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TIMS, or Telecommunication Instructional Modeling System, is an electronic device developed by Emona that is used as a telecommunications trainer in educational settings and universities.[1][2][3]
History
TIMS was designed at the University of South Wales by Tim Hooper in 1971. It was developed to run student experiments for electrical engineering communications courses.[4] Hooper’s concept was developed into the current TIMS model in the late 1980s.[5] In 1986, the TIMS project won a competition organized by Electronics Australia for development work using the Texas Instruments TMS320.[4] Emona Instruments also received an award for TIMS at the fifth Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation Competition.[6]
Methodology
TIMS uses a block diagram-based interface for experiments in the classroom. TIMS can model mathematical equations to simulate electric signals, or it can use block diagrams to simulate telecommunications systems.[5][18] It uses a different hardware card to represent functions for each block of the diagram.[22]
TIMS consists of a server, a chassis, and boards that can emulate the configurations of a telecommunications system.[15] TIMS uses electronic circuits as modules to simulate the components of analog and digital communications systems.[3][17] TIMS modules can perform different functions such as signal generation, signal processing, signal measurement, and digital signal processing.[3][5]
References
- ^ Sarfaraz, Maysam (2011-05-01). "EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF PARTIAL RECONFIGURATION OF FPGAS". Thesis from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
- ^ Silva, Mário Marques da (2018-09-03). Cable and Wireless Networks: Theory and Practice. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4987-5154-4.
- ^ Conference, American Society for Engineering Education (2004). ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. American Society for Engineering Education.
- ^ a b Manfredini, Carlo (1987-06-01). "TIMS: Prize-Winning Learning System for Communications" (PDF). Electronics Australia: 96.
- ^ Breznik, Alfred (2004-01-30). "Hands-on learning system for Wireless laboratory courses" (PDF). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition: 9.658.1-9.658.5.
- ^ "Sticisce avstralskih Slovencev - Slovenian network in Australia". www.glasslovenije.com.au. Retrieved 2021-07-08.