Technical support – PASCO ME-9498A Photogate Head User Manual
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Experiments
Refer to the experiment guide that comes with your PASCO
equipment (e.g., Introductory Dynamics System).
Photogate Specifications
Photogate Width and Depth: 7.5 by 4.2 cm
Detector rise time: < 500 nanoseconds (ns)
Detector fall time: < 50 ns
Timing Resolution: 0.1 milliseconds
Parallax error: For an object passing within 1 centimeter (cm)
of the detector, with a velocity less than 10 m/s, the difference
between the true and effective length is less than 1 mm.
Power requirements: 5 VDC ± 5% at 45 mA
Infrared source: Peak at 880 nm
Additional Equipment Available:
•
ME-9204B Accessory Photogate (includes ME-9498A
Photogate Head and ME-9805 Photogate Stand)
•
ME-9805 Photogate Stand (includes base and 6.3 mm
(1/4 in) diameter support rod)
•
ME-9806 Photogate Brackets (set of 2) for PASCO
Tracks
•
ME-6821A Photogate Mounting Bracket for PASCO
Projectile Launchers
•
ME-9450A Super Pulley*
•
SE-9242 Pulley Mounting Rod*
•
ME-9355 Base and Support Rod (includes tripod base
and 12.7 mm (1/2 in) diameter 45 cm long support rod)
•
ME-9377 Picket Fence
•
ME-8744 Adjustable Angle Clamp
•
ME-8752 Photogate Pendulum Set (includes four dif-
ferent pendula)
•
ME-6664 Photogate Tape Set (includes flexible picket
fence tape and tape guide)
*Included in the ME-6838 Photogate/Pulley System along with a Photo-
gate Head and 1/4-20 Thumbscrew
See the PASCO catalog or web site at www.pasco.com for more informa-
tion about the Photogate Head. For example, you can download instruc-
tion manuals for the Accessory Photogate, Picket Fence, Photogate
Pendulum Set, and Photogate Tape Set.
Technical Support
For assistance with any PASCO product, contact PASCO at:
For more information about the Photogate Head and the latest
revision of this Instruction Sheet, visit:
www.pasco.com/go?ME-9498A
Limited Warranty
For a description of the product warranty, see the
PASCO catalog.
Copyright
The PASCO scientific 012-06372B Photogate Head Instruc-
tion Sheet is copyrighted with all rights reserved. Permission is granted
to non-profit educational institutions for reproduction of any part of this
manual, providing the reproductions are used only in their laboratories
and classrooms, and are not sold for profit. Reproduction under any
other circumstances, without the written consent of PASCO scientific, is
prohibited.
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other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may
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