Arduino Pendulum Physics Lab
Easy to build pendulum lab to acquire data from an Arduino®, analyze the data to find the period of the pendulum, and
connect theory with the experiment using symbolic calculations.
Table of Contents
Things used in this project....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Schematics................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Acquiring and Analyzing Data.................................................................................................................................................. 2
Connecting Theory and Experiment......................................................................................................................................... 9
Conclusion...............................................................................................................................................................................14
Things used in this project
1. MATLAB Support Package for Arduino Hardware
2. Arduino Mega 2560
3.
USB A male to B male cable 3 ft (0.9 m) long
4. Infrared emitter and detector pair
5. 330
Ω
and 10 k
Ω
resistors
6. Mini breadboard
7. M/M jumper wires x5
8. M/F jumper wires x4
9. Fender washer
10. String or fishing line
11. Adhesive Tape
12. Sheets of paper x2
Schematics
1