User - Friendly Computer Software in Control and Instrumentation Teaching and Learning

In this paper we present worked-out laboratory practices for undergraduate electrical engineering courses. They encompass the different parts of control implementation and instrumentation using the software packages Matlab, Simulink and LabVIEW. These software tools can enhance the learning in control and instrumentation and important aspects of system implementation can be promptly considered. Laboratory practices such as interfacing for data acquisition, modulated pulse train generation, control algorithm implementation and parameter estimation are covered here.