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2 National Instruments Our Mission We equip engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery. 2

3 The NI Teaching Philosophy To inspire and prepare tomorrow s innovators to solve grand challenges by enabling them to do engineering throughout their education. 3

4 National Instruments for Engineering Education Scalable platforms developed for teaching and learning Pedagogical features developed directly into hardware and software Integrated courseware, textbooks and laboratories Enable hands-on experimentation and troubleshooting Textbooks, Curriculum, & Courseware Teaching Software Teaching Laboratory Hardware Curriculum Partners 4

5 NI ELVIS: Engineering Lab Workstation 5

6 NI ELVIS: Engineering Lab Workstation National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite 6

7 NI ELVIS Components 7

8 NI ELVIS Hardware 8

resolution 60 VDC, 20Vrms, 2 ADC, 2 Arms, 100MΩ Internal Circuit Protection Resettable fuses USB Connectivity Plug-and-play capability USB 2.

9 NI ELVIS II+ Hardware Oscilloscope 100MS/s Sampling Rate 50MHz Bandwidth(-3dB) 8-bit resolution ±20 V max. input range AC/DC/GND coupling 20MHz Optional Noise Filter 1x and 10x probes BNC connection Digital Multimeter Isolated measurements 5½ digit resolution 60 VDC, 20Vrms, 2 ADC, 2 Arms, 100MΩ Internal Circuit Protection Resettable fuses USB Connectivity Plug-and-play capability USB 2.0 Connection Function Generator 10 bit, ±5V range 0.2 Hz to 5 MHz Sine 0.2 Hz to 1 MHz Triangle/Square Software or manual control BNC or prototyping board connection 9

10 NI ELVIS Software 10

11 NI ELVIS Virtual Instruments Digital Multimeter Oscilloscope Function Generator Variable Power Supply Bode Analyzer Dynamic Signal Analyzer Arbitrary Waveform Generator Digital Reader Digital Writer Impedance Analyzer 2 Wire Voltage-Current Analyzer 3 Wire Voltage-Current Analyzer Octave Analyzer Audio Equalizer Datalogger Digital Waveform Viewer DC Level 8-Channel Scope 11

12 Custom Instruments 12

Rated components Circuit behavior visualization Easy-to-use analyses Rapidly

13 NI Multisim Circuit Simulation Environment Interactive circuit teaching solution to engage students Interactive components Intuitive instruments Rated components Circuit behavior visualization Easy-to-use analyses Rapidly adjustable measurements instruments Correlation of theoretical and real measurements 13

14 Instrument Integration with NI Multisim Use NI ELVIS instruments from within NI Multisim Visualize Multisim simulation results Analyze real measurements from NI ELVIS Correlate in a single interface 14

15 NI ELVIS Courseware 16

16 NI ELVIS Courses Taught Electrical & Computer Engineering Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Biomedical Engineering Engineering Physics Analog Circuits Digital Circuits Microcontrollers Controls Telecommunications Measurements Power and Energy 17

17 NI ELVIS Partner Boards Extend the NI ELVIS workstation to teach even more concepts Green Engineering Signals and Systems Telecommunications NI ELVIS One Body, Many Brains Bioinstrumentation Controls and Mechatronics Digital Electronics 18

18 NI ELVIS Partner Boards Digital Electronics Controls Analog/Digital Communication Signals and systems Fiber Optic Communication Physics (Q1 2015) Biomedical Engineering Green Engineering 19

19 NI ELVIS Partner Boards Mechatronics Controls Analog/Digital Communication Signals and systems Fiber Optic Communication Microcontroller Systems Biomedical Engineering Green Engineering 20

20 Controls & Mechatronics Solution Mech Sensors DC Motor Inverted Pendulum Mech Actuators Physics and Dynamics VTOL HVAC Myoelectric 21

21 Mechatronic Actuators Two DC motors with linear and PWM amplifier Solenoid Brushless DC motor Stepper motor Curriculum Included Principles of electromagnetic actuation Principles of brushed DC motors Linear and PWM amplifiers Principles of brushless DC motors Comparison of brushed and brushless DC Motors Principles of stepper motors Stepper motor excitation modes Principles of hobby servos Introduction to DC motor position control Servo motor 22

22 Mechatronics Interfacing Color sensor Fiber Optic Serial Comm. CAN Bus RAM and Flash memory Thermal, Proximity, and Gyroscopic Sensors Microcontrolle r LCD touch screen Encoders Keypad Curriculum Included Microcontroller IO Hardware control registers Data storage in flash and RAM SPI and I2c bus communication CAN busses and inte device communicati User IO, controls and displays Hardware integratio 23

