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Remote Labs: A Method to Implement a Portable Logic Design Laboratory Infrastructure and to Provide Access to Modern Test Equipment
| Title: | Remote Labs: A Method to Implement a Portable Logic Design Laboratory Infrastructure and to Provide Access to Modern Test Equipment. |
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| Name(s): |
Weinthal, Charles Perry, author Petrie, Maria Mercedes Larrondo , Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 2018 | |
| Date Issued: | 2018 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 170 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | This Thesis explores building low cost and reliable portable laboratory infrastructure platform for Logic Design, methods for allowing access to modern test equipment via the internet, and issues related to academic integrity. A comprehensive engineering education, per ABET, requires an equal emphasis on both lecture and laboratory components. The laboratory experience builds and establishes a foundation of skills and experiences that the student cannot obtain through any other means. The laboratory must use modern, pertinent methods and techniques including the use of appropriate tools. This is especially true when it comes to test equipment. Engineering students require and deserve training on and access to modern test equipment in order to obtain better career opportunities. However, providing access to modern and relevant labs requires a significant budget commitment. One way to extend current budgets is to adopt the growing concept of “remote labs.” This approach allows higher utilization of existing (and costly) equipment, it improves an institution’s Return on Investment (ROI), and also can be used to meet the needs of students’ complicated schedules, especially in the case of a “commuter campus,” where a majority of students live off campus. By developing remote labs, both the institution and the students benefit: Institutions increase equipment utilization, and utilize space, budgets and support personnel more efficiently. Students can access a lab whenever and wherever they have internet access. Finally, academic integrity must be protected to ensure the potential of remote laboratories in education. This Thesis presents a design and implementation plan for a low cost Logic Design laboratory infrastructure built and tested over 3 years by over 1,500 Logic Design students; a design and implementation of the infrastructure to include the ability to measure using remote test equipment; and the design of a case (3d printed or laser cut) to encapsulate a USB enabled micro-controller; and a scheme to ensure the academic integrity is maintained for in-person, hybrid and fully online classes. | |
| Identifier: | FA00013177 (IID) | |
| Degree granted: | Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
| Subject(s): |
Logic design Engineering laboratories Logic design--Computer-assisted instruction |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013177 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
