Hands On Data Acquisition and Signal Analysis Equipment for the Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Thermoscience Laboratories

本项目创建并加强实验，为学生提供与现代数据采集和信号分析技术相关的实践经验。目前正在实施一项全面计划，为这些实验室的长期发展和加强提供框架。该计划还包括课程和管理方面的改进，这将使讲座和实验课程之间的协调更加协调。目前的策略是达到显著增加个性化动手学生参与实验程序，数据采集和信号分析的目标，而不诉诸于建设多个设施复制。该项目采用手持式福禄克范围计和便携式NeXT计算机，通过将每个两人实验室小组完全控制许多现有实验的数据采集和信号分析方面，以及目前正在建立的一些新实验，以实现廉价和新颖的手段来实现这些目标。此外，该设备为实验室的长期发展、扩展和增强提供了基础。本文描述的设备利用代表了从有限数量的实验设施中最大限度地利用的经济和教育上有价值的手段。

This project creates and enhances experiments which provide the students with hands-on experience associated with modern data acquisition and signal analysis techniques. A comprehensive plan is being implemented that provides a framework for the long-term development and enhancement of these labs. Also included in this plan are curriculum and administrative improvements which effect a greater coordination between the lecture and laboratory courses. The current strategy is to attain the goals of significantly increasing individualized hands-on student involvement in experimental procedures, data acquisition and signal analysis without resorting to the construction of multiple facility replications. The project employs hand-held Fluke Scopemeters and Portable NeXT computers to achieve, inexpensive, and novel means to accomplish these goals by putting each two person lab group in complete control of the data acquisition and signal analysis aspects of a number of existing experiments, as well as a few new experiments currently being built. Furthermore, the equipment provides a foundation for long term laboratory development, expansion, and enhancement. The equipment utilization described herein represents an economical and educationally valuable means of extracting maximum use out of a limited number of experimental facilities.