Physics Toolbox Accelerometer
Total magnitude of acceleration or G-Force data can be recorded and exported in an e-mail or through Google Drive as a .csv attachment using a comma or a semicolon as a delimiter. Click on settings to plot data against elapsed time or clock time, to change the plot line thickness, or to change data collection rate. A brief tutorial upon start-up gives an overview of how to use the app.
This app can be especially useful for monitoring changes in acceleration in vehicles or airplanes, and to monitor vibrations of any sort. This app can be used in the classroom to hep students quantify activities with Newton's 2nd Law by taking a mobile device with the app on field trips to amusement park rides, roller coasters, or even in elevators for standard "elevator problems." Because G-Force is the ratio of normal force / weight of the object in question, students can the known mass of the object in question to quantitatively draw force diagrams throughout the object's motion.
Permissions Explained:
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: A csv file is created and modified on the phone's internal memory.
If you have any questions, comments, or would like to see modifications/updates, please email me at [email protected]
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Reviews (28)
Entertaining. I wish there was a way to go from sub-screens back to main readout. Right now I have to switch the type of graph but that resets the graph.
Saves data to a .CSV. Very useful. I just wish it would continue collecting with the screen locked.
Really wth!!!!!!!! I downloaded so many many apps and watching YouTube everyday but nothing is working to fix my phone accelerometer but this app is so insane it fix it in only a seconds thanks to developer you really make a good job thanks
Was simulating some sensor models and used this to confirm more or less before going into the hardware side. Nice and simple app.
It looks like itt does what I wanted - - I need to collect data from moving objects (my car and my bicycle) and analyze them.
Clear data, nice variety of settings, exports data, immediately useable.
Great app. Clear data. Precise, including the limits of measurements which I needed.
i love it! finally an app to for acceleration measuring and the total g force + exporting to csv is the best
Seems very sensitive, measures in x, y and z and the export to CSV is fast and easy
Great insight into what the phone is experiencing. I'm using it to teach my kids to drive.
Doesn't actually show acceleration, instead it shows relative positions
I'm a big fan of rollercoasters. It will be fun to run this app the next time I got the amusement park to measure the G-force.
Wow physics nerd heaven. I'm amazed how many and how sensitive my tablet is. A beautifully simple no frills app.
Good app, needs ability to plot vibration spectrum
Poor user experience. Not intuitive.
Excellent app. Needed this app to prove Gen. Rel. to my students. Thanks
Good information but saved file is empty....
Good app for basic acceleration readings
Useful in teaching physics.
Very useful and intuitive
Useful and fun reasonably accurate
Love it. Work well on my old gadgets
Not sure what this exactly does but this app rapidly drain's my device
Looks like an easy to use app with all I need
Awesome app! Just what I needed and data is available in a csv
Save my time. I love the apps. Easy to use.
Robust operation and well designed
Does exactly what I want it to: accurately show total, x, y and z acceleration (in g). No issues with battery life/performance and have had 0 ads so far, though I've only been using it about 10 mins.