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Remote Control and Reconfiguration of Laboratories for Education and Training Vienna (Austria) – Perm (Russia). Olga Plaksina plaxina@ict.tuwien.ac.at. Overview. Remote Labs @ ICT: advantages Teaching & Remote Control asix4web SmartKitchen BACnet Remote Laboratory BACnet @ ICT
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Remote Control and Reconfiguration of Laboratories for Education and TrainingVienna (Austria) – Perm (Russia) Olga Plaksina plaxina@ict.tuwien.ac.at
Overview • Remote Labs @ ICT: advantages • Teaching & Remote Control • asix4web • SmartKitchen • BACnet Remote Laboratory • BACnet @ ICT • Remote Laboratory Model • Interfacing with I/O Olga Plaksina
Remote Labs @ ICT: Advantages • Flexibility for students • Own timetables within the general course schedule • Relief for instructors • No fixed attendance time • No special course rooms • More effective use of expensive equipment • Availability both for full-time students and distant trainees Olga Plaksina
Overview • Remote Labs @ ICT: advantages • Teaching & Remote Control • asix4web • SmartKitchen • BACnet Remote Laboratory • BACnet @ ICT • Remote Laboratory Model • Interfacing with I/O Olga Plaksina
Asix4web Remote FPGA Prototype Board • Terms • ASIC = Application Specific Integrated Circuit • FPGA = Field-programmable Gate Arrays • Purpose • A Web-Accessible Test Hardware Environment for ASIC Designs • Target Group: students & beginners in ASIC design • Software simulation could be too slow or insufficient • Real hardware could be too expensive Olga Plaksina
BEFORE Download Tutorials Software Templates Examples Testing facility at University only Asix4web Remote FPGA Prototype Board AFTER Olga Plaksina
Smart Kitchen: concept • Network enabled equipment • Refrigerator, coffee-machine etc. • Sensors • Data acquisition • Actuators • Appropriate reaction to scenarios • Remote monitoring & control • Environment visualization • Database web-interface • Web-camera Olga Plaksina
Smart Kitchen: interfaces • OPC • Field level – higher levels interface • Data exchange between nodes (fieldbus) and applications (PC) • i.LON • LoNWorks – Ethernet interface • Remote access • read/change current state of variables Olga Plaksina
Overview • Remote Labs @ ICT: advantages • Teaching & remote control • asix4web • SmartKitchen • BACnet Remote Laboratory • BACnet @ ICT • Remote Laboratory Model • Interfacing with I/O Olga Plaksina
Building Automation Lab @ ICT • Goal • Convenient and on-going building automation training – also interactive! • Technologies • BACnet along with LonWorks & EIB • BACnet • Hardware • Typical mechanical and electrical equipment used for climate control • Multi-vendor installation • Software • OPC, Hethereal etc. Olga Plaksina
Remote Lab Model • Entire theoretical course • Lecture notes & respective literature • Programming languages descriptions • Algorithms & documentation • Examination quiestions • Virtual laboratory • “Modular” architecture • Look-and-feel design • Web-cam feedback • Interfacing with I/O Olga Plaksina
Remote Lab Architecture • Web-server • e-Library • Users database • Authentication & Redirection mechanisms • VNC-server = “Technology server” • Local software tools, appropriate for given lab setup • Network configuration • Code uploads • System debugging • VNC-client = End User • Java-applets enabled Olga Plaksina
Interaction with I/O Stimulation of hardware inputs e. g. simulate a keystroke on an evaluation board Measuring of outputs Read analog outputs of stand modules Interfacing with I/O • Modular concept • Web-server on embedded systems • I/O = stackable modules • Features • Plain HTTP • Versatile for various lab setups • Simple configuration Olga Plaksina
Summary • Purpose • Distance courses for students • Professional trainings for engineers in industry • Flexibility both for trainees and educators • Remote Lab Model: web-based approach • VNC client-server modular architecture • Gateway to control I/O Olga Plaksina
plaxina@ict.tuwien.ac.at www.ict.tuwien.ac.at Olga Plaksina