Hardware and software to design virtual laboratory for education in instrumentation and measurement

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-493

  Grimaldi, Domenico ^a   Rapuano, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributed laboratory; Education; Virtual instrument; Virtual laboratory

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; LABORATORIES; MEASUREMENTS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

DISTRIBUTED LABORATORY; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARES; LEARNING ACTIVITIES; MULTIMEDIA TOOLS; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT; VIRTUAL LABORATORY;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 61549120138     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2008.09.003     Document Type: Review

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