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The user-interface enables the access to videos about
the selected topic. Videos are essential in any
multimedia tool because concepts that have a
difficult explanation with words are understood
better with a video about a real experience of an
industrial process including this concept.
Often, the explanatory texts of technical topics
include words or terms that their meanings are not
familiars. A complete glossary about industrial
processes terms has been development for this tool.
A lot of technical terms (bluetooth, fieldbus, data
logger, Electromagnetic Compatibility, etc.) are
defined in a clear and brief way. This glossary
supposes a considerable help for the user.
The tool also includes a complete bibliography
about every topic and information about standards so
that the users can deepen and increase their
knowledge.
3 EXAMPLE OF INDUSTRIAL
PROCESS
An example of an industrial process included in the
PROPYME tool is shown in this section to illustrate
better the philosophy of this environment.
The electronic instrumentation processes are
very important in the industry (Mariño, 2003). The
electronic instrumentation is a discipline dedicated
to measure any parameter, to converter these
parameters in electrical values and to manage these
values to provide the adequate information to a
control system, a human operator or both.
The multimedia PROPYME tool included
complete information about electronic
instrumentation, which is very important for
professionals in the field of the control systems. The
electronic instrumentation processes are described.
The user can get information about the aims,
main application fields, methodology for
implementation, used technologies, components,
requirements, development process, cost, application
examples and bibliography.
3.1 Business Process
The elements of an Electronic Instrumentation
System (EIS), aims, advantages, drawbacks and
main application fields are described in this section.
Each concept is illustrated by one video or
animation. For example, the user can see a video
about an electronic instrumentation system to
evaluate the injuries of persons in automobile
accidents. The video shows the crash of an
automobile against a wall. The automobile has
installed a crash test dummy with several sensors.
An instrumental laboratory captures data of these
sensors. The system also uses artificial vision to
extract data about the movement of the crash test
dummy and about the deformation of the automobile
Thus, report about injury levels in several body parts
and physical parameters (three axial acceleration,
force, moment of inertia, etc.) can be obtained.
3.2 Engineering Project
The engineering project informs to the user about
the project management (cost, profits, work
planning), methodology, enterprises of electronic
instrumentation and basic elements in an EIS. The
sequence of phases that should be followed in the
development of an EIS is:
Requirements for the implementation.
Element acquisition: selection of elements,
measurement processing and selection of
communication elements, visual display units,
actuators, etc.
Development process (viability).
Operation process (robustness).
3.3 Technological Components
One important concept in the EIS is the used
technologies and technological components. In these
sections, the user can get knowledge about the basic
components of an EIS, application fields, advantages
and drawbacks. A complete description of the
technological components taking part in an EIS and
different ways of integration of these components
are shown too.
3.4 Implementation and Complexity
The PROPYME tool explains in these sections the
development and operation processes and the
requirements for the implementation (specifications,
physical and human resources and applicability).
With respect to the complexity, the user can see that
an EIS is a set of diverse technologies. Knowledge
about electronic engineering, specialization on
physical, chemical, biological or environmental
phenomena, transducers, software engineering,
electrical engineering, system analysis,
communication engineering, mechanical engineering
and system integration are necessary to design,
install and implement an EIS in a satisfactory way.
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