PASCO ME-6810 Time of Flight Accessory - Manual (Page 20)

Time of Flight Accessory Model No. ME-6810
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blocked. b) In the Timing Sequence menu for channel 2, click on
the down arrow and select “On” to record the time that the ball hits
the time-of-flight pad. c) To accept your timing sequence, click the
Done button. An icon for the timed entry will appear in the Data
List.
11. For an initial speed and time of flight study: You will need to
create two timers for this experiment: one timer for “Time between
Gates” and a second timer for “Time of Flight”).
a) For the “Time Between Gates” timer, click on the down arrow
for channel 1 and select “blocked” to start the timing when the first
photogate beam becomes blocked. b) In the menu for channel 2,
select “blocked” to stop the timing when the second photogate
beam becomes blocked. c) To accept your timing sequence, click
the Done button. An icon for the timed entry will appear in the
Data List.
d) For the “Time of Flight” timer, click on the down arrow for
channel 1 and select “blocked” to start the timing when the
photogate beam becomes blocked. e) In the menu for channel 3,
click on the down arrow and select “On” to record the time that the
ball hits the time-of-flight pad. f) To accept your timing sequence,
click the Done button. An icon for the timed entry will appear in
the Data List.
12. To begin collecting data, click the Start button.
Note: To calculate the initial velocity, use the DataStudio Calculator
to create an equation (V
i
= distance/time between gates).