SMALL-SCALE DOMOTIC SYSTEM AS PROTOTYPE OF REMOTE CYBERNETIC APPLICATIONS

Learning systems based on student projects oriented to the solution of real problems have proved to be efficient in the different educational levels. Small-scale and pilot plants are a fundamental part in the teaching of Automation and Electronic courses (Dormido, 2002). Nowadays, there are three basic technological supports which are suffering an enormous development; fieldbuses applications, which are getting more and more important in industrial applications, Internet based applications, which is becoming popular and accessible in the last time, and finally GSM and GPRS networking, which is having one of the most important development focus. A domotic prototype has been designed, as a nexus between these three technological supports providing a versatile tool for educational purposes. With the use of this environment, students can focus on some aspects of cybernetics applying electrical and electronic systems for control, communications with other systems (remote) or with their own components.