Interactive web-based laboratories in digital electronics

Abstract

Web-based laboratory has become a useful tool in Engineering and Science education. Many educational institutions now days use web-based laboratory technology to conduct laboratory experiments for their students. This paper discusses the implementation of interactive Digital Electronics laboratories designed and implemented at University of Dar es Salaam. Particularly, the implementation of Decoder Encoder experiment using interactive web-based laboratories. The LabView 8.6 is used on the NI ELVIS platform. The use of web-based laboratory came after realizing the difficulties imposed by the traditional laboratories. Web-based laboratories allow students and educators to interact with real laboratory equipment located anywhere in the world at anytime. The Decoder Encoder experiment is one of the four digital experiments designed and deployed using web-based technology at university of Dar es Salaam.