Mechatronics Sensors Optical position sensor Magnetic field

sensor Sonar, and infrared range sensors Micro switch, push

Included Benefits and drawbacks various sensors Sensor

23 Mechatronics Sensors Optical position sensor Magnetic field sensor Piezo film sensor Encoder Strain gage Temperature sensor Sonar, and infrared range sensors Micro switch, push button, and optical switch Pressure sensor Curriculum Included Benefits and drawbacks various sensors Sensor behavior Calibration Natural frequency of materials Switch debouncing 24

DC Motor Durable DC servo motor with no cogging PWM power amplifier with linear response High resolution optical encoder Removable inertial mass Curriculum Included

24 DC Motor Durable DC servo motor with no cogging PWM power amplifier with linear response High resolution optical encoder Removable inertial mass Curriculum Included System modeling Model validation Position and speed cont System simulation Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) Control design Tracking error Disturbance rejection 25

25 Rotary Pendulum Precision machined components High resolution optical encoders Durable DC servo motor Curriculum Included System modeling Parameter estimation Balance control Linear-Quadratic Regula (LQR) design Non-minimum phase Friction compensation Nonlinear swing-up cont Energy-based design Hybrid balance / swing-u control 26

Vertical Takeoff and Landing High resolution encoder High quality rugged assembly Variable-speed fan with safety guard Curriculum Included Flight

26 Vertical Takeoff and Landing High resolution encoder High quality rugged assembly Variable-speed fan with safety guard Curriculum Included Flight dynamics (e.g. modeling the plant) Identifying parameters experimentally Model validation PID control Cascade control Dealing with actuator dynamics 27

27 Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Heating chamber with temperature sensor Curriculum Included Variable speed fan Ambient temperature sensor Temperature control Relay / on-off control design System modeling Parameter identification Proportional Integral (PI) control design Variable control of heating element Six digital temperature sensors along the length of the channel 28

system) Force and Motion - Projectile motion (catapult) Friction - Material friction coefficients Friction - Sliding mass on an inclined

28 Physics and Dynamics Curriculum Included High resolution optical encoders to sense positions High quality machined components Multi-configurable and variable components facilitate a wide variety of experiments Force and Motion - Newton s second law (simple pulley system) Force and Motion - Projectile motion (catapult) Friction - Material friction coefficients Friction - Sliding mass on an inclined plane Hooke s Law - Extension spring Equilibrium - Gun tackle pulley system Oscillations - The simple pendulum Oscillations - Spring, mass, damper system 29

Myoelectric Electromyograph with opto-isolated electrode and grounding strap On-board signal conditioning circuit and PWM Curriculum Included Servo motor as prosthetic

29 Myoelectric Electromyograph with opto-isolated electrode and grounding strap On-board signal conditioning circuit and PWM Curriculum Included Servo motor as prosthetic analog Analyzing an electromyogram signal Signal conditioning (e.g. Fast Fourier Transform (F and filtering) Developing task-based servo control from processed electromyogr 30

30 Signal Fundamentals NI ELVIS with SIGEx Linear + Non-Linear Systems Convolution Integration Fourier Series Discrete Time Filters NI ELVIS with DATEx AM, FM SSB, DSB, TDM, PWM SNR ASK, PSK, FSK NI ELVIS with FOTEx Sampling and Nyquist in PCM Time division multiple access Fiber optic transmission Optical signal filtering, splitting & combining Fiber optic communication Wave division multiplexing 31

31 Electronics Fundamentals Top Boards Power Electronics AC&DC Circuits Operational Amplifiers 32

Digital System Development Board by Digilent Digital logic and embedded applications teaching solution Zynq-7020 FPGA Programmable with Multisim and LabVIEW 5.

32 Digital System Development Board by Digilent Digital logic and embedded applications teaching solution Zynq-7020 FPGA Programmable with Multisim and LabVIEW 5.2 capacitive touch display 2 PMOD connectors 1 MXP connector 8 LEDs 8 slide switches 4 push buttons 4x Digits 7-segment display USB and Ethernet ports MicroSD card Audio, VGA, and HDMA ports Breadboard for prototyping 33

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National Instruments Our Commitment

National Instruments Our Commitment We equip engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery. 2 Do Engineering 3 Graphical System Design A Platform-Based Approach