{"id":1451,"date":"2014-06-02T22:42:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T05:42:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:10:06","slug":"1451","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/1451","title":{"rendered":"What sensors do not work with EasyLink?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Below are a list of sensors that DO NOT work with an EasyLink. For a list of sensors that do work with an EasyLink, see the <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/easylink\/#compatible-sensors\">Compatible Sensors tab on the EasyLink web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The list indicates the EasyLink limitation followed by the sensors that do not work based on that limitation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/easylink\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.ez-link._hero.001-600x338-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6347\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;EasyLink has only one sensor port&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>3-Axis Accelerometer<\/strong> &#8211; any single channel (X, Y, or Z) works<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diffraction Apparatus<\/strong> &#8211; light sensor works, linear position does not<\/li>\n<li><strong>Polarimeter (Chemical)<\/strong> &#8211; light sensor works; angular position does not<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vernier Structures and Materials Tester (VSMT)<\/strong> &#8211; force sensor works; displacement does not<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>EasyLink only supports analog sensors\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Digital Control Unit <\/strong>&#8211; digital sensor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drop Counter<\/strong> &#8211; digital sensor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motion Detector<\/strong> &#8211; digital sensor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motion Encoder System<\/strong> &#8211; digital sensor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photogate<\/strong> &#8211; digital sensor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Projectile Launcher<\/strong> &#8211; digital sensor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Radiation Monitor<\/strong> &#8211; digital sensor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rotary Motion Sensor<\/strong> &#8211; digital sensor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>EasyLink maximum sample rate 200 Hz\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Microphone<\/strong> &#8211; Typical sample rate is 8000 Hz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>EasyLink cannot provide enough current\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ethanol Sensor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Force Plate (new version shipped starting November 2023)<\/strong> &#8211; older Force Plate works<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensor<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Unsupported in calculator app\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Blood Pressure Sensor<\/strong> &#8211; Not supported with EasyData; works with DataQuest<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power Amplifier<\/strong> &#8211; Can measure internal current, but cannot drive the amplifier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Links<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/til\/1908\/\">What sensors do not work with Go!Link?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/til\/3731\/\">EasyLink Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are a list of sensors that DO NOT work with an EasyLink. For a list of sensors that do work with an EasyLink, see&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1698,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1671,1940,1672,1942,1941],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-easydata","tag-easylink","tag-ezdc","tag-ezdcii","tag-golink"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}