PASCO Xplorer-GLX Users’ Guide - Manual (Page 5)

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Part 1:
Users’ Guide
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Included Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview of the GLX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 1: Displays
Graph
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Digits Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 2: Utility Screens
Output
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Notes Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Stopwatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 3: Settings and Files
Sensors Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Timing Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Data Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Data Files Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 4: Navigation and Input
Data Source Menus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Multipress Text Input Mode . . . . . . . . . . 90
Using a USB Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Scientific Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 5: Hardware Maintenance and
Operation
Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Battery and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Operating Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 6: Using the Xplorer GLX
with a Computer
GLX with DataStudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
GLX Simulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Part 2:
Sample Activities
Activity 1: Calorimetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Activity 2: Melting Point Depression . . . 111
Activity 3: Heat Transfer by Radiation . 113
Activity 4: Newton’s Law of Cooling . . . 115
Activity 5: Microclimate Temperature
Variation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Activity 6: Voltage versus Resistance . 123
Activity 7: Induced Electromotive Force 127
Activity 8: Capacitor Discharge . . . . . . 131
Activity 9: Constructive and Destructive
Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Activity 10: Beat Frequency . . . . . . . . . . 137
Index 141
Shortcut Summary 143