Pocket Science Labs Documentation

Introduction to PSLab

• Introduction
  • What’s PSLab
• Hardware description
• The Android APP
  • How to use the Android APP
  • Overview of the Android app
  • Save Configs in the Android app wave generator
  • How to use Robotic Arm controller in the Android app
• Desktop APP
  • How to use the desktop APP
• PSLab Python Library
  • Intro to the Python Library
  • How to install the Python Library
  • How to use the library: examples

Basic Science Experiment Tutorials

• Power Source
  • What’s a Power Source
  • Experiment: power your LED with PSLab
• Using the Multimeter
  • What’s a Multimiter
  • How to use it
  • Experiment: Measuring Voltage (check your battery)
  • Experiment: Measuring Resistance
  • Experiment: Measuring Capacitance
• Using the Oscilloscope
  • What is an oscilloscope
  • How to use it
  • Experiment: Measure Sound
• Wave Generator
  • Introduction to Waves
  • How to use the Wave Generator
  • Experiment: Generate Sounds with Waves
  • Experiment: Blinking LEDs with the wave generator
• Digital Sensors
  • What are Digital Sensors
  • Experiment: Lux sensors, Measure Light Intensity
  • Experiment: Temperature and Humidity
  • Experiment: Barometer
• Analog Sensors
  • What are Analog Sensors
  • Experiment: Motion Sensor, turn on music
  • Experiment: Dust Sensor
• Logic Analyzer
  • What’s a Logic Analyzer
  • Experiment: Digital Circuit Analysis
  • Experiment: Analyse signals received by an i2c sensor
• Servos
  • Introduction to motors
  • Servos
  • Experiment: How to move servos with PSLab
  • Experiment: The Robot Arm Kit

Collaborate!

• Collaborate with PSLab!
  • Pocket Science Lab Experiments
• Template for expermients
  • <Title / Question of Experiment>

Advanced PSLab

• Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
  • What’s an IMU
  • Experiment: Get the data out of an IMU
• Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART)
  • What’s UART
  • Experiment: Using UART based sensors, GPS
• Communications
  • How to add WiFi to PSLab
  • How to add Bluetooth to PSLab
• Programming PSLab
  • Customize the Firmware
  • Create your own embedded rules