What type of hardware environment is available?

• General-purpose PC/DSP-based DAC boards
  • MultiQ3 PC-based data acquisition card from Quanser
  • LabPC+ PC-based data acquisition card from National Instruments
  • DS1102 DSP-based data acquisition card from dSPACE
  • SigLab DSP-based dynamic system and signal analyzer from DSP Technology

• Micro-controller hardware
  • Board of Education
  • NX-1000 Experimenter's Board
  • Radio frequency transmitter/receiver
  • Electronic compass
  • X-10 hardware for home automation

What type of software environment is available?

• Automated code generation to generate real-time code from graphical control system simulation tools for PC/DSP-based DAC boards
• Simulink and Real-Time-Windows-Target
• Web-enabled remote control using WebLAB
• Icon-based programming e.g., LabVIEW, to design virtual instruments
• PBASIC for STAMP micro-controller.