Go Direct^™ Motion Detector

The Go Direct Motion Detector accurately tracks objects as close as 15 cm and as far away as 2.5 m. Its built-in temperature compensation automatically adjusts for the difference in the speed of sound in cold and warm locations. Its unique design protects the sensor from falling objects during simple harmonic motion or free fall experiments.

The Go Direct Motion Detector can be used in a variety of experiments:

• Study position, velocity, and acceleration of carts when mounted on a track.
• Match graphs created in Graphical Analysis 4 software.
• Analyze the effects of air resistance on falling coffee filters.
• Investigate simple harmonic motion by monitoring a mass on a spring.

• Maximum data collection rate: 30 samples/s
• Distances measured from 15 cm to 2.5 m
• Temperature compensated
• ¼-20 threaded hole for mounting on motion detector clamp
• 1.5 m USB cable

View the user manual for full specifications

Select a lab book to see a list of experiments and more information.

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  Middle School Science with Vernier (7)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 12 Ocean Floor Mapping
  • 33 Graphing Your Motion
  • 34 Speeding Up
  • 35 The Indy 100
  • 36 Crash Dummies
  • 37 Falling Objects
  • 38 A Speedy Slide
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  Physical Science with Vernier (6)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 35 Graphing Your Motion
  • 36 Speeding Up
  • 37 It's Race Day
  • 38 Crash Lesson
  • 39 Newton's Second Law
  • 40 Falling Objects
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  Forensics with Vernier (1)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 6 Speeding Up

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  LabQuest 2

  Coming Soon

  A future update will support data collection with the Go Direct^™ Motion Detector and LabQuest 2, a standalone data logger.

  Learn more about LabQuest 2 »

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  Computers

  	Software
  Interface	Graphical Analysis for ComputersVersion 4.0
  No interface required	Full support 1

  Compatibility Notes

  1. For Bluetooth^® connectivity, only computers running Windows 10 or Mac OS X 10.10 or newer are supported. The computer must also have a compatible Bluetooth 4.0⁺ radio.

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  Chromebook

  	Software
  Interface	Graphical Analysis for ChromeVersion 2.7.3
  No interface required	Future support

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  Mobile Devices

  	Software
  Interface	Graphical Analysis for iOSVersion 3.2	Graphical Analysis for AndroidVersion 3.1.1
  No interface required	Future support	Future support