CircuitsTogether: Online Virtual Lab

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CircuitsTogether: Online Virtual Lab

Junior Design Showcase project, Wentworth Institute of Technology, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 2020

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title: CircuitsTogether: Online Virtual Lab

creator: John Glasscock, Andrew Lin, Rayan Peters, Wyatt Phillips

subject: Unity, virtual lab, modeling, higher education

description: CircuitsTogether is an open source platform that models real lab environments in order to provide a realistic virtual experience. The platform was created during the COVID-19 pandemic that forced many higher education institutions to transition to online platforms. The team used the Unity game engine to create much of the elements of the environment itself. A sample space was modeled after an electrical lab. The sample space used premade assets from the Unity store in order to create the textures and features of a real lab environment. A SPICE library has also been integrated into the lab space to facilitate real measurements of lab components. The proof of concept shows that it is possible to create a realistic environment that accurately models real-world tools. When compared to other virtual environments, CircuitsTogether has some unique advantages. Services like TinkerCAD, while they do offer real-time collaboration, they do not offer the same interactivity within a lab setting. Praxilabs requires a paid account in order to download their software. This offers CircuitsTogether an advantage because we plan to make use of a marketplace feature in order to offset the costs of free membership for personal users.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2020

type: Presentation

format: video recording

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language: eng

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