Development of a Low-cost, Portable Hardware Platform to Support Hands-on Learning in the Teaching of Control and Systems Theory
Development of a Low-cost, Portable Hardware Platform to Support Hands-on Learning in the Teaching of Control and Systems Theory
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开发低成本、便携式硬件平台，支持控制与系统理论教学中的实践学习
DOI：
10.11120/ened.2014.00023
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2014
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B. Ll. Jones
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作者：
B. Taylor;P. Eastwood;B. Ll. Jones
摘要本文介绍了一个硬件平台的开发，该平台旨在支持在课程的各个阶段向学生讲授各种系统工程概念。从概念上讲，硬件的设计是低成本，便携式和强大的，允许获得足够数量的硬件单元。这使得课程上的每个学生都可以借用自己的设备，要么在课堂上使用，要么用作“带回家的实验室”。这为学生提供了比传统课堂教学更灵活，更基于实验的学习体验。硬件平台包括一个微型三自由度直升机，通过National Instruments的myDAQ数据采集模块连接到个人计算机（PC）。这是安置在一个小的，泡沫内衬便携式手提箱。课程和评估的细节，围绕硬件平台，提出了沿着从学生收到的反馈。这一反馈来自2013年春季学期新的理学硕士课程的首次运行，并表明新硬件受到了学生的积极欢迎，他们欣赏它所提供的教学的实践性质。
Abstract This paper describes the development of a hardware platform designed to support the teaching of a variety of systems engineering concepts to students at all stages of the curriculum. From concept, the hardware was designed to be low-cost, portable and robust allowing sufficient numbers of hardware units to be acquired. This enabled each student on the course to be loaned their own piece of equipment, either to work with in class or for use as a ‘take home lab’. This provided the students with a more flexible, experimental based learning experience than traditional classroom based teaching. The hardware platform consisted of a miniature three degrees-of freedom helicopter that is interfaced to a personal computer (PC) via a National Instruments myDAQ data acquisition module. This was housed in a small, foam-lined carrying case for portability. Details of the course and assessment, based around the hardware platform, are presented, along with feedback received from the students. This feedback was from the first run of a new MSc course in the spring semester of 2013, and indicated that the new hardware was received positively with the students appreciating the hands-on nature of the teaching it provided.