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Abstract: National
Instruments (NI), a company that produces automated test equipment and virtual
instrumentation software, and PTC, a computer and software technology company, partnered
with Tufts University to develop an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for undergraduate
engineering students. Through interviews with five engineering students, interviews with
two developers of the platform, ... read moreand usability tests with eight other participants in
Tufts University's College of Engineering, I use a gap analysis approach to outline the
shortcomings in five aspects of the platform that prevented novice users from quickly
developing and/or understanding the IoT data systems. These areas include how students
approached the getting started process, using the online dashboard, debugging, adding
complexity, and sharing data. Errors, mistakes, and misunderstandings from the usability
tests largely revolved around the amount of LabVIEW experience the users had. My
analysis suggests future iterations of this toolkit so students can develop solutions
more successfully and efficiently.
Thesis
(M.S.)--Tufts University, 2018.
Submitted to the
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Advisor: Chris
Rogers.
Committee: Daniel Hannon, Fred Visser, and
Chris Rogers.
Keyword: Mechanical
engineering.read less
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