SPARKvue+-+free+PASCO++sensor+iPad+app

** Sparkvue - Free iPhone and iPad app ** [|http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sparkvue/id361907181?mt=8#] [] Winner of Tech & Learning Magazine's 2010 Award of Excellence SPARKvue brings real-time measurement, data visualization, and analysis to science education everywhere. Students can use the new PASPORT AirLink 2 Bluetooth interface to connect to over 70 PASCO sensors, measuring a wide range of phenomena, including pH, temperature, force, carbon dioxide level, and many more. SPARKvue is designed for scientific inquiry in biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental science, physics, and physical science. SPARKvue can also record data from the iPhone or iPod Touch's internal accelerometer, with no additional hardware needed. Features • Enables scientific inquiry anytime, anywhere • Build your own scientific explorations • Measure data in real time from PASCO's full line of PASPORT sensors with the PASPORT AirLink 2, or use the internal accelerometer • Display data in a graph, analog meter, or digital display • Collect up to 99 runs of data • Analyze data with built-in statistics • Export data via email for further investigation • Perfect for amusement park physics Please note: currently available in English only. Frequently asked questions: • I don’t have any PASCO sensors, what can I do with this app? Even without PASCO sensors, you can use SPARKvue to collect data from the internal accelerometer in your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. With no external sensor connected, SPARKvue defaults to measuring the resultant acceleration from the internal accelerometer, but you can change the axis of measurement when you setup your experiment. • How do I make a new experiment? From the main experiment listing, press the “+” in the upper right. This will create a new experiment using your currently connected sensor. • How do I edit an experiment? Touch on the disclosure arrow next to the experiment name in the main experiment list. Note that you can only change the measurement associated with an experiment if the experiment doesn’t have any data in it. • The navigation bars block some of my data display, how do I hide them? To hide the navigation and tool bars, double-tap the screen with one finger. To restore them, double-tap again. • All I see is a graph, how do I look at my data in a different display type? To change displays, make sure the navigation and tool bars are displayed (see above) and swipe horizontally. The dots in the lower tool bar indicate your place within the experiment displays. • How do I autoscale the graph? Double-tap with two fingers on the graph to autoscale. • How do I export data from SPARKvue? From within an experiment, you can export data via email using the button in the lower right corner of the screen. The data is attached to an email as a zipped file of comma separated values, and can be imported into a wide variety of data analysis software (e.g., Numbers). If you have only one run of data displayed, you can also open that run in any other applications on your iOS device that support comma separated data. • Where do I get sensors? To connect to PASCO’s PASPORT sensors, you will need the new PASPORT AirLink 2, available from PASCO. The AirLink 2 allows the sensors to send data over a Bluetooth connection to your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. Both the AirLink 2 and PASPORT sensors are available from PASCO scientific, see www.pasco.com/iPhone for more information. • How do I connect an external sensor? Before launching SPARKvue, pair your PASPORT AirLink 2 in the Bluetooth Settings of your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. Once paired, SPARKvue will automatically recognize any PASPORT sensor you connect to the AirLink 2. • How can I look at multiple measurements in a single experiment? In version 1.2 or newer, touch on the name of a measurement in your experiment to change units or switch to a different measurement from that sensor.