A set of introductory undergraduate experiments designed to illustrate the usefulness of microcomputers for observing and measuring complex physical phenomena is described. A Commodore PET microcomputer is used both as a calculational and data‐collecting tool, investigating the motion of a real pendulum. Students at the introductory level are able to investigate and appreciate some relatively complex dynamics without recourse to advanced mathematics.
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© 1983 American Association of Physics Teachers.
1983
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