GMU:BioArt Forum/Anna Kranitz & Balazs Vagvölgyi

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Workshop Pocket Science Lab (PSLab): Measurements and Robot Controls with Marco Antonio Gutierrez and Mario Behling

Figure 4 finger mix.png

Introduction

During this workshop in January, we learned about the PSLab - Pocket Science Lab -, which is an open-source project. A small hardware extension board enables the collection of measurements and data with the phone or PC through different sensors.

PSLab can function as a:

Oscilloscope I Multimeter I Logic Analyzer I Wave Generator I Power Source I Accelerometer I Barometer I Compass I Luxmeter I ...

Sensor experiments

After learning about the functions and possibilities we started experimenting by connecting the PSLab sensors to the PC and giving commands in Python.

Phython.JPG coding in Python

We were using the board as an oscilloscope to graphically display varying electrical voltages. For that, we connected two points on the device and changed the script to generate waves with different characteristics.

Figure 1.png first setting: the waves are not visible, and the spectrum needs to be adjusted </gallery> Figure_2.png Figure_3.png Figure_4.png </gallery>

measuring two inputs Figure 10.png

changing the displayed wave type </gallery> Figure_14.png Figure_15.png Figure_18.png Figure_21.png </gallery>


comparing the results to a living organism - ourselves-. Displaying the electrical voltages in our fingers.






conclusion