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EXAS
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NSTRUMENTS
I
NCORPORATED
G
ETTING
S
TARTED WITH THE
CBL 2™ S
YSTEM
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5.
Press
Á
TIME GRAPH.
6.
Press
Á
CHANGE TIME SETTINGS to enter new time graph
settings.
7.
Enter
.0003
for the time between samples and enter
99
for number of samples.
Your Time Graph Settings screen should now be updated
with the new values. As you can see, the experiment
length is very short.
8.
Press
À
OK to return to the Setup screen, and press
À
OK again to return to the Main Screen.
Collect the Data
1.
Hold the light sensor close to the fluorescent light bulb, and press
Á
START to
begin collecting data. The CBL 2 beeps when it begins collecting data. The data
collection will be finished almost immediately.
2.
If your data is not satisfactory, press
Á
START to perform another trial.
Your data should resemble a series of uniformly spaced peaks of approximately
the same size.
Analysis
If your data is satisfactory, sketch a plot of your data on the axes on the Student
Data Reporting Sheet 2.