Abstract
This paper describes the progress in the development of virtual and remote laboratories at Department of Information Engineering and Process Control, FCFT STU in Bratislava. Article is the overview of technical solutions used for online education purposes. These comprise software technologies, most commonly used in virtual and remote laboratory design at our department, as MATLAB Web Server, Java, C/C++, and Adobe Flash. We have created virtual laboratories as online Web applications, which provide features of mathematical computing and simulations of technological plants. We also describe a technology of remote control laboratory with a real experimental device.
Highlights
Nowadays, in the field of automation and process control it is essential to keep abreast of information technologies
Term of virtual laboratory can be understood as computer application or program, which is designed for purposes, such as computations of mathematical problems and model simulations
In comparison with most commonly used technologies for client applications in virtual laboratories, such as HTML/PHP and Java Applets, the Adobe Flash programming platform is more suitable for graphical design development and provides more options for graphical user interface customization
Summary
In the field of automation and process control it is essential to keep abreast of information technologies. In comparison with most commonly used technologies for client applications in virtual laboratories, such as HTML/PHP and Java Applets, the Adobe Flash programming platform is more suitable for graphical design development and provides more options for graphical user interface customization. MATLAB Compiler has features of building CGI binaries from Simulink model files, using Real-Time Workshop These can be combined with built MATLAB functions and embedded in wider solution to create Web application that provides features of model simulation. We created a virtual laboratory which uses MATLAB functions and models compiled into C/C++ They are located on the Web server and called through Common Gateway Interface from regular HTML Web forms, which are used as graphical user interfaces. Applications provide features of data export into several different structures (Fig. 8)
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