Design of Virtual Laboratory Workbench Using Unified Modeling Language

Modeling is proven well-accepted engineering technique. Engineers study models to assess the impact of environmental forces and anticipate the behavior of actual structures. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has become the standard for documentation and high-level design. There are lacks of any UML guidance, manual or application notes that would be useful for creating laboratory practices. In this paper the principal approach of design of virtual laboratory workbench using UML is presented. The software package LabVIEW is chosen to create virtual instruments (VIs) that support the laboratory practice. To illustrate applicability of presented approach the application layer of the magnetic hysteresis is created. The design and implementation of this virtual workbench are based on concept of virtual instrumentation and UML modeling.