Accelerometer Experiments
- SIO Pier - October 25, 2003
Charles Abadie
Celeste Benham
Bryan Ishigami
Karen Rossmassler
David Sandwell
Stefan Llewellyn Smith (took photographs)
Experiment 1:
We stood on the pier and Charles was in the water on a surfboard. We triggered the accelerometer, which is in a waterproof bag, and tossed it over the side of the pier to Charles. He let it float in the water to collect data for 6 minutes. Charles then recovered the bag, attached it to a rope, and we pulled it up. We downloaded the data onto the computer.
Experiment 2:
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This was basically the same experiment but Charles placed the accelerometer in front of him on the surfboard. A change of battery was needed to improve communication. Again this experiment was 6 minutes long.
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