30-08-2014, 11:23 AM
Handheld All-in-One Electronics Lab Assistant Device with USB Connectivity for Engineering Students
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Problem – Multi Tool Labs
Test and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes and multimeters are the traditional hardware tools, an electronics engineer would have on his bench. Students in engineering curriculum, when exposed to these instruments, often come across a multitude of equipments such as voltmeters, ammeters, oscilloscopes and even simple things like calculator. Even after the touchscreen based smartphone revolution, most of the engineering colleges in India continue the tradition of introducing the students to a decade old instruments.
What we need?
Today's students want to solve problems and experience engineering regardless of where they are - in lecture, in the laboratory, or the study room. Professors want to provide a hands-on learning experience to empower students who want to tinker, experiment, and explore concepts. With a portable laboratory, a student can learn concepts in their preferred environments and provides a supplement to the traditional lecture and laboratory based courses
Our Solution
Our aim is to design and develop a portable device called Super-Scope which is ALL-IN-ONE electronics lab equipment that has multiple functionalities needed by a modern day engineering student for his practical experiments in electronics and computer labs that would replace the existing plethora of instruments. The device is a fully operated from touchscreen using touch buttons and menus.
Project Advantages
• Replaces the traditionally used lab instruments in an ALL-IN-ONE device
• Enables student to solve problems and experience engineering regardless of where they are - in lecture, in the laboratory, or the study room.
• Enables professors to provide a hands-on learning experience to experiment within the classroom.
• Assists in developing modern engineering systems which involves embedded systems and VLSI design.
• Advanced TFT Color display for rendering clear waveforms and operated with the latest touchscreen interface similar to smartphones.
• Designed around LPC1313, a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller provides high performance at very low power budget suitable for portable equipments like our super-scope.