Data Harvest EASYSENSE Q3+ User Manual page 7

EASYSENSE Q3+ and Q5+
Plug-in Temperature sensors
Connect plug-in temperature sensors into
the external inputs on the back of
EASYSENSE Q (labelled 1:A or 2:B)
with the locating arrow facing upwards.
EASYSENSE Q will automatically detect that a
temperature sensor is connected and will display
temperature values either in Celsius or Fahrenheit
according to which range is selected in
EASYSENSE Q (see page 10).
Temperature measurements are taken by a thermistor, which is housed at the tip of a
stainless steel tube. The stainless steel tube is made from AISI 316 stainless steel, which
has a particularly low thermal inertia with a negligible effect on the measured
temperature. It provides a high level of resistance to corrosion from a wide variety of
weak acids and alkalis, making it suitable for use with experiments in chemistry, biology,
physics, earth and environmental science.
See page 30 for practical information about the Temperature sensor.
The sensor leads
The sensors leads are used to connect Smart Q
sensors to EASYSENSE Q. Smart Q Sensors
are available to purchase separately and are not
supplied with EASYSENSE Q or its pack.
Smart Q sensors can be divided into two main types:
1. Analogue – which are used to measure physical
quantities such as temperature, sound, light, pH,
etc.
A Smart Q sensor will ignore any sensor ranges set
in the EASYSENSE logger and will use the range
set in the sensor. See page 10 information on
changing a Smart Q sensor's range.
2. Digital - which are switch-type sensors for
measuring ON/OFF conditions such as Light gates
and Timing mats used for calculating time, speed
and acceleration.
Please contact your supplier for an up-to-date list of Smart Q Sensors.
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Smart Q pH electrode and adapter
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DO185 (2)
Smart Q Light Gate