Hint: Working at A Computer With Datastudio Up and Running While Reading These Instructions
Hint: Working at A Computer With Datastudio Up and Running While Reading These Instructions
for science. This section covers the mechanics of the interface. The next section covers the DataStudio program Hint: Working at a computer with DataStudio up and running while reading these instructions will bring a hands-on experience to the user and enhance the learning process.
The ScienceWorkshop 750 Interface Box
The ScienceWorkshop 750 Interface has four digital channels, three analog channels and a pair of output jacks.
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The green LED (light-emitting diode) on the front of the interface box indicates the mode of the interface box. A green light indicates that the power is ON. The Analog Channels allow up to three analog sensors to be plugged into the 750 Interface. You can plug in an analog sensors DIN plug in only one way. The Force Sensor is an example of an analog sensor. You can connect the Power Amplifier into any Analog Channel. The Digital Channels allow up to four digital sensors to be plugged into the 750 Interface. The Photogate and Motion Sensor are examples of digital sensors. For example, you can connect four Photogates or two Motion Sensors to a 750 interface. The Output Jacks allow you to use the 750 Interface as a 1.5-watt power supply (5 volts AC or DC at up to 300 milliamps). One version of the ScienceWorkshop 750 Interface is designed to connect to the SCSI port on a computer. The other version connects to a USB port on the computer, or a USB hub connected to the computer.
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How You Do It Click the Start button or select Start Data on the Experiment menu (or on the keyboard press CTRL - R (Windows) or Command - R (Mac)) Click the Stop button or select Stop Data on the Experiment menu (or on the keyboard press CTRL - . (period ) (Win) or Command - . (Mac)) Select Monitor Dataon the Experiment menu (or on the keyboard press CTRL - M (Win) or Command - M (Mac)) In the Graph Toolbar Click the Scale to Fit button. Click the Smart Tool button. The coordinates appear next to the Smart Tool. Click the Zoom In or Zoom Out buttons. Click the Zoom Select button and drag across the data section be to magnified. Click the Calculate button Click the Note button. Click the Statistics menu button Click the Add/Remove Data menu button Click the Delete button Click the Settings menu button
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On the Graph Display Re-scale the data so it fills the Graph display window Pinpoint the x- and y-coordinate values on the Graph display Zoom In or Zoom Out Magnify a selected portion of the plotted data Create a Calculation Add a text note to the Graph Select from the Statistics menu Add or remove a data run Delete something Select Graph settings
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