{"id":2667,"date":"2018-10-01T22:11:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T05:11:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-05-01T14:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:51:57","slug":"2667","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/2667","title":{"rendered":"Can I use Vernier Photogates (VPG-BTD) with TI calculators?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yes.<\/strong> Photogates can be used with most TI graphing calculators. In addition to the sensor, you will need a sensor interface and software appropriate for your calculator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline wp-block-paragraph\"><b>TI-Nspire\/TI-Nspire CAS<\/b>\u2014all models<br \/><a href=\"\/product\/ti-nspire-lab-cradle\/\">TI-Nspire Lab Cradle<\/a> (<nobr>TI-NSLABC<\/nobr>) <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6348\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.ti-nslabc._hero.001.590.332.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/5061\">DataQuest App<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"inline wp-block-paragraph\"><b>TI-83\/TI-84 Plus<\/b>\u2014all models except TI-84 Plus sold after 2022 and TI-84 Plus CE calculators <br \/>Either LabPro <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"42\" class=\"wp-image-5969\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/product.labpro._hero.001.600.338.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <i><b>or<\/b><\/i> <a href=\"\/product\/cbl-2\/\">CBL 2<\/a> (<nobr>CBL2<\/nobr>) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"42\" class=\"wp-image-6349\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/5078\">EasyData App<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"inline wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TI-84 Plus CE (all models) and TI-84 Plus calculators sold after 2022<\/strong><br \/>Photogates cannot be used with these calculators. The calculators lack the I\/O port required for connecting to a LabPro <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"42\" class=\"wp-image-5969\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/product.labpro._hero.001.600.338.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <i><b>or<\/b><\/i> <a href=\"\/product\/cbl-2\/\">CBL 2<\/a> (<nobr>CBL2<\/nobr>) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"42\" class=\"wp-image-6349\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/Calculator_I-O_port-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/Calculator_I-O_port-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/Calculator_I-O_port-600x368.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/Calculator_I-O_port-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/Calculator_I-O_port-1536x942.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/Calculator_I-O_port-2048x1256.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/Calculator_I-O_port-260x160.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"inline wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other Calculators<\/strong>\u2014TI-73, TI-82, TI-83, TI-86, TI-89, TI-92, TI-92 Plus, and Voyage 200<br \/>Either LabPro <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"42\" class=\"wp-image-5969\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/product.labpro._hero.001.600.338.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <i><b>or<\/b><\/i> <a href=\"\/product\/cbl-2\/\">CBL 2<\/a> (<nobr>CBL2<\/nobr>) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"42\" class=\"wp-image-6349\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/product.cbl2._hero.001-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.vernier.com\/til\/2667\/2667-datagate_files.zip\">DataGate program<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-kb-palette-11-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">For instructions on installing calculator apps and programs, see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.vernier.com\/calcreadme\/transfer_guidebook.pdf\">App and Program Transfer Guidebook<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Photogates can be used with most TI graphing calculators. In addition to the sensor, you will need a sensor interface and software appropriate for&#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":[832,491,4448,2055,1281],"class_list":["post-2667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-datagate","tag-photogate","tag-ti-calculators","tag-ti-nspire","tag-vpg-btd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667","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=2667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}