Internet Based Experiments For Physical Laboratory Set Up

This paper presents the development of an Internet based experimental laboratory facility where students and faculty can perform experiments through a web-assisted physical laboratory from a remote location. The equipment is housed within a laboratory, while the only requirement for the remote site is a PC with Internet access and a browser. In order to develop this system, a suitable experiment needs to be identified. Once the experiment has been selected, the required tasks can be divided into three major steps. The first step involves identifying the accuracy of the experiments, number of inputs and outputs and the system’s speed along with the selection of a suitable interfacing card and software. The second step deals with the development of software for experiment control and data acquisition along with a user-friendly graphical user interface. The third and final step involves the accessing of the experiments via the Internet. In this project, four experiments covering various fields of engineering and engineering technology were tested successfully.