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The Casio Data Analyzer is a digital instrument you can use to sample and collect data on
various every day natural phenomena. The following sections provide information on
using its probes and channels, and tell you how to connect it to a graphing calculator.
I. Introduction
Instructor Directions: In this section you will simply give a general overview of the
capabilities of the EA100. You might give examples of situations, audience levels, or
activities where it is appropriate to use the EA100. Also go through each of the
listed items and product specifications about the EA100.
1. The EA100 is packaged with three probes; temperature, light and voltage.
2. Each of these probes is auto-sensing meaning that the EA100 should be able to
recognize which probe is plugged in, and readout data which “makes sense” in reference
to the probe that is plugged in. The EA100 can also “autosense” the Vernier Motion
Detector.
3. Also packaged with the EA100 are four “AA” batteries and a data transfer link which
is used to interface and exchange data to the graphing calculator.
4. Any Vernier probe can be used but for the others a conversion equation must be used
to “make sense” of the data that is read.
5. Probes are connected to channels on the EA100. There are six channels to interface
the probes; three analog (Ch1, Ch2, Ch3), one sonic (Sonic), one digital input channel
(Dig In), and one digital output channel (Dig Out).
6. The EA100 is capable of running probes simultaneously for a total of 512 samplings.
You can view the data on each channel separately, and transmit it to a graphic calculator
to analyze.
7. Internal Processing, such as mean, median, standard deviation, max., min., and first and
second time derivatives can also be performed by the EA100. (This is done through
commands from a graphing calculator.)
8. Simple samplings of data can be taken using the autosensing probes and the data log
area. You can choose from preset choices of sample rate, and number of samples. This
allows the EA100 to be used independent of a graphing calculator. (As a stand alone
device.)
9. The EA100 Can be used as a multimeter (Samplings are taken independent of time), as
a data logger (Sample rate, and number of samples is important), or run with a customized
operation or program from a graphing calculator. (Communications Mode).
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