Visual tools for aiding remote control systems experiments with embedded controllers
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Paper/Presentation Title | Visual tools for aiding remote control systems experiments with embedded controllers |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Maiti, Ananda (Author), Maxwell, Andrew D. (Author) and Kist, Alexander A. (Author) |
Editors | Auer, Michael E. and Langmann, Reinhard |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (Book series) |
ERA Conference ID | 50808 |
Journal Citation | 47, pp. 415-424 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
ISSN | 2367-3370 |
2367-3389 | |
ISBN | 9783319956770 |
9783319956787 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95678-7_46 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-95678-7_46 |
Conference/Event | 15th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV 2018) |
International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation | |
Event Details | 15th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV 2018) Parent International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation Delivery In person Event Date 21 to end of 23 Mar 2018 Event Location Duesseldorf, Germany |
Event Details | International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation REV |
Abstract | Remote Laboratories are used to teach a variety of experiment in an online mode. One of the fields of RAL is control systems where various embedded controller or similar devices such as FPGA, PLC and MicroController Units (MCU) are the main focus of teaching and learning. For these experiments, the students upload a program to the device. Once the program is uploaded, it runs on the hardware and the students must verify that the program is running correctly by providing further inputs. This is confirmed is the sensors return the right data according to the proper time response. This paper proposes a visual tool in the form a coloring scheme for a virtual model in a 3D virtual environment to aid the students in understanding the changes in the rig with a virtual “twin” of the real rig in the virtual world. The sensor data is streamed to the client user interface from the experiment site and the client-side virtual rig model aligns with its real remote counterpart. The main challenges are the timing issues when the rate of change in data is fast such that it is difficult to determine the changing values. The sensor data is proceeded to find their derivatives and is checked for a minimum threshold. The resulting system allows for greater visualization and ease of understanding of the data. |
Keywords | e-learning, remote laboratories, virtual reality, programmable logic controller, embedded controller, visualization |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390399. Education systems not elsewhere classified |
460304. Computer vision | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4x47/visual-tools-for-aiding-remote-control-systems-experiments-with-embedded-controllers
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