| Data collection using modern data logging systems is | | | | connect most peripherals such as a mouse or |
| revolutionizing the face of school science labs around | | | | keyboard. Data stored on the unit can also be printed |
| the world. Information that was previously tedious to | | | | directly from it or copied onto another memory |
| collect, subject to much guess work and often | | | | device via the USB port. |
| difficult for many students to visualize or draw any | | | | The Vision can also display directly through a |
| actual learning value from, can now be displayed in a | | | | projector or monitor for greater visibility and |
| clear, graphical and easy to understand fashion with | | | | exposure. Sensors attached to the unit are auto |
| graphical data logger technology, also referred to as | | | | identified and calibrated which makes the system as |
| probeware with sensors, designed specifically for | | | | a whole quick and easy to set up and use. In addition |
| science education. | | | | data collection is extremely accurate with sample |
| Using probeware technology and interfacing directly | | | | rates in excess of 50,000 samples per second. |
| with the computer, these data logging devices collect | | | | The lithium-ion battery gives long charge life with an |
| information from a wide array of sensor types and | | | | average of 6 - 8 hours per charge when being used |
| assimilate it into easy to interpret, graphical | | | | to analyze and display data or a full 14 days of data |
| representations. This information can be monitored | | | | collection alone. The unit ships with a USB cable, AC |
| while it is being collected or stored for future use. | | | | adaptor and four sensor cables. The Vision is |
| This makes the compilation of reports and | | | | surprisingly light and compact considering its |
| presentations much easier. | | | | impressive feature set measuring a scant 160 x 115 x |
| The real-time nature of the displayed data is also a | | | | 53 mm and weighing in at 410 g. |
| great plus for these devices as information can be | | | | The software used in the Vision is really simple and |
| monitored as they are picked up by the sensors. This | | | | intuitive and takes very little time to learn. This |
| allows for a far more immediate view of the results | | | | makes teaching students a little easier as they don't |
| of any experiment and a more accurate | | | | have to deal with teaching their students how to use |
| understanding of the implications and causes of the | | | | a complex system before they can start teaching |
| data that is being collected. | | | | science. Data stored on the unit can be saved and |
| One of the data logging devices that offers | | | | then used directly from the SmartSense suite on the |
| considerable benefits in the realm of physics, biology, | | | | PC. |
| environmental science and chemistry is the | | | | Data collection is now, more than ever, an invaluable |
| SmartSense Vision. This compact datalogger has 4 | | | | scientific tool with data logging devices such as the |
| sensor ports that can assimilate data simultaneously | | | | Vision. The graphic, real-time nature of the data |
| and is compatible with the entire SmartSense range | | | | collected is now easier to grasp and gives students |
| of 40 sensors and when used with an adaptor can | | | | who have problems visualizing plain numeric data the |
| accept Vernier sensors as well. | | | | benefit of clear and easy to understand visual |
| The unit features a touch sensitive, full color screen | | | | representation that can greatly accelerate the |
| to display internal software that mimics the PC | | | | learning process. |
| version. The device has a USB port so users can | | | | |