Open-source sensors system for doing simple physics experiments

Abstract

An open-source platform to be used in high school or university laboratories has been developed. The platform permits the performance of dynamics experiments in a simple and affordable way, combining measurements of different sensors in the platform. The sensors are controlled by an Arduino microcontroller, which can be wirelessly accessed with smartphones or tablets. The platform constitutes an economical sensing alternative to commercial configurations and can easily be extended by including new sensors that broaden the range of covered experiments.

Keywords

• Physics teaching
• sensors
• laboratory
• arduino
• raspberry
• motivation
• engagement
• autonomous work