Please note that this is not a complete list of the activities that can be performed with the DrDAQ. Many of the experiments can also be carried out with our PC based oscilloscopes. If you require any further advice, have any suggestions, or additional helpful notes please e-mail tech@picotech.com.

Many of the activities in the Salters Horners Advanced Physics course can be performed using the DrDAQ data logger.

If you are interested in performing and writing up one or more of these activities, please e-mail experiments@picotech.com in return for writing up a suitable experiment we will donate a FREE DrDAQ data logger to your school / college.

Worksheets describing of some of the activities below can be found in our library of science experiments, if the experiment name is underlined, simply click on it to be taken to the written up versions complete with teachers notes.


Unit Title : Technology in Space

Activity Name suitable product
22 Heating DrDAQ data logger
23 A model space radiator DrDAQ data logger

Unit Title : The Sound of Music

Activity Name suitable product
2 Exploring waves with an oscilloscope DrDAQ Data Logger or PC based scope
5 Seeing the pressure change DrDAQ Data Logger
11 Can your recorder tell you the speed of sound? DrDAQ Data Logger
12 What factors affect the note produced by a string DrDAQ Data Logger
13 A note abaout notes DrDAQ data Logger
16 Overtones in a recorder DrDAQ Data Logger
17 Analysis of many sounds DrDAQ Data Logger

Unit Title : Good Enough to Eat

Activity Name suitable product
9 Calibrate a flowmeter DrDAQ Data Logger

Unit Title : Spare Part Surgery

Activity Name suitable product
18 Speed of Sound DrDAQ Data Logger
19 Acoustic lens DrDAQ Data Logger
22 The Doppler effect DrDAQ Data Logger

Unit Title : Transport on Track

Activity Name suitable product
17 Sensing the speed and acceleration of a train ADC40/42
PC based oscilloscope
36 Runaway train DrDAQ Data logger or PC based oscilloscope

Unit Title : The Medium is Message

Activity Name suitable product
5 Amplitude modulation DrDAQ Data logger or PC based oscilloscope
6 Frequency Modulation DrDAQ Data logger or PC based oscilloscope

Build or Bust?

Activity Name suitable product
18 Wave Speed in a solid DrDAQ Data logger or PC based oscilloscope
24 How loud does it sound? DrDAQ Data Logger
27 Sound insulation DrDAQ Data Logger
32 Sound investigation DrDAQ Data Logger