PASCO Capstone

Video

Introducing PASCO Capstone and the 850 Universal Interface (4:07)

Learn about the power that the new PASCO Capstone software and 850 Universal Interface bring to today's physics and engineering education labs.

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Capstone Single User License (UI-5401)

Capstone Site License (UI-5400)

Introducing PASCO’s all new data collection and analysis software

PASCO Capstone is the next leap forward in software for data acquisition, display and analysis and destined to be the new standard in physics and engineering labs.

Not an upgrade on existing software, PASCO Capstone was built from the ground up to be the most powerful and flexible option available.

While it was designed in conjunction with the new 850 Universal Interface, Capstone is completely compatible with all PASCO USB Interfaces - the 850, Xplorer GLX, SPARKlink, SPARK, USB link and even older interfaces such as the Science Workshop 750 or 500.

PASCO Capstone is available now for the PC. A Mac version will be released Spring 2013. Sign up for email alerts to get the latest updates.

New Users - Download the Windows trial of PASCO Capstone for free and see the difference.

Existing Users - Upgrade to version 1.0.2 today. This no-charge maintenance release includes several enhancements.

Tools Slide Open: Hardware Setup, Data Summary, Calibration, Calculator, Signal Generator, Photogate Timer, Setup & more

Sampling Bar: Set Sample Rates for each sensor, Record, Manual Sampling, Playback, and Delete Runs

Display Palette: Click and drag onto graph. Displays available are Graph, Oscilloscope, FFT, Digits, Meter, Table, Text, Picture & Video

Create Multiple Pages: Customize each page to the tasks performed

Layout

Easy Layout of Workbook Pages

Choose from a template and fill it with data.

Drag a display onto the page and other displays will move and resize to make room

Click and drag dividers to resize and realign multiple displays at once.

Create Table Columns with Ease

Insert a column in the table by simply clicking a button.

Insert a calculated column and create the equation in the table.

Put Equations in Text Boxes

Equations created in a word processor can be copied into a text box.

Manually Sample Data

Manually Sample Data in Any Order

Click in any cell and the current value shows
Fill the cells in any order
If you revisit a cell to replace the reading, you can see both the previous value and the current value

Video

Capture and Synch Video to Data

Any webcam can be used as a "video sensor" to record movies at the same time as data.

Wizards

Sophisticated Calculator

Type calculations using Greek symbols, subscripts and superscripts, making equations look more like they do in text books.

Calibration Wizard

Photogate Timer Setup Wizard

The wizard takes you through the steps of creating a timer for the photogates, using graphics to make it clear which timing mode you are choosing.

Special Displays

Zoom in on the FFT

As you zoom in on the FFT, initially the bins are large (in pink), but the software automatically adjusts the bins to give greater detail (in blue).

Visual Statistics

Statistics are displayed on the graph with lines at the maximum, minimum and mean. The standard deviation is shown as a shaded area.

Transparent Plots

The data is painted in a transparent color, so multiple passes get progressively darker. Without this feature this graph would be solid purple with no detail showing.

Title/Captions on Displays

Bold titles make it clear which measurement is being displayed. Graphs are labeled as figures and you can add a descriptive caption.

Instruments

Control All Aspects of Function Generators

Whether it is the 750 or 850 or just the stand-alone function generator (PI-8127), you can adjust all the settings independently.

Capstone Single User License (UI-5401)

Install Capstone software on a single computer for classroom demonstrations, or individual activities.

Capstone Site License (UI-5400)

Install Capstone software all computers on a K-12 campus or in a college/university department.

Video Series: PASCO Capstone Software Overview

Learn about the powerful new features of PASCO Capstone software for the advanced physics and engineering lab.

PASCO Capstone Software Introduction (6:15)

In this overview of the PASCO Capstone, we investigate the motion of a mass on a spring to cover these features: hardware setup, creating displays and measurements, recording data, managing runs, undo, graph display properties, and data smoothing.