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

本项目涉及标准化工作站的开发 帮助学生在电气工程实验室。 每个 工作站以NeXT计算机为中心， 自动化测试设备，并允许学生 计算（数值模型），执行自动电气 测量、获取数据、执行仿真和测试设计， 一个综合工作站。 通过统一上述所有活动， 通过一个标准的计算机接口（在初中早期教 一年），学生能够专注于工程概念 在实验室的其他课程中进行教学。 工作站开发集中在三个特定的应用程序。 两个领域处理连续和离散信号和系统， 利用GPIB设备和存储示波器及频谱 分析软件。 理论和模拟结果很容易 与实验测量结果进行了比较和对比。 第三 区域涉及创新的计算机指导的发展 使用逻辑分析仪进行微处理器系统的实验。 这些应用程序旨在证明以下方法的有效性： 集成工作站的方法，并奠定了基础， 工作这笔奖金将由来自 首席研究员的机构。

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.