Photogate Tape Set

Slide the included bracket onto the arm of a PASCO photogate and feed the photogate tape through the bracket to measure position, velocity and acceleration. Similar to a rigid picket fence in design, yet the tape length can be tailored to the experiment at hand.

The photogate tape is Mylar; a rugged yet flexible material. The bandspacing on the tape is 5 cm from edge to edge, which is identical to the Large Picket Fence. This edge spacing is also the default picket fence spacing in DataStudio software.

Each set includes a 30 m roll of tape with 5 cm spacing. The tape may be purchased separately and a high-resolution version of the photogate tape is also available. The High Resolution Photogate Tape features a distance of 1 cm between edges for a more detailed study with more data points.

NOTE:  This set is designed for use with the PASCO ME-9498A photogate.  The original ME-9498 version (sold prior to 1997) will not fit properly, nor will the ME-9204A,

Typical Applications

• Measure the launch speed and acceleration of an air rocket
• Measure the acceleration due to freefall or the terminal velocity of an object in freefall
• Investigate the relationship between the motion of the arm and the speed of a thrown ball
• Measure the speed of a kicked ball
• Connect the tape to a sprinter to measure speed "out of the blocks"