An intermediate-level physics laboratory: A system of two coupled oscillators with low-cost accelerometers

Mary Lamont; Minjoon Kouh

An intermediate-level physics laboratory: A system of two coupled oscillators with low-cost accelerometers

Physics Education 2012-10-16 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors Popular Physics

Authors: Mary Lamont , Minjoon Kouh

Abstract

We describe an intermediate-level physics experiment beyond the first-year, which uses versatile, low-cost accelerometers (Wiimotes for the Nintendo Wii gaming system) and scientific-computing software for numerical data analysis. It is designed to help students to develop better understanding of a system of coupled oscillators and Fourier transform.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1210.3694,
  title  = {An intermediate-level physics laboratory: A system of two coupled oscillators with low-cost accelerometers},
  author = {Mary Lamont and Minjoon Kouh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.3694},
  year   = {2012}
}

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