Using the Matlab Programming Environment in the Course of Student Training in the Electrical Machines Discipline

This article presents the results of the use of simulation models in the MATLAB software environment in the course of student training in the Electrical Machines module, which is included in the curriculum for acquiring the Bachelor’s educational – qualification degree in Electrical Power Engineering and Electrical Equipment. The processes for implementing innovative educational technologies gained momentum during the Covid-19 pandemic and are currently increasingly being adopted. The students, pursuing this course, use various computer-based tools such as MS Excel and MATLAB in their training to plot the performance and mechanical characteristics of a DC motor with parallel excitation. The article presents an approach for plotting these characteristics using a virtual laboratory bench and analyses the students’ opinions on its use in the Electrical Machines module.