A remote laboratory platform for electrical drive control using programmable logic controllers

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-435

  Ferrater Simón, Coia ^a   Molas Balada, Lluís ^a   Gomis Bellmunt, Oriol ^a   Lorenzo Martinez, Noelia ^a   Bayó Puxan, Oriol ^a   Villafafila Robles, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Manufacturing automation; PLC programming; Project based learning; Remote laboratory

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE LEARNING; ELECTRICAL DRIVE CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION; INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS; LABORATORY EXERCISE; MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION; OPEN SOFTWARE; PLC PROGRAMMING; PROJECT-BASED LEARNING; REMOTE LABORATORIES; REMOTE LABORATORY; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS;

AUTOMATION; CONTROLLERS; DISTANCE EDUCATION; LABORATORIES; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS;

PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS;

EID: 68949217784     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2008.930095     Document Type: Article

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