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4 WHAT TO DO NEXT

Getting Started

Welcome to the 1041 user guide! In order to get started, make sure you have the following hardware on hand:

1041 PhidgetSpatial 0/0/3
USB cable and computer

Next, you will need to connect the pieces:

1. Connect the PhidgetSpatial to your computer using the USB cable.

Now that you have everything together, let's start using the 1041!

Using the 1041

Phidget Control Panel

In order to demonstrate the functionality of the 1041, the Phidget Control Panel running on a Windows machine will be
used.

The Phidget Control Panel is available for use on both macOS and Windows machines.

Windows

To open the Phidget Control Panel on Windows,  nd the 

 icon in the taskbar. If it is not there, open up the start

menu and search for Phidget Control Panel

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Summary of Contents for PhidgetSpatial 0/0/3 Basic

Page 1: ...ial 0 0 3 Basic Contents 1 GETTING STARTED 2 USING THE 1041 2 1 Phidget Control Panel 2 1 1 Windows 2 1 2 macOS 2 2 First Look 2 3 Accelerometer 3 TECHNICAL DETAILS 3 1 General 3 2 Orientation 3 3 Further Reading ...

Page 2: ...he USB cable Now that you have everything together let s start using the 1041 Using the 1041 Phidget Control Panel In order to demonstrate the functionality of the 1041 the Phidget Control Panel running on a Windows machine will be used The Phidget Control Panel is available for use on both macOS and Windows machines Windows To open the Phidget Control Panel on Windows nd the icon in the taskbar I...

Page 3: ...e Phidget Control Panel you will see something like this The Phidget Control Panel will list all connected Phidgets and associated objects as well as the following information Serial number allows you to differentiate between similar Phidgets Channel allows you to differentiate between similar objects on a Phidget Version number corresponds to the rmware version your Phidget is running If your Phi...

Page 4: ...erval value by dragging the sliders For more information on these settings see the data interval change trigger page The measured values reported in g force can be seen via labels as well as graphical dials Try tilting the 1041 in different directions to see the labels and graphics change An extremely accurate timestamp is also reported with the g force values Technical Details General ...

Page 5: ... orientation of the 1041 Further Reading For more information on testing and calibrating this device check the Accelerometer Primer What to do Next Software Overview Find your preferred programming language here to learn how to write your own code with Phidgets General Phidget Programming Read this general guide to the various aspects of programming with Phidgets Learn how to log data into a sprea...

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