PASCO ME-6810 - Manual

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 5 Introduction The PASCO ME-6810 Time-of-Flight Accessory is for use with PASCO Projectile Launchers. It consists of a piezo-electric speaker circuit mounted on a 20 x 20 centimeter plastic plate. The plate has a signal cable with a 6 mm (1/4”) stereo pho...

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810 6 ® Setup the Time of Flight Accessory with a Photogate Timer a) Setup for a Time of Flight Study (with Timer) Equipment Requirements: See page 4 of this manual. 1. Remove the Photogate Head from the support rod of the Photogate Timer. 2. Put the Photogate ...

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 7 4. Connect the stereo plug of the first photogate into the Timer. Set the Photogate Timer to PULSE mode to measure the time of the projectile from the first photogate to the second photogate. 5. Connect the stereo plug of the Time of Flight Accessory in...

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810 8 ® pad. (For information about using computer software with the interface, see Appendices A-C of this manual). b) Set up for an Initial Speed and Time of Flight Study (with interface) Equipment Required: 2 Photogates with brackets, 1 ScienceWorkshop ® inte...

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 9 Experiment 1: The Relationship between Time of Flight and Initial Velocity Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to show that the time of flight of a ball launched horizontally off a table does not change as the initial velocity is varied. Theory: ...

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 11 Experiment 2: Predicting the Horizontal Distance Traveled from a Launched Projectile Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to use the time of flight and the initial velocity to predict the horizontal distance traveled by a ball shot off a table at...

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 13 Results Angle_________________ Time between photogates___________ Time between second photogate and timer plate______________ Distance to paper_____________________ Table 2.1: Results Table 2.2: Results Distance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average Total dista...

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810 14 ® Experiment 3: Horizontal Velocity of a Projectile Purpose: The purpose is to show that the horizontal velocity of a projectile is constant throughout its flight. Theory: For projectile motion, the horizontal and vertical motions are separate. In the ve...

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 15 bracket. Plug the Photogate into Channel 1 on the computer interface. 4. Connect the Time-of-Flight Accessory to the computer interface. Use the extender cable if necessary. 5. Run the timing program and set it to measure the time between blocking of t...

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810 16 ® Teacher’s Guide Experiment 1: The Relationship between Time of Flight and Initial Velocity Notes on Setup: 2. It is important to keep the launcher exactly horizontal. Use a spirit level for best results. 3, 4. You may use one of several timing options ...

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 17 4. The initial velocity should be close to that measured in other experiments (See manual experiments 1 and 2, for example.) 6. The difference should be less than 5%. Experiment 3: Horizontal Velocity of a Projectile Notes on Setup: 3-5. If necessary, ...

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810 18 ® Appendix A: DataStudio Software Instructions for Using the Time of Flight Accessory with a PASPORT Interface Instructions for an Initial Velocity and/or Time of Flight Study 1. Connect the photogate and time of flight accessory stereo plugs to the Phot...

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 19 Appendix B: DataStudio Software Instructions for Using the Time of Flight Accessory with a ScienceWorkshop Interface Instructions for an Initial Velocity and/or Time of Flight Study 1. For a time of flight study: Connect the stereo phone plug of the ph...

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810 20 ® blocked. b) In the Timing Sequence menu for channel 2, click on the down arrow and select “On” to record the time that the ball hits the time-of-flight pad. c) To accept your timing sequence, click the Done button. An icon for the timed entry will appe...

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 21 Appendix C: ScienceWorkshop Software Instructions for Using the Time of Flight Accessory with a Computer Interface a) Time of flight Study (Macintosh or Windows) 1. Perform equipment setup instructions on pages 5-6 of this manual. 2. Connect the photog...

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810 22 ® “Display” to return to the Experiment Setup window. The Table display will show “vInitial (m/sec)” and “tFlight(sec).” You are ready to begin collecting data.

® Model No. ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory 23 Appendix D: Technical Support For assistance with the ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory or any other PASCO products, contact PASCO as follows: Address: PASCO scientific 10101 Foothills Blvd. Roseville, CA 95747-7100 Phone: (916) 786-3800 FAX: (916) 786-...

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810 24 ® Appendix E: Copyright, Warranty, and Equipment Return Copyright Information The 012-05088D Time of Flight Accessory Manual is copyrighted and all rights reserved. However, permission is granted to non-profit educational institutions for reproduction of...