3

1.3 LAB-on-WEB at UniK 9

1.4 Example Experiments 23

1.5 Educational Experience and Future Plans 43

2 MIT Microelectronics WebLab / J. A. del Alamo, V. Chang, L. Brooks, C. McLean, J. Hardison, G. Mishuris, L. Hui 49

2.2 WebLab System Architecture 51

2.3 WebLab User Interface 55

2.4 Educational Use of WebLab 66

2.5 Collaboration 76

3 Instrumentation on the Web / T. Zimmer, M. Billaud, D. Geoffroy, Y. Danto, J. Martinez, F. Gomez, I. Gonzalez, H. Effinger, W. Seifert, A. Wiegand 89

3.2 RETWINE Architecture 90

3.3 A Web Laboratory 99

3.4 Laboratory 1. Electronics of Integrated Circuits: MOS Transistor 127

3.5 Evaluation 139

4 Next-Generation Laboratory: Solution for Remote Characterization of Analog Integrated Circuits / C. Wulff, T. A. Saethre, A. Skjelvan, T. Ytterdal 145

4.2 Technology 146

4.3 Physical Architecture and Experimental Setup 150

4.4 Software Architecture 152

4.5 Frequency Response Experiment 165

4.6 Laboratory Assignment 169

4.7 Experiences with NGL 172

5 Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments / I. Gustavsson 175

5.2 Instruments for Remote Access 177

5.3 Web Technology 179

5.4 Traditional Laboratory Exercises versus Remote-Access Experiments 181

5.5 First Remote Circuit Theory Laboratory Experiments at BTH 183

5.6 Instrument Server 186

5.7 Transducer Experiment Server 188

5.8 Instrument User Course Client Package 192

5.9 Client Package for Electrical Experiments 194

5.10 Client Package for Transducer Experiments with Video Transmission 195

5.12 Solutions to Experiments and Laboratory Assignments 205

6 Remote Laboratory: Bringing Students Up Close to Semiconductor Devices / A. Soderlund, F. Ingvarson, P. Lundgren, K. Jeppson 221

6.2 The I-Lab System 222

6.3 Using I-Lab as a Learning Tool 228

6.4 Evaluation 229

6.5 Technical Problems 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471413755

OCLC:

52775154