Development of Teaching Materials for Measurement and Control Configurable Various Systems Considering Instructions on Computers and Interfaces

Abstract

This paper, which is based on the enhancement of measurement and control learning in the new commentary on educational guidelines, developed a teaching material that enables system conception learning and demonstration of measurement and control systems in daily life. The developed teaching material can be combined with various sensors and actuators to form measurement and control systems. By integrating interface functions on one board and using a PC instead of a microcomputer as the computer responsible for measurement and control functions, it is possible to develop clarification and visualization of the constituent elements of the measurement and control system and the learning that takes into consideration the instruction on the computer and the interface. Configurable systems include airflow control for air conditioners and vehicle collision prevention systems. We evaluated the effectiveness of our teaching material on learning how the measurement and control system works through verification lessons. The results of the questionnaire answered by students and worksheet's descriptions suggest the effectiveness of our teaching material, which makes it easy to visually understand the system, and enables multiple simulations.