PASCO DataStudio Starter Manual - Manual (Page 11)

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Manual No. 012-08107 DataStudio Starter Manual
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Creating a display for data
You can create or remove a display from the experiment at any time, even during data collection.
Available displays in DataStudio
The following are the types of displays and a description of each:
Graph
The graph display plots a sensor's data vs. time.
To plot one data type against another, drag the data from the data summary (in the Summary panel) to
the time axis (x-axis) of the graph. The new data type will replace time, producing an XY plot (i.e.
Force vs. Position).
Clicking and dragging a number on the axis will directly change the graph scale. Clicking and
dragging the axis line itself will move the axis in the display window.
Table
The table display shows the numerical coordinates in paired columns.
Digits
The digits display shows the instantaneous value of the data as the experiment is running.
Meter
The meter display shows a pictorial representation of the data using a graphical meter.
Histogram
The histogram display plots data points that are lumped together in 'bins' as counts. The area of a bin
is proportional to the frequency of the specified data range, or the number of times a specified
measurement value has been observed.
FFT
The FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) displays the spectral decomposition of the data. Higher sampling
rates will yield finer definition of the data's frequency spectrum. This display does not store data like
other displays. It shows a 'time-slice' snapshot of the data.
Oscilloscope
The oscilloscope display plots a time-based graph, but like the FFT shows a 'time slice' snapshot. The
data is not stored. This display is ideal for experiments using fast sampling rates.