eLab - Remote electronics lab in real time

The ongoing integration of telecommunications with the learning and collaboration process has enabled many of the engineering projects to take advantage of the remote access to laboratories that it allows. However, most of the remote laboratories today are simulated or else real, but with a fixed configuration. The present paper establishes a connection scheme for real, remote laboratories based in data acquisition systems, their publication for remote access, and the ability to reconfigure, in real time, the components conforming the experiment by using relay matrices and DAQ accessories interconnected by a server. This scheme reduces the needed space for traditional Electronics laboratories, the staff needed to operate it, and the overall cost of equipment required, as well as allowing the lab practices to be customizable, remotely accessed through Internet, and that both the results and the changes made to the circuit be reflected in the measurements in real time.