Capstone Tips & Tools

Capstone Tips & Tools#

Sensor Precision & Notes#

  • Time measured by PASCO photogate — stated precision of 0.0001 seconds.

  • Force measured by PASCO High-Resolution Force Sensor — stated precision of 0.002 N.

Recording Data (No need to delete)#

Recording/Deleting Data in Capstone

NEVER need to click the Delete Last Run button in Capstone. dontDeleteCapstone Capstone will just hold on to that data as a past trial that you could go back and look at as needed. When you press Record, Capstone will just create a new Run of data to keep track of.

Plot Toolbar Tools#

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Fig. 7 Autoscale axes tool.#

Curve Fitting Procedure#

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Fig. 8 Process for applying fits to plotted data, updating the y-intercept and other curve-fit terms, and updating sig. figs.#

Replay/display Previous Data Run#

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Fig. 9 Process for returning to previous run in Capstone.#