Implementación de una aplicación móvil basada en realidad aumentada como herramienta de soporte en el proceso de enseñanza de electrónica de potencia.

Abstract

The objective of this degree work was the implementation of a mobile application based on augmented reality (AR) as a support tool in the teaching process of power electronics in the career of Engineering in Electronics and Automation. The development process began by selecting the right software and hardware features for the design. Subsequently, a survey was carried out on the students taking the Power Electronics subject to determine the topics to be covered. In this sense, the application is made up of 6 scenes designed in Unity development software, using a plugin for RA called Vuforia. Programming is done in C# language. The scene of main menu provides information necessary for the interaction between the other scenes, it contains a submenu of buttons with the options of the topics covered. Scenes 3 and 4 includes the topic and application of " Three-phase Alternating Current (AC) -Direct Current (DC) converters” half wave with resistive-inductive load. Scenes 5 and 6 cover the theme and DC-AC Converters application. The main functionalities of the scenes are: Broadcast an explanation of the topics covered, an AR performance or virtual reality (VR) on an application associated with the topic discussed, in addition to the visualization and simulation of characteristic waveforms. For the validation of the mobile application, there were developed tests of field and usage surveys, analyzing characteristics of ISO/IEC 2510, the results indicate that the application meets 78% software quality. It is concluded that in 92% the AR mobile application contributes to the learning of topics of the power electronics subject. It is recommended to continue with research in this line, which will allow promote the use of AR in topics of the subject.