Low-cost accelerometers for physics experiments

Year: 2007

Authors: Vannoni M., Straulino S.

Autors Affiliation: CNR – Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Dipartimento di Fisica – Università di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

Abstract: The implementation of a modern game-console controller as a data acquisition interface for physics experiments is discussed. The investigated controller is equipped with three perpendicular accelerometers and a built-in infrared camera to evaluate its own relative position. A pendulum experiment is realized as a demonstration of the proposed approach.

Journal/Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Volume: 28 (5)      Pages from: 781  to: 787

KeyWords: educational
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/28/5/001

Citations: 13
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