Specifications and User Guide TROUBLESHOOTING If you are new to Photogates, we have three informative guides to help you get started. Choose the guide that......
One possible cause for a high initial velocity is the detection of the leading edge of the picket fence as it passes through a photogate.......
There are a few reasons you might want to collect data with both a Motion Encoder and a photogate at the same time. One example......
It is possible that when using the , a photogate will detect the edges of the (clear) plastic picket fence and not just the black......
Parker Moreland did an excellent analysis on measuring g with a photogate and suggests a procedure for minimizing error. This article also includes a formula......
When you first connect a photogate, the associated sensor meter shown in the software should read “Unblocked” or 0. You can test the photogate by......
When photogates are used to study the motion of an object, the velocity and accelerations are calculated with a different algorithm than the algorithm used......