Quick start: temperature, Quick start: graphing temperature – Vernier EasyData Guidebook User Manual
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Quick Start: Graphing Temperature with
Vernier EasyTemp
™
You can connect the EasyTemp™ USB temperature sensor to a TI-84 Plus
calculator and use EasyData to watch the effect of holding the sensor in your
hand. This exercise uses the Time Graph mode to collect samples automatically
at regular time intervals.
1.
Turn the TI-84 Plus calculator on, and display the home screen.
2.
Connect the EasyTemp sensor to the calculator.
After a few seconds, the EasyData main screen is
displayed. The screen shows the current EasyData
mode and the current sensor reading.
3. Select
to start collecting data, and then wait five
seconds.
4.
Hold the end of the EasyTemp sensor for about 30
seconds.
The graph shows the temperature as it changes.
5. Select
to stop collecting data
EasyData displays a scaled graph of the collected
temperatures.
6. Press repeatedly to scroll the cursor to the right, and
note the temperature at each data point.
7.
When you finish exploring the graph, select
to
return to the EasyData main screen.