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TIMS was designed at the [[University of New South Wales]] by Tim Hooper in 1971. It was developed to run student experiments for electrical engineering communications courses.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=2017|title=Using Telecommunication Instructional Modelling System (TIMS) in Communications Systems Course|url=https://peer.asee.org/using-telecommunication-instructional-modelling-system-tims-in-communications-systems-course.pdf|journal=American Association for Engineering Education|volume=Paper ID #18924}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hooper|first=T. L.|date=1973-08-01|title=Telecommunications Systems Modeling in the Laboratory|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4320828|journal=IEEE Transactions on Education|volume=16|issue=3|pages=148–152|doi=10.1109/TE.1973.4320828|bibcode=1973ITEdu..16..148H|issn=1557-9638}}</ref> Hooper’s concept was developed into the current TIMS model in the late 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NJIT- EE495 : Introduction to Modeling with TIMS|url=https://web.njit.edu/~gilhc/EE495/TIMS.htm|access-date=2021-08-13|website=web.njit.edu}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Breznik|first=Alfred|date=2004-01-30|title=Hands-on learning system for Wireless laboratory courses|url=https://peer.asee.org/hands-on-learning-system-for-wireless-laboratory-courses.pdf|journal=Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition|pages=9.658.1–9.658.5}}</ref> In 1986, the project won a competition organized by [[Electronics Australia]] for development work using the [[Texas Instruments TMS320]].<ref name=":6">{{cite journal |last1=Wierer |first1=Jay |last2=Chandler |first2=Edward |title=Analog and Digital Communications Laboratory Experiments Using Emona TIMS |journal=2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings |date=June 2011 |pages=22.203.1–22.203.12 |doi=10.18260/1-2--17484 |s2cid=54537460 }}</ref><ref name=":7" /> Emona Instruments also received an award for TIMS at the fifth Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation Competition.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Sticisce avstralskih Slovencev - Slovenian network in Australia|url=http://www.glasslovenije.com.au/aktualno/emonaAward2007.htm|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.glasslovenije.com.au}}</ref>
== Methodology ==
[[File:TIMS methodology diagram.jpg|alt=TIMS Methodology Diagram|thumb|371x371px|TIMS Methodology Diagram]]
TIMS uses a block diagram-based interface for experiments in the classroom. It can model mathematical equations to simulate electric signals, or it can use block diagrams to simulate telecommunications systems.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Breznik|first=Alfred|date=2004-10-01|title=TIMS-301 USER MANUAL|url=http://ecelabs.njit.edu/ece489/misc/tims301_user_manual.pdf|journal=Emona Instruments Pty Ltd}}</ref> It uses a different hardware card to represent functions for each block of the diagram.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Purani|first=Abhilash M.|date=2010-04-23|title=AN EVALUATION OF LOW COST FPGA-BASED SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIOS FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH|url=https://scholar.utc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1509&context=theses|journal=A Thesis Presented for the Master of Science Degree the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga}}</ref>
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