Vaclav Piskac: Pupils do their own precise time measurements with AUDACITY Scientix European Conference, 6-8 May 2011, Brussels

1. SCIENTIX conference, Brussels, 8th May 2011
PRECISE TIME
MEASUREMENTS
WITH
AUDACITY
Václav Piskač, Gymnázium tř.Kpt.Jaroše Brno, Czech Republic

2. Necessary equipment:
a computer equipped with a soundcard
one microphone (or two ...)
AUDACITY version 1.2.6
It allows you to measure time down to 100 microseconds!
Václav Piskač, Gymnázium tř.Kpt.Jaroše Brno, Czech Republic

3. What is AUDACITY?
a freeware downloadable on
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
sound recording and editing software
Audacity 1.2.6 is the best version for measurement
Václav Piskač, Gymnázium tř.Kpt.Jaroše Brno, Czech Republic

4. Thank you for your attention.
Václav Piskač
vaclav.piskac@seznam.cz
http://fyzikalnisuplik.websnadno.cz
Václav Piskač, Gymnázium tř.Kpt.Jaroše Brno, Czech Republic