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A low-cost computer-controlled Arduino-based educational laboratory system for teaching the fundamentals of photovoltaic cells

Abstract

We present a low-cost, fully computer-controlled, Arduino-based, educational laboratory (SolarInsight) to be used in undergraduate university courses concerned with electrical engineering and physics. The major goal of the system is to provide students with the necessary instrumentation, software tools and methodology in order to learn fundamental concepts of semiconductor physics by exploring the process of an experimental physics inquiry. The system runs under the Windows operating system and is composed of a data acquisition/control board, a power supply and processing boards, sensing elements, a graphical user interface and data analysis software. The data acquisition/control board is based on the Arduino open source electronics prototyping platform. The graphical user interface and communication with the Arduino are developed in C number sign and C++ programming languages respectively, by using IDE Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional, which is freely available to students. Finally, the data analysis is performed by using the open source, object-oriented framework ROOT. Currently the system supports five teaching activities, each one corresponding to an independent tab in the user interface. SolarInsight has been partially developed in the context of a diploma thesis conducted within the Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus under the co-supervision of the Physics and Electronic Computer  More>>
Authors:
Zachariadou, K; Yiasemides, K; Trougkakos, N [1] 
  1. Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, P Ralli and Thivon 250, 12244 Egaleo (Greece)
Publication Date:
Nov 15, 2012
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: European Journal of Physics; Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; AVAILABILITY; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; INTERFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
OSTI ID:
22088363
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0143-0807; CODEN: EJPHD4; TRN: GB13O8886047087
Availability:
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/33/6/1599
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 1599-1610
Announcement Date:
Apr 25, 2013

Citation Formats

Zachariadou, K, Yiasemides, K, and Trougkakos, N. A low-cost computer-controlled Arduino-based educational laboratory system for teaching the fundamentals of photovoltaic cells. United Kingdom: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/33/6/1599.
Zachariadou, K, Yiasemides, K, & Trougkakos, N. A low-cost computer-controlled Arduino-based educational laboratory system for teaching the fundamentals of photovoltaic cells. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/33/6/1599
Zachariadou, K, Yiasemides, K, and Trougkakos, N. 2012. "A low-cost computer-controlled Arduino-based educational laboratory system for teaching the fundamentals of photovoltaic cells." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/33/6/1599.
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title = {A low-cost computer-controlled Arduino-based educational laboratory system for teaching the fundamentals of photovoltaic cells}
author = {Zachariadou, K, Yiasemides, K, and Trougkakos, N}
abstractNote = {We present a low-cost, fully computer-controlled, Arduino-based, educational laboratory (SolarInsight) to be used in undergraduate university courses concerned with electrical engineering and physics. The major goal of the system is to provide students with the necessary instrumentation, software tools and methodology in order to learn fundamental concepts of semiconductor physics by exploring the process of an experimental physics inquiry. The system runs under the Windows operating system and is composed of a data acquisition/control board, a power supply and processing boards, sensing elements, a graphical user interface and data analysis software. The data acquisition/control board is based on the Arduino open source electronics prototyping platform. The graphical user interface and communication with the Arduino are developed in C number sign and C++ programming languages respectively, by using IDE Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional, which is freely available to students. Finally, the data analysis is performed by using the open source, object-oriented framework ROOT. Currently the system supports five teaching activities, each one corresponding to an independent tab in the user interface. SolarInsight has been partially developed in the context of a diploma thesis conducted within the Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus under the co-supervision of the Physics and Electronic Computer Systems departments' academic staff. (paper)}
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