Open-source sensors system for doing simple physics experiments

César Llamas Bello; Jesús Vegas; Miguel Ángel González Rebollo; Manuel Ángel González Delgado

doi:10.4279/pip.100004

Authors

César Llamas Bello Departamento de Informática Universidad de Valladolid 47011 Valladolid
Jesús Vegas Departamento de Informática Universidad de Valladolid 47011 Valladolid
Miguel Ángel González Rebollo Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Cristalografía y Mineralogía Universidad de Valladolid 47011 Valladolid
Manuel Ángel González Delgado Department of Applied Physics University of Valladolid 47011 Valladolid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.100004

Keywords:

Physics teaching, sensors, laboratory, arduino, raspberry, motivation, engagement, autonomous work

Abstract

An open-source platform to be used in high school or university laboratories has been developed. The platform permits the performance of dynamics experiments in a simple and affordable way, combining measurements of different sensors in the platform. The sensors are controlled by an Arduino microcontroller, which can be wirelessly accessed with smartphones or tablets. The platform constitutes an economical sensing alternative to commercial configurations and can easily be extended by including new sensors that broaden the range of covered experiments.

Received: 7 September 2017, Accepted: 1 March 2018; Edited by: A. Martí, M. Monteiro; Reviewed by: E. Arribas, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Albacete, Spain; DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.4279/PIP.100004

Cite as: C LLamas, Jesús Vega, M Á González, M Á González, Papers in Physics 10, 100004 (2018)

This paper, by C Llamas, Jesús Vegas, M Á González, M Á González, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0.