A Multi-Use Computer Based Data Acquisition System for The Mechanical Engineering Technology Program at The Ward College of Engineering Technology

资金要求为一个综合的，基于计算机的数据采集系统和实验室的机械工程技术（MET）计划，在技术的沃德学院在哈特福德大学。该系统将允许学生获得与最先进的数据采集方法的实践经验，同时探索在MET领域遇到的各种物理现象。拟议的实验室的一个主要优势将是在几个所需的本科课程使用一个单一的数据采集系统。计算机化的系统将与传统的仪器，如称重传感器和位移测量装置连接，并将允许电子传输数据。这种类型的系统在当今的工业中广泛使用，并将大大加强MET计划的应用方面。所要求的软件，LabVIEW由美国国家仪器公司，目前正在使用的主要大学和行业一样，并取代了常见的电压表和示波器。由于在几乎每个主要课程中使用单个数据采集系统沿着传统传感器，因此该建议可以被认为是创新的。目前，已确定了五门课程，每门课程所需的额外硬件将在以下各节中详细说明。人们还认为，使用计算机代替传统的仪器将使妇女和少数民族能够比传统的工程技术专业的学生体验到更公平的竞争环境，后者往往对传统仪器有一些经验。今天，几乎每个学生都有过使用个人电脑的经验，LabVIEW与常见的苹果和Windows操作系统非常相似。一旦实施，该实验室将为学生提供该学科的工作知识，因为它实际上发生在今天的行业。使用单一系统将为数据采集和后处理提供一个连贯统一的方法。

Funding is requested for an integrated, computer based data acquisition system and laboratory for the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program, in the Ward College of Technology at the University of Hartford. This system will permit students to gain hands-on experience with state of the art methods of data acquisition, while exploring the various physical phenomenon encountered in the field of MET. A major advantage of the proposed laboratory will be the use of a single data acquisition system in several required undergraduate courses. The computerized system will interface with conventional instrumentation such as load cells and displacement measuring devices and will permit electronic transmission of data. Systems of this type are widely used in industry today and will serve to substantially strengthen the applied aspect of the MET program. The requested software, LabVIEW by National Instruments, is currently used at major universities and industry alike and takes the place of the common voltmeter and oscilloscope. This proposal can be considered innovative due to the use of a single data acquisition system along with conventional transducers in nearly every major course. Presently, five courses have been targeted and the additional hardware needs for each is detailed in the following sections. It is also believed that the use of the computer in place of traditional instrumentation will allow women and minorities to experience a more even playing field than the traditional student in engineering technology, who often has had some experience with conventional instrumentation. Today, virtually every student has had experience with personal computers and LabVIEW is very similar to the common Apple and Windows operating systems. Once implemented, this laboratory will provide students with a working knowledge of the discipline as it actually occurs in industry today. The use of a single system will provide a coherent and unified approach to data acquisition and post processing.