PASCO ME-6810A Product Manual

Time-of-Flight Accessor Time-of-Flight Accessory y
ME-6810A
About the product About the pr oduct
The Time-of-Flight Accessory is built for use with PASCO projectile
launchers and photogates. It consists of a piezoelectric speaker circuit
mounted on a plastic plate. When a solid object hits the plate, the
speaker circuit generates a photogate-like signal. The cable sends the
signal to a timer or an interface. When the projectile launcher
launches a ball, a photogate mounted on the front of the launcher
sends a signal to start the timing. When the ball hits the Time-of-Flight
Accessory, it sends a signal to stop the timing.
Required Items Requir ed Items
• Projectile launcher Projectile launcher
Use either the Projectile Launcher (ME-6800) or the Mini Launcher
(ME-6825B).
• Photogate system Photogate system
The Time-of-Flight Accessory needs to connect to a photogate
system. Use one of the following configurations:
◦ Wireless Smart Gate (PS-3225) with SPARKvue or PASCO
Capstone
◦ Smart Gate (PS-2180) with a PASPort interface, and SPARKvue
or PASCO Capstone
◦ 2×Photogate Heads (ME-9204) with a digital interface, and
SPARKvue or PASCO Capstone
◦ Smart Timer Photogate System (ME-8932)
• Photogate Mounting Bracket (ME-6821A) Photogate Mounting Bracket (ME-6821A)
Use to mount photogates or a Smart Gate to the projectile
launcher.
Smart Timer setup Smar t Timer setup
Use this setup when using a Smart Timer to measure the time of
flight.
Figure 1. Time of flight setup using one photogate.
1. Attach the Photogate Mounting Bracket onto the projectile
launcher.
2. Attach a Photogate Head to the bracket at the front of the
launcher.
3. Connect the Photogate Head to channel 1 of the Smart Timer and
the Time-of-Flight Accessory to channel 2.
4. Mount the launcher to a table and put the Time-of-Flight
Accessory on the floor (Figure Figure 1 1 ).
5. Set the Smart Timer measurement (button 1) to Time
(button 2) to Two Gates Two Gates.
6. Press button 3 to activate the Smart Timer then launch the
projectile.
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