Photogate Sensor

This general-purpose sensor is commonly used for a wide variety
of experiments such as studying the swing of a pendulum,
measuring the speed of a rolling object or measuring the speed of colliding objects.

Experiments

Position and Velocity Measurements

Covered topics:

Specifications

Range: 0 to 3 V

Detector rise time: 180 ns

Detector fall time: 180 ns

Parallax error: For an object passing within 1 cm of the detector, with a velocity less than 10 m/s, the difference between the true and effective length is less than 1 mm Infrared source: Peak at 875 nm

Data sheet