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Hi there,
I would like to get not only positive angular velocity readings but also negative angular velocity values, according to the sense of rotation. The reason behind this feature request is a much more didactically valuable plot, where kids see a full parabola curve instead of just a halve curve, when plotting acceleration versus angular velocity...
Thanks for this great app!
Regards
Luke
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Hi Luke,
are you referring to the centripetal acceleration experiment? At the moment, it is plotting the absolute value because we do not know the rotation axis. For example on a record player, the phone rotates about z and in a salad spinner it rotates about x (or often about some oblique axis). However, if you are using one specific setup, you can create a version that does not plot the absolute, but x, y or z. Just load the existing experiment in our editor
http://phyphox.org/editor and rewire accordingly.
At the moment, you need to transfer a phyphox-file to the target devices, but "soon" you will be able to just give them a QR code with the new configuration.
Let me know if you need any help with the editor.
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(12-04-2018, 01:05 PM)Sebastian Staacks Wrote: Hi Luke,
are you referring to the centripetal acceleration experiment? At the moment, it is plotting the absolute value because we do not know the rotation axis. For example on a record player, the phone rotates about z and in a salad spinner it rotates about x (or often about some oblique axis). However, if you are using one specific setup, you can create a version that does not plot the absolute, but x, y or z. Just load the existing experiment in our editor http://phyphox.org/editor and rewire accordingly.
At the moment, you need to transfer a phyphox-file to the target devices, but "soon" you will be able to just give them a QR code with the new configuration.
Let me know if you need any help with the editor.
Dear Sebastian,
thanks for the fast reply - and my lazy reaction ;-)
I'just the kind of guy with blocky programming experience, so your suggested editor is a bit frightening at first glance. I did not succeed in inverting the sign...Sorry to bother you for an additional hint.
Luke
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No problem, I can just create it for you. About which axis do rotate the phone?
