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Price: $95.00
This item is temporarily out of stock. The expected available to ship date is 02/25/2025
This item can only be shipped to schools, museums and science centers
Using Go Direct Photogate, students are able to easily and accurately measure velocity and acceleration to study the movement of an object in free fall, rolling objects, collisions, and pendulums, without needing to know anything about the geometry of the object.
Go Direct Photogate also includes a single laser gate for use with objects passing outside of the arms of the sensor. Using the laser gate requires a visible-light pen laser (not included).
Go Direct Photogate can be used in a variety of experiments:
• Measuring acceleration of a cart on an incline using a cart picket fence
• Measuring the angular motion of a wheel as it is turning
• Investigating Newton’s second law using a half-Atwood machine to measure acceleration
• Determining the time an object passes one or more gates
Infrared source: Peak at 880 nm
Gate width: 77.5 mm
Internal gate separation: 20 mm
Distance from internal gates to bottom of photogate arms: ~10 mm
Distance from internal gates to sides of photogate arms: ~5 mm
Gate LED indicators: Off for unblocked gate, on for blocked gate
Battery: 650 mAh Li-Poly Rechargeable
Battery life (single full charge): ~10 hours continuous data collection
Battery life (long term): ~300 full charge cycles (several years depending on usage)
Connections
Wireless: Bluetooth
Wired: USB
