Integration of Computers into a Scientific Electronics Laboratory Course

9451196卡普廷华盛顿州立大学将在其科学电子学实验室课程中引入计算机数据采集。这门课程是物理专业的必修课，也很受其他学术部门的学生的欢迎，他们需要知道如何在工作中使用电子设备。目前，该实验室教授基本的模拟电子学、运算放大器、数字电子学和模数接口。然而，这门课程现在使用的设备不是最新的，需要教授计算机数据采集和控制的方法，以便让学生为现在完成实验物理的方式做好准备。除了在计算机技术教学中的使用，该设备还将被用作诊断工具，学生可以使用它来阐明电路行为的各个方面。这将使学生更好地理解课程的讲课和实验部分是如何相互联系的。每个站将配备一台Macintosh计算机、LabVIEW数据采集软件以及计算机控制的万用表、数字示波器和函数发生器。

9451196 Kapteyn Washington State University will introduce computer data acquisition into its scientific electronics laboratory course. This course is required of physics majors and is also popular with students from other academic departments who need to know how to use electronics in their work. Currently, the laboratory teaches basic analog electronics, operational amplifiers, digital electronics, and analog to digital interfacing. However, the equipment now used for the course is not current, and methods of computer data acquisition and control need to be taught in order to prepare students for the way experimental physics is now done. As well as its use in teaching computer techniques, the equipment will be used as a diagnostic tool which the students can use to elucidate aspects of circuit behavior. This will allow the students to have a better understanding of how the lecture and laboratory parts of the course relate to each other. Each station will be equipped with a Macintosh computer, LABVIEW data acquisition software, and a computer-controlled multimeter, digital oscilloscope, and function generator.