Rig catalogue
Listing of Rigs. Sorted alphabetically A-Z:
Coldfire
The Coldfire rig allows students to practice their cross-development skills on a 32-bit microcontroller, using an open-source microcontroller-specific version of Linux.
No lessons available.
- Tags:
- circuit,
- microcontroller,
- signal,
- Provider:
- UTS::Engineering & IT
Coupled Tanks
The rig is ideal for introducing students to the design, optimisation and application of common controllers, system modelling using static and transient measurements; steady state error analysis, transient response studies and controller tuning methods.
1 lesson available- Provider:
- UTS::Engineering & IT
Engineering Geology
Students are able to investigate rock and mineral samples for aggregates and strength. The students would be able to investigate with the camera mounted on an X-Y bed with some precision and view the samples.
No lessons available.
- Tags:
- mineral,
- structures,
- Provider:
- RMIT::Civil, Environmental & Chemical
FPGA
The rig consists of a Xilinx Spartan2E S2e300 board, allowing student to use VHDL tools to compose, upload and test their real-time implementations on a physical FPGA board.
No lessons available.
- Provider:
- UTS::Engineering & IT
Hydroelectric Energy
The Hydroelectric Energy rig demonstrates the basic principle of the conversion of kinetic energy of flowing water into electrical energy, via the rotation of a turbine (Pelton wheel) connected to an electric generator.
No lessons available.
- Provider:
- UTS::Engineering & IT
Inclined Plane
The inclined plane rig (IPR) is an automated version of the classic inclined plane experiment. It is designed to illustrate principles such as static and dynamic friction, conservation of energy and acceleration due to gravity.
1 lesson available- Discipline:
- Physics,
- Provider:
- UTS::Science
iRobot
The iRobot rig is designed to allow students to explore teleoperation of robotic platforms, to employ and assess the accuracy of certain sensors and to implement various control algorithms.
No lessons available.
- Discipline:
- Computer Systems Engineering,
- Mechanical Engineering,
- Mechatronics Engineering,
- Telecommunications Engineering,
- Tags:
- c++,
- robotics,
- teleoperation,
- Provider:
- UTS::Engineering & IT
Loaded Beam
This rig is a small model of a structural beam. Students can interactively apply loads and load rates in different configurations to investigate the tensile and compressive forces in structures, such as concrete floors or aircraft wings.
No lessons available.
- Discipline:
- Civil Engineering,
- Provider:
- UTS::Engineering & IT
Netlab 1
This rig gives students the ability to connect real electronic components to a circuit, which they can then test over the internet using real test instruments with live data.
No lessons available.
- Tags:
- circuit,
- frequency,
- oscilloscope,
- Provider:
- UniSA::Electrical, Information Engineering
PLC
The PLC rig is designed to teach the basics of PLC automation by programming industrial PLCs using ladder logic.
No lessons available.
- Discipline:
- Industrial Engineering,
- Mechatronics Engineering,
- Tags:
- control,
- Provider:
- UTS::Engineering & IT
Shake Table 2DOF
The shake table rig with base displacement measurement allows advanced analysis of the behaviour of a building during an earthquake. The rig emulates a 2-storey building, with base excitation being provided by an electric motor.
No lessons available.
- Discipline:
- Civil Engineering,
- Provider:
- UTS::Engineering & IT
Synchronous Generation (iLAB)
This rig allows for understanding of synchronous power generation and the effects connecting to the Grid (Infinite Bus) as well as for the studying of the effects of varying prime mover power and field current on the generated power, voltage and current.
No lessons available.
- Discipline:
- Electrical Engineering,
- Power Engineering,
- Tags:
- power,
- synchronous generation,
- Provider:
- RMIT::ECE
Truss Testing
The rig is instrumented with strain gauges on each individual truss member, therefore students can see how forces are transferred along these members to the supports on either side of the truss.
No lessons available.
- Tags:
- statics,
- structures,
- truss,
- Provider:
- RMIT::Civil, Environmental & Chemical
Turbulent to Laminar Flow
Turbulent to laminar flow rig demonstrates the difference between turbulent and laminar flow in pipes.
No lessons available.
- Discipline:
- Chemical Engineering,
- Mechanical Engineering,
- Provider:
- Curtin::Engineering