An internet remote laboratory to teach Industrial Automation

This paper presents the new internet remote laboratory (IRL), constructed at Mechanical Engineering Department (MED), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), to teach Industrial Automation, namely electropneumatic cycles. The aim of this work was the development and implementation of a re...

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Main Authors: Mendes, Mario J. G. C., Martins, Luis
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Education
Electropneumatic Cycles
HTML
Industrial Automation
Internet
Process control
Remote laboratories
Remote Laboratory
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Summary:This paper presents the new internet remote laboratory (IRL), constructed at Mechanical Engineering Department (MED), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), to teach Industrial Automation, namely electropneumatic cycles. The aim of this work was the development and implementation of a remote laboratory that was simple and effective from the user point of view, allowing access to all its functionalities through a web browser without having to install any other program and giving access to all the features that the students can find at the physical laboratory. With this goal in mind, it has been implemented a simple architecture with the new programmable logic controller (PLC) SIEMENS S7-1200, and with the aid of several free programs, programming technologies such as JavaScript, PHP and databases, it was possible to have a remote laboratory, with a simple interface, to teach industrial automation students.
ISSN:2158-2246
DOI:10.1109/HSI.2014.6860464