Type | Telecommunications Training Device |
---|---|
Inventor | Tim Hooper |
Inception | 1971 |
Manufacturer | Emona |
Available | Yes |
Website | https://www.emona-tims.com/ |
TIMS, or Telecommunication Instructional Modeling System, is an electronic device invented by Tim Hooper and developed by Australian engineering company Emona Instruments that is used as a telecommunications trainer in educational settings and universities. [1] [2] [3]
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. [4] [5] Hooper’s concept was developed into the current TIMS model in the late 1980s. [6] [7] In 1986, the project won a competition organized by Electronics Australia for development work using the Texas Instruments TMS320. [8] [9] Emona Instruments also received an award for TIMS at the fifth Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation Competition. [9]
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. [4] [7] [10] It uses a different hardware card to represent functions for each block of the diagram. [11]
TIMS consists of a server, a chassis, and boards that can emulate the configurations of a telecommunications system. [12] It uses electronic circuits as modules to simulate the components of analog and digital communications systems. [13] [14] The modules can perform different functions such as signal generation, signal processing, signal measurement, and digital signal processing. [10] [13]
The block diagram approach to modeling the mathematics of a telecommunication system has also been ported across to other domains. [15] [16]
Where the blocks are patched together onscreen to mimic the hardware implementation but with a simulation engine (known as TutorTIMS). [15] [16]
It can be used by multiple students at once across the internet or LAN via a browser based client screen. This utilises a statistical time division multiplexing architecture in the control unit. The method is applied both to Telecommunications and Electronics Laboratories (known as netCIRCUITlabs). [15] [16]
Type | Telecommunications Training Device |
---|---|
Inventor | Tim Hooper |
Inception | 1971 |
Manufacturer | Emona |
Available | Yes |
Website | https://www.emona-tims.com/ |
TIMS, or Telecommunication Instructional Modeling System, is an electronic device invented by Tim Hooper and developed by Australian engineering company Emona Instruments that is used as a telecommunications trainer in educational settings and universities. [1] [2] [3]
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. [4] [5] Hooper’s concept was developed into the current TIMS model in the late 1980s. [6] [7] In 1986, the project won a competition organized by Electronics Australia for development work using the Texas Instruments TMS320. [8] [9] Emona Instruments also received an award for TIMS at the fifth Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation Competition. [9]
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. [4] [7] [10] It uses a different hardware card to represent functions for each block of the diagram. [11]
TIMS consists of a server, a chassis, and boards that can emulate the configurations of a telecommunications system. [12] It uses electronic circuits as modules to simulate the components of analog and digital communications systems. [13] [14] The modules can perform different functions such as signal generation, signal processing, signal measurement, and digital signal processing. [10] [13]
The block diagram approach to modeling the mathematics of a telecommunication system has also been ported across to other domains. [15] [16]
Where the blocks are patched together onscreen to mimic the hardware implementation but with a simulation engine (known as TutorTIMS). [15] [16]
It can be used by multiple students at once across the internet or LAN via a browser based client screen. This utilises a statistical time division multiplexing architecture in the control unit. The method is applied both to Telecommunications and Electronics Laboratories (known as netCIRCUITlabs). [15] [16]