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'''Time:''' About two hours (It is perfect for a Saturday morning, perhaps with your kids?) | '''Time:''' About two hours (It is perfect for a Saturday morning, perhaps with your kids?) | ||
'''Special Needed Tools:''' A Phidget Spatial, USB cord, and your computer. | '''Special Needed Tools:''' A Phidget Spatial, USB cord, and your computer. | ||
*Your computer should have [[Language - C/C++|a C compiler we support]] (including gcc, MinGW, Borland, Visual Studio, and more) | *You should have already worked through our Phidget Spatial Getting Started Guide [[Device List|for your Spatial Device]] - this will show you how to get the the Phidget Libraries installed [[Software Overview#Operating System Support|for your operating system]]. | ||
*Your computer should have [[Language - C/C++|a C compiler we support]] (including gcc, MinGW, Borland, Visual Studio, and many more) | |||
*If you would like to follow along with the graphing examples, you can install the R Statistical package, which is [http://www.r-project.org/ free and available] for Windows, Mac, and Linux. | *If you would like to follow along with the graphing examples, you can install the R Statistical package, which is [http://www.r-project.org/ free and available] for Windows, Mac, and Linux. | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 15 March 2012
The project described here is a simple data recording program for the Phidget Spatial. We play with the program and record data to learn things about our environment.
Practical concepts covered are (click on links to see other projects on that topic):
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As with any of our described projects, Phidgets takes care of the electrical component design. Here, we also provide some simple code so you can play around with your Spatial and save the data to plot later.
Time: About two hours (It is perfect for a Saturday morning, perhaps with your kids?)
Special Needed Tools: A Phidget Spatial, USB cord, and your computer.
- You should have already worked through our Phidget Spatial Getting Started Guide for your Spatial Device - this will show you how to get the the Phidget Libraries installed for your operating system.
- Your computer should have a C compiler we support (including gcc, MinGW, Borland, Visual Studio, and many more)
- If you would like to follow along with the graphing examples, you can install the R Statistical package, which is free and available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Introduction
A Phidget Spatial can measure acceleration, and some models can also measure gyroscopic motion and magnetic fields.
We start with a Phidget spatial just on our desk, and then play around with it and plot the data.
