Cronpes: time measurement device suitable for teaching experimental physics in Brazil

Q3 Social Sciences

Physics Education Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI:10.1088/1361-6552/ad6d23

M A Bulla, T Oliviera, M K K D Franco, F Yokaichiya

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Abstract

Several public schools and also universities in Brazil have few or none financial resources to acquire certain equipment for teaching physics. Nevertheless, it is extremely important that institutions, schools and universities offer laboratory conditions for the students, mainly in engineering courses, in order to get the first contact with physics concepts in practice. For this purposes, it was proposed to develop a simple construction, low-cost and easy maintenance photogate (Cronpes) device, so that teachers, technicians and even students from the basic and high education network can build them for their schools, institutions and universities, thus improving the quality of teaching physics. This study aims to implement a photogate Esp32 microcontroller based programmed in MicroPython with good resolution, accuracy and user friendly in order to apply in experiments like simple pendulum, spring oscillations and conservation of mechanical energy. The main focus of this research was to demonstrate, through the development of Cronpes, that we can create solutions for educational laboratories, in a viable, creative and inexpensive way.

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Cronpes：适合巴西物理实验教学的时间测量装置

巴西的一些公立学校和大学很少或根本没有财力购置某些物理教学设备。然而，各机构、学校和大学为学生（主要是工程专业的学生）提供实验室条件，使他们在实践中初步接触物理概念，这一点极为重要。为此，建议开发一种结构简单、成本低廉、易于维护的光电门（Cronpes）装置，使教师、技术人员甚至基础教育和高等教育网络的学生都能为他们的学校、机构和大学建造这种装置，从而提高物理教学质量。本研究旨在实现一个基于 Esp32 微控制器的光电门，用 MicroPython 编程，具有良好的分辨率、精度和用户友好性，以便应用于简单摆、弹簧振荡和机械能守恒等实验。这项研究的重点是通过开发 Cronpes，证明我们可以以可行、创新和廉价的方式为教育实验室创造解决方案。

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