A Labview-Based Virtual Instrument for Engineering Education: A Numerical Fourier Transform Tool

Authors : Levent SEVGİ, Çağatay ULUIŞIK

Pages : 129-152

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Engineering is based on practice. The minima of this practice should be given during the university education. This has become more and more comprehensive and expensive parallel to high-technology devices developed and presented to societies. Computers, microprocessor-based devices, programmable systems on Chip insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PSoC);, etc., make engineering education not only very complex but interdisciplinary as well. Building undergraduate labs has become more and more expensive if only physical experimentation and hands-on training are targeted. On the other hand, simple, comparatively much cheaper software may turn a regular personal computer insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PC); into a virtual lab. The key question therefore is, to establish a balance between virtual and real labs, so as to optimize cost problems, while graduating sophisticated engineers with enough practice. This article introduces a virtual instrumentation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(a LabVIEW package DOGUSFFT.VI); for numerical Fourier transform calculations, which may also be used as an educational tool.
Keywords : Fourier transformation, FFT, DFT, LabView, simulation, engineering education, visualization, virtual instrumentation