Abstract: Described herein are wireless smart devices having integrated force, position, acceleration, and rotational sensing for science education (e.g., Newton's laws of motion, kinematics, etc.). An integrated wireless device includes an accelerometer to generate acceleration data based on detecting a current rate of acceleration of the integrated wireless device, a shaft encoder to detect angular positional changes of a shaft or axle of the integrated wireless device over time, and at least one processing unit coupled to the accelerometer. The at least one processing unit is configured to decode angular position data of the shaft encoder into positional data and to synchronize acceleration data received from the accelerometer with the positional data. In one example, a force load cell is coupled to the at least one processing unit. The force load cell measures applied force or impact force.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 19, 2019
Publication date:
March 26, 2020
Applicant:
PASCO scientific
Inventors:
Richard A. Escott, Thomas Reineking, Phillip Gulley, Scott E. Wild, Jon D. Hanks, Ann D. Hanks
Abstract: Described herein are wireless smart devices having integrated force, position, acceleration, and rotational sensing for science education (e.g., Newton's laws of motion, kinematics, etc.). An integrated wireless device includes an accelerometer to generate acceleration data based on detecting a current rate of acceleration of the integrated wireless device, a shaft encoder to detect angular positional changes of a shaft or axle of the integrated wireless device over time, and at least one processing unit coupled to the accelerometer. The at least one processing unit is configured to decode angular position data of the shaft encoder into positional data and to synchronize acceleration data received from the accelerometer with the positional data. In one example, a force load cell is coupled to the at least one processing unit. The force load cell measures applied force or impact force.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 5, 2016
Publication date:
July 6, 2017
Applicant:
PASCO scientific
Inventors:
Richard A. Escott, Thomas Reineking, Phillip Gulley, Scott E. Wild, Jon D. Hanks, Ann D. Hanks
Abstract: A handheld computer device for data acquisition is described. The device includes a hardware interface to be connected to a processing device and to an attachable sensor. The device also includes a data module to interact with the sensor and with the processing device and a display module to display data collection results on a display of the processing device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 7, 2000
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2007
Assignee:
PASCO scientific
Inventors:
Wayne Clinton Grant, David Kent Johnson, Paulo Raffaelli, Rhonda Laureen Rosales