PASCO Capstone is a powerful and easy-to-use science program for collection and analysis of data using PASCO sensors. Data is collected and displayed in real time on a graph or your choice of display type. Use Capstone in the basic graph/table mode or choose to configure your own workspace with any of the many displays available. Display Types -Graph: Plot multiple measurements on a single plot area or create multiple plot areas with analysis tools including coordinates tool, curve fits, error bars, and area under the curve -Table: Easily add or subtract columns. Add calculated columns -Digits: The display can be sized to fill the whole screen. This display can also display text output from Blockly code -Oscilloscope: This display supports multiple measurements and x-y mode. The scale can be changed directly by dragging the axes -FFT: Supports multiple measurements and can zoom in for more resolution. Displays statistics such as mean and standard deviation -Meter: Choose from small arc to full circle -Bar Meter: Bar length responds to changes in the data -Histogram: Bin data and apply statistics for statistical experiments -Circuit Emulator: Construct circuit diagrams and see current flow as measured by sensors -Video Analysis: Record a movie, track a moving object, and convert the motion into data on a graph -Image Display: Insert an image, add annotations, and make measurements on the image -Text Input Box: Make notes and respond to questions. Choose font type, size, and color. Includes Greek letters Tools -Calculator: Make calculations on data sets using the usual scientific functions as well as special functions (period, amplitude, filters, and logic statements) required for analyzing data -Calibration Wizard: Takes you through the steps required to calibrate sensors -Photogate Timer Wizard: Choose from an assortment of standard timers or create your own timing sequence -Signal Generator: For controlling interfaces with signal output, choose the wave type and settings such as DC offset and frequency sweep -Data Collection Modes: Sample periodically, or manually sample when you press a key, or sample at high-speed when using an oscilloscope -Start and Stop Conditions: Begin and/or stop recording when a condition on time or a sensor measurement is met -Data Playback: Play back data with or without a synchronized movie. The speed of playback can be adjusted from slow to fast -Journal: Save and print snapshots of graphs or other displays -Blockly coding: Use Blockly coding in Capstone to program sensors and controllers to sense the environment around you and control a wide variety of things like motors, lights, and fans Highlights -Undo/Redo: Made a mistake? Just undo. Undo/redo gives you the freedom to explore without losing data -Visual Statistics: Unique to Capstone is the ability to show minimum, maximum, and mean as lines on the graph and to show the standard deviation as a shaded area. This view makes clear how much spread there is in the data -Exclude or delete outlier data points from analysis -Utilize complex curve fits like damped sine, Gaussian, sine series, and custom user-defined fits -Add error bars to the graph. Choose from percent error, fixed error, or point-by-point error defined by a data set -Draw predictions on the graph to compare to future data runs -Quick-Calcs on the graph axes allow you to linearize the data plot by changing the quantity to the quantity squared or other calculations -Synchronize videos of the phenomenon with the corresponding sensor data and replay it to see the relationship between the motion and the graph -Set your preferences for properties of the graph and many other parts of the program so the program opens with your choices of appearance and behavior Purchase: -Capstone requires a purchase of a one-year license which will grant full access to all features of Capstone -There is no trial period for Capstone

Collect and display data from sensors in real time Undo/redo gives you the freedom to explore without losing data Choose from multiple display types: Graph, table, digits, oscilloscope, FFT, meter, bar meter, histogram, circuit emulator, video analysis, image, text box Sample periodically, or sample manually when you press a button Graph user-entered data Unique to Capstone is the ability to show minimum, maximum, and mean as lines on the graph and to show the standard deviation as a shaded area Exclude or delete outlier data points from analysis Apply curve fits ranging from linear to more complex fits such as damped sine, Gaussian, sine series, and user-defined fits Add error bars to the graph, choose from percent error, fixed error, or point-by-point error defined by a data set Draw predictions on the graph to compare to future data runs Quick-Calcs on the graph axes allow you to linearize the data plot Create data models using the Calculator to compare to data runs on a graph Synchronize videos of the phenomenon with the corresponding sensor data and replay it to see the relationship between the motion and the graph Use Blockly coding in Capstone to program sensors and controllers to sense the environment around you and control a wide variety of things like motors, lights, and fans

What's New in Capstone 2.14 Improvements - Capstone for macOS is now a native Apple Silicