The Smart Cart Vector Display adds visual vectors to your Smart Cart for force, acceleration, or velocity. Connect it to the Smart Cart’s accessory port to visualize vectors in real time!
See the Buying Guide for this item's required, recommended, and additional accessories.
Product Summary
The Smart Cart Vector Display adds visual vectors to your Smart Cart for Force, Acceleration, or Velocity. Connect it to the Smart Cart’s accessory port to visualize vectors in real time! The arrows light up proportional to the sensor reading and indicate both magnitude and positive or negative direction.
Features
- Choose from Force, Acceleration, or Velocity vectors and watch them in real time.
- Students can visualize constant acceleration as a cart rolls up and then down an incline.
- Great for the student lab station or for a physics lecture demonstration!
- Selectable ranges
Buying Guide
| Requires One Of These | P/N | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Smart Cart (Red) | ME-1240 | -- |
| Smart Cart (Blue) | ME-1241 | -- |
| Replacement Parts | P/N | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Micro USB Cable | PS-3584 | -- |
Product Guides & Articles
Smart Cart to Vernier Comparison
The Smart Cart may appear to be equivalent to competitors like Vernier’s Go Direct Sensor Cart–they include many of the same features and specifications–but several distinctions set the PASCO Smart Cart apart.
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Smart Cart Vector Display.
Visit PASCO's Experiment Library to view more activities.
Demo: Simple Harmonic Motion
A Smart Cart with Smart Vector Display is attached to a spring on an incline. Mark the equilibrium point. View and compare the velocity, acceleration, and force vectors as the cart oscillates.
Demo: Collisions
Collide two Smart Carts of equal mass: As viewed on the Vector Displays, the forces are equal and opposite and the accelerations are equal and opposite. Collide two carts of unequal mass: The forces are equal and opposite but...
Demo: Newton's Third Law (Force Vectors)
Two Smart Carts with Vector Displays are placed at rest with their rubber bumpers against each other. The forces are equal and opposite on two carts that are being pushed at rest. Then the two carts are pushed back and forth:...
Demo: Impulse and Force
While viewing the Force on Smart Cart Vector Display, the cart collides with the end stop with the magnetic bumper and then with an added paper bumper. Both collisions have about the same change in velocity and thus the impulses...
Demo: Newton's First Law Using Vector Display
This demonstration uses a Smart Cart Vector Display to see the forces and accelerations.
Demo: Differences between Velocity and Acceleration
This demonstration uses the Smart Cart Vector Display to show the direction of the acceleration and the velocity of the cart.
Demo: Centripetal Acceleration
Hold Smart Cart with Smart Vector Display in hand and spin around to show centripetal acceleration toward center of rotation.
Support Documents
| Manuals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Smart Cart Vector Display Manual | English - 322.82 KB | |
| Safety Sheets | ||
| Lithium Battery Safety Data Sheet | English - 593.55 KB | |
| Knowledge Base | ||
| Wireless sensor or device not charging | Mar 4th, 2024 | |
| Battery replacement instructions for ME-1246 | Aug 7th, 2023 | |
| Battery warranty for rechargeable lithium ion and lithium polymer batteries | Mar 13th, 2023 | |
