root@mcgill-vision.UUCP (el Root) (06/25/89)
the right one, as most postings seem to deal with Computer Science type software, so if I am in the wrong place, somebody I'm sure will point this out, ao I can correct. I am teaching a course called Measurement Lab. in the Mechanical Engineering Department here at McGill. It is a lecture/lab type course, that (supposedly :-)) imparts upon first year students (here we call them U1): some knowledge about how to measure some physical parameters (temperature, pressure, etc.), and makes them familiar with the more common type of instruments to make these measurements. I would like to modernize this course. Hands on experience is IMHO absolutely required in such a course, but my inventory of equipment is getting old, and I cannot justify purchasing special transducers or equipment, common in industry, but that will be used only by one course in one semester. What I am looking for is simulation type software, running on PC XT clones, where I can let students run "experiments" on the screen. Ultimately this software would include graphics, 2-D pictures or blockdiagrams would do, so the student sees something more than just numbers, equations, etc. I seem to remember (many years ago) a system called Plato, but that ran on a large machine. Is there anyone who perhaps has some programs like this, or knows of a source where such may be available? I would appreciate any help and if there is more interest in this, I will post a summary (with permission, of course) of what there is. Thanks very much, in advance, for e-mail to: vroomen@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu or: vroomen@mcgill-vision.UUCP