The development of augmented reality based platform for electronic circuits

Engineering science differs from other sciences because of its applicable perspective. The most important thing for an engineer is not only to understand theoretical concepts, but also to have the ability to apply this theoretical knowledge in real life. In order for the theoretical knowledge in engineering education to be better understood, grasped and reinforced, it must be supported by practical applications. This is possible with laboratory applications in educational environments. However, there may be problems in the laboratory parts due to reasons such as the lack of sufficient infrastructure and equipment, and the large number of students. For these reasons, alternatives are sought in the application sections. Rapid developments in technology show themselves in every field. Concepts such as "computer aided engineering", "computer aided design" and "computer aided education" are frequently used, especially as a result of the advances in the computer world. In addition, reality types such as "augmented reality", "virtual reality", "mixed reality" and related reality applications used in many fields have been developed. In this thesis, an augmented reality-based platform has been developed for operational amplifiers, one of the basic structures in the field of electronic circuits. In this platform, where only a smart phone and a breadboard are required, applications such as inverting-non inverting amplifiers, summing-differential, integrator-differentiator circuits, which are among the basic operational amplifier circuit structures - with rich visual support (input-output signals, user-defined circuit elements, circuit connections, circuit placements on the breadboard, etc.) - can be done quickly and easily. Principally, the smartphone takes a picture of the electronic circuit marker and digitally forms a layer of virtual objects that are mixed with the original image. Thus designed platform; presents augmented reality as an interactive user guide, guides students or people working in this field for the analysis and synthesis of operational amplifier circuits, and makes them use it as a new and interesting alternative application / teaching way with its rich visual content.