Mounted Smartphones as Measurement and Control Platforms for Motor-Based Laboratory Test-Beds.

ABSTRACT: Laboratory education in science and engineering often entails the use of test-beds equipped with costly peripherals for sensing, acquisition, storage, processing, and control of physical behavior. However, costly peripherals are no longer necessary to obtain precise measurements and achieve stable feedback control of test-beds. With smartphones performing diverse sensing and processing tasks, this study examines the feasibility of mounting smartphones directly to test-beds to exploit their embedded hardware and software in the measurement and control of the test-beds. This approach is a first step towards replacing laboratory-grade peripherals with more compact and affordable smartphone-based platforms, whose interactive user interfaces can engender wider participation and engagement from

SUBMITTER: Frank JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5017495 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature