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A great way to explore force, position, velocity, and acceleration. The cart's built-in sensors simplify experiment setup and allow investigations to be conducted on or off a track. Or use as an individual sensor—hang a mass and spring from the force sensor to study simple harmonic motion, or attach the cart to a turntable to study centripetal acceleration. Rechargeable battery has long battery life. Comes with hook, flat-top rubber bumper, anti-roll peg, empty tabs, and micro USB cable.

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Product Details
The Go Direct® Sensor Cart gives students a great way to explore force, position, velocity, and acceleration.

Use the Go Direct® Sensor Cart in a variety of experiments:

• Collect position, velocity, and acceleration data as a cart rolls freely up and down an incline
• Observe collisions between 2 carts, test for the conservation of momentum, or measure energy changes during different types of collisions
• Investigate the relationship among force, mass, and acceleration
• Examine the energies involved in simple harmonic motion
• Measure a cart's momentum change and compare it to the impulse it receives

In hands-on kinematics and dynamics demonstrations, the cart's built-in sensors simplify experiment setup and allow investigations to be conducted on or off a track. Or use the cart as an individual sensor—hang a mass and spring from the force sensor to study simple harmonic motion, or attach the cart to a turntable to study centripetal acceleration. However it is used, the cart directly connects to your platform via Bluetooth® wireless technology—no wires or additional equipment required. Just use the free Vernier Graphical Analysis® app (for iOS®, Android®, Chrome®, Windows®, and MacOS®), available on the Vernier® website, to connect directly to your mobile device or Chromebook® or other computer.

Each full-featured dynamics cart includes:

• Encoder wheel to report position
• 3-axis accelerometer to measure independent acceleration
• ±50-N force sensor to measure pushes and pulls
• Mass trays for changing total mass
• Plunger for collision and impulse studies
• Low friction wheels for uniform motion

The Go Direct® Sensor Cart is also available as a part of the Go Direct® Dynamics Cart and Track System with Sensor Carts (item #118008 or item #118009).

Specifications

• Position resolution: 0.25 mm, reported by default at 1 mm steps
• Force range: ±50 N
• Accelerometer range: ±160 m/s2
• Software: Requires Vernier Graphical Analysis® software (for iOS®, Android®, Chrome®, Windows®, and MacOS®), available on the Vernier® website
• Warranty: 5-year limited warranty (1 year on battery)

Note: Vernier products are designed for educational use. They are not designed nor are they recommended for any industrial, medical, or commercial process such as life support, patient diagnosis, control of a manufacturing process, or industrial testing of any kind.