Rubrik: ADDESTATION
Digital Data Logging
Sensors are increasingly shaping our everyday lives (e.g. in vehicles, households and industry). Owing to short development cycles, they continually open up new possibilities while becoming ever more powerful and user-friendly – including for use in science education. As such, they play an important role in developing the digital literacy skills of today’s digital natives.
Particularly noteworthy are the following advantages:
- Significantly faster and more precise data acquisition compared with conventional measuring instruments (e.g. for oscillatory circuits and high-frequency oscillations)
- Simultaneous measurement of multiple variables
- Rapid, direct analysis of measurement data
- Sensors reveal phenomena that cannot be detected using conventional measuring equipment
What does ADDESTATION mean?
ADDESTATION is an experimental and data acquisition system that has been jointly developed and continuously refined over many years in collaboration with our partner Addest Technovations PTE Ltd. in Singapore. It combines high-quality hardware and software components with proven experimental materials to create a comprehensive solution for science education – an “all-in-one” system that has proven itself in everyday classroom use.
The system is distinguished by its ease of use, precision and commitment to quality, and includes experiment kits for Physics, Biology and Chemistry. In 2016, the MEKRUPHY ADDESTATION system received the Worlddidac Award.
The name ADDESTATION is a registered trademark with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. In addition, ADDESTATION technology is protected by patents granted by the European Patent Office.
What does MGA mean?
The MGA principle is an acronym describing the key functions of the ADDESTATION wireless sensor system: Measurement Device, Graph and Analysis.
Measurement Device
Thanks to the integrated OLED display, most sensors and loggers can be used as standalone instruments (such as a digital thermometer, digital pH meter or digital multimeter), allowing measurement values to be read directly without the need for an external digital device.
When Bluetooth transmission is used, the display of the connected device assumes the role of a multifunction measuring instrument, capable of displaying values from a wide range of variables simultaneously, including force, distance, angle, acceleration, pH value, humidity, CO₂ concentration and many others.
In this mode, the sensor/logger display itself can be switched off when not required, enabling energy-saving operation.
Graph
The free software displays measurement data from one or more connected sensors either in tabular form, as gauge displays, or most importantly as colour-coded graphs within a coordinate system. By placing markers, measurements can be taken directly from the graph within the coordinate system.
Analysis
The free software enables immediate analysis of measurement data and their progression over time through functions such as distance calculations, averaging, first and second derivatives, linear regression and many other analytical tools.
Note: The acronym MGA has also been used for the MGA handheld data logger, which is still in use in many schools.
Key Features
- Ready for immediate use
- All functions visible at a glance
- Extremely user-friendly operation
- Automatic detection of connected sensors
- Measurement duration presets ranging from 1 second up to 2 days
- Data display in tabular, analogue, digital or coordinate graph formats
- Simultaneous acquisition, display and storage of the time-dependent behaviour of up to four measured variables
- Functions as both an audio frequency generator and an oscilloscope
