Dave Vernier in the Australian Outback collecting data during a 2002 total solar eclipse with a very old laptop and a Palm Pilot
Tip Number 1: Eye Safety
Never look directly at the sun, except if you are in a place where the eclipse is total an...
VEX Robotics is a robotics platform used by Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and some other engineering education curricula. Additionally, VEX has a popular robotics competition.
VEX EDR:
With some hardware and software work, you can use our sensors w...
If LabQuest 2 is in sleep mode for a long time (such as over a summer vacation), sometimes when you turn it back on the screen will flash repeatedly.
Use the AC adapter that shipped with the LabQuest unit and carefully follow the below se...
The following PDF document shows how to use a multimeter to measure current or voltage in a KidWind setup. Two multimeters are needed to measure current and voltage at the same time.
Multimeter Instructions
A multimeter is an inexpensive way to...
It is recommended that you wash the Nalgene bottles by hand. This includes 250 mL Nalgene Bottle w/Lid (CO2-BTL) and the BioChamber 250 (BC-250).
The bottles are made of Polyethylene terephthalate G copolymer (PETG). The maximum temperature the bo...
This information pertains to LabQuest 2.
If you have a LabQuest 3, see this article.
The original LabQuest does not support this feature.
These instructions are for LabQuest 2s that have been updated to 2.7 or higher. If you have not updated your ...
In February of 2017, Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer (GDX-SVISPL) replaced the SpectroVis Plus (SVIS-PL, discontinued).
There are very few differences between the Go Direct SpectroVis Plus and the SpectroVis Plus (SVIS-PL) when...
The calibration equations for the CO2 Gas Sensors are listed below. They are divided into the old model (square body, pre-2007) and newer model (rounded body, post-2007).
Sensor 'CO2 Gas' (-DIN and -BTA, pre-2007)
Calibration 'CO2 ppm':
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Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board as well as a development environment for writing software for the board. For introductory materials to using Vernier sensors with Arduino, see:
https://www...
Logger Pro installs and upgrades of version 3.13 and later on Windows 10 will frequently require a reboot to install certain files. The installer is detecting that files that it needs to copy onto the system are already loaded in memory. In order...