Integrated Interactive Electrical Engineering Workstation for Combining Theoretical Computation, Electrical Measure- ments and Simulation

该项目涉及开发一个标准化的工作站，以帮助电气工程实验室的学生。每个工作站以配备自动测试设备的下一台计算机为中心，允许学生从一个集成的工作站进行计算(数值模型)、执行自动化电气测量、获取数据、执行模拟和测试设计。通过一个标准的计算机界面统一上述所有活动(在初一开始教授)，学生能够专注于在其余实验课程中教授的工程概念。工作站开发集中在三个特定的应用程序上。有两个领域处理连续和离散信号和系统，并利用GPIB设备和存储示波器以及频谱分析仪软件。理论和模拟结果很容易与实验测量结果进行比较和对比。第三个领域涉及使用逻辑分析仪的微处理器系统的创新的计算机指导实验的开发。这些应用程序旨在证明综合工作站办法的有效性，并为进一步的工作奠定基础。由首席调查员所在机构提供的等额奖金将与此相匹配。

This project concerns the development of a standardized workstation to assist students in the electrical engineering laboratories. Each workstation is centered around the NeXT computer coupled with automated test equipment and permits the students to make computations (numerical models), perform automated electrical measurements, acquire data, perform simulation and test designs from one integrated workstation. By unifying all of the above activities via one standard computer interface (taught early in the junior year), the student is able to concentrate on the engineering concepts being taught throughout the rest of the laboratory courses. Workstation development concentrates on three specific applications. Two areas deal with continuous and discrete signals and systems and makes use of the GPIB equipment and storage oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer software. Theoretical and simulation results are easily compared and contrasted with experimental measurements. The third area deals with development of innovative computer-mentored experimentation with microprocessor systems using logic analyzers. These applications are intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of the integrated workstation approach and lay a foundation for further work. The award is being matched by an equal amount from the principal investigator's institution.