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Activities/Turtle Art/Using Turtle Art Sensors (view source)
Revision as of 01:11, 25 November 2010
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==Acceleration on an inclined plane==
==Acceleration on an inclined plane==
The XO laptop can be used to do experiments on motion. The XO1.5 is faster and better suited for this. Shown below is a triggerable oscilloscope with calibrated timebase.
The XO laptop can be used to do experiments on motion. The XO1.5 is faster and better suited for this. Inexpensive sensor switches can be made of aluminium foil.
Shown below is a triggerable oscilloscope with calibrated timebase.
[[File:Triggerableoscilloscope.jpg]]
Switches were placed at 20cm, 60cm, 100cm, 140cm, and 180cm along a ramp of length 180cm and height 23cm.
The oscilloscope data is shown below, each square is approximately 200mS
The oscilloscope data is shown below, each square is approximately 200mS