A new remote laboratory of a pumping system designed using a low-cost hardware model

Automatics and Control subjects are always improved when the classroom teaching is supported by adequate laboratory experiments in order to provide students a deep understanding of theoretical lessons. However, both expensive equipment and limited time prevent teachers from having enough educational platforms. Thus, several low cost and flexible solutions have been developed to permit an effective teaching in Automatics and Control at a reasonable cost. Virtual and remote laboratories are inside this group of solutions as Web-based experimentation tools which have demonstrated the importance and effectiveness of hand-on experiences. This paper presents a new remote laboratory of a pumping system. The developed application allows students to remotely practice different theoretical concepts on the industrial process, which has been designed using a low-cost hardware model. In this paper, the most important features of the remote laboratory are described. The application proposes a set of practical experiences which students must resolve making use of the remote laboratory