One dimensional two-body collisions experiment based on LabVIEW interface with Arduino

Abstract

Abstract. The purpose of this work is to build a physics lab apparatus that is modern, low-cost and simple. In one dimensional two-body collisions experiment, we used the Arduino UNO R3 as a data acquisition system which was controlled by LabVIEW program. The photogate sensors were designed using LED and LDR to measure position as a function of the time. Aluminium frame houseware and blower were used for the air track system. In both totally inelastic and elastic collision experiments, the results of momentum and energy conservation are in good agreement with the theoretical calculations.

Measurement of Air Drag as Physics Experiment Enrichment at Senior High School Laboratory Using the Air Track Apparatus

“…The pattern shown by the experimental results indicates that there are effects of air drag. These results provide corrections to the study conducted by (Hauko et al, 2018;Hinrichsen & Larnder, 2018;Hinrichsen, 2018;Saphet et al, 2017;Oyelade, 2019) who in his experiment ignored air drag.…”

“…Several studies using air track apparatus have been carried out including experiment of harmonic oscillator damped (Hauko et al, 2018;Hinrichsen & Larnder, 2018;Hinrichsen, 2018), one dimension collision of two objects experiment (Saphet et al, 2017), Investigation of magnetic damping (Oyelade, 2019). Also, some of the classical mechanical studies experiments have been concern the effects of air drag including modeling the effects of the air intake on Ping-Pong ball motion (Thuecks & Demas, 2019), cart experiments on an inclined plane (Amato & Williams, 2010), projectile motion experiments (Blanco, 2018;Mohazzabi, 2018), research of aerodynamics in the classroom and ballpark (Cross, 2012), freefall motion experiment (Mohazzabi, 2011), juggling a spinning Ping-Pong ball experiment (Widenhorn, 2016), Teaching kinematic graphs in an undergraduate course (Vaara & Sasaki, 2019), coupled oscillators (Case et al, 2017), research on how mechanical energy vanish into thin air (Moreno, 2018), Measuring the coefficient of restitution (González et al, 2017), Previously, a study to measure air drag in air track apparatus used the concept of an inclined plane, so that gravity force which is parallel to the track affects the motion of objects (Mungan, 2012).…”

“…The time counter in this experiment uses sensitive light sensors that are directly connected to a computer also makes it easy for us to record the time when objects cross certain distances that we have set. Also, the study of two objects collisions using air track apparatus ignores the role of air drag (Saphet et al, 2017). So that study on measuring air drag in air tracks apparatus is very important to do because information about air drag can be an improvement in physics experiments in school.…”

Pengembangan Media E-Learning dengan Schoology Berbasis Multirespresentasi Pada Peserta Didik

“…Pembelajaran fisika sering kali dianggap sulit oleh sebagian peserta didik. Kurangnya variasi pembelajaran membuat peserta didik merasa bosan dan semakin menganggap fisika sebagai pelajaran yang sulit dan tidak menyenangkan [8]. Pembelajaran fisika dibutuhkan suatu pemahaman konsep yang matang agar peserta didik mudah dalam menyelesaikan suatu permasalahan.…”

A Teensy microcontroller-based interface for optical imaging camera control during behavioral experiments

“…Over the last decade, microcontrollers traditionally marketed to hobbyists have gained popularity across a variety of scientific fields (D'Ausilio, 2012;Sanders and Kepecs, 2014;Grinias et al, 2016;Husain et al, 2016;Chen and Li, 2017;Saphet et al, 2017). For example, Arduino microcontrollers have recently been integrated into two-photon imaging experiments (Wilms and Hausser, 2015;Takahashi et al, 2016;Micallef et al, 2017).…”