NDLI: From the browser to the remote physical lab: Programming cyber-physical systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Peter, S. Momtaz, F. Givargis, T.
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Center for Embedded & Cyber-Phys. Syst., Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA (Peter, S.; Momtaz, F.; Givargis, T.)
Abstract	Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) integrate networked embedded computation systems with real-world physical installations. Programming of CPSs is not trivial, since CPSs combine traditional programming challenges and real-world timing, concurrency, and communication. This paper shows how a programming framework that allows students to implement and test CPS control programs in their Internet browsers, can improve both the students' learning experience and learning results. Students model and program a CPS application on a high abstraction level in a web page. This web page, provided by the instructor, invokes the student's code either together with the CPS as functional specification models in a virtual timing environment, or as component in a real-world system that interacts with a real remote physical implementation. Using the provided abstraction, students can incrementally design a CPS and experience challenges such as channel delays, model uncertainties, and real-time behavior, but without the need for complex low level programming or tools. For a CPS example system, we applied the framework in an embedded system design class. Our results show, the ability of a JavaScript-based programming and execution environment to design, program, and run CPSs on different levels of abstraction. Our results also indicate an increased approval from the students and a significantly improved understanding of modeling and programming in the class.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	7
File Size	1374264
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479984541
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2015.7344228
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-10-21
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Programming profession Timing Web pages Education Browsers Cyber-physical systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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