Desarrollo de software para las prácticas virtuales del laboratorio de sensores y tranductores: implementación de dos prácticas virtuales para el laboratorio de sensores y transductores relacionadas con los sensores resistivos de temperatura mediante software interactivo.

Abstract

In the current work it is developed a virtual tool, in order for the students of the Electronics and Automation Engineering Career to carry out their experiments, regarding the practical component of Sensors and Transducers related to resistive temperature sensors. For this, it has worked with two types of temperature sensors “RTDs and Thermistors”, in a virtual laboratory where it will be possible to interact and visualize the necessary components that each practice requires for its development. It starts with the design of the elements to be used, using 2 software specialized in modeling the parts of the components, such as Blender and Autodesk 3Ds Max, since they allow a three-dimensional view to give realism to the elements. Having the models, it is exported to the Unity 3D virtual tool and placed in the corresponding scenes. Then, it has to carry out the animations by creating scripts in C language, which allows starting the simulation and developing the practice. The software used to create the scripts is Adobe Dreamweaver CC. Finally, software tests are carried out with the students of the Sensors and Transducers subject, with the aim of having feedback on the practices carried out. It is concluded that the virtual tool is very well received by students and the purpose of its development has been fulfilled, due to it brings them closer to the use of virtual instruments that simulate physical instruments in a very real way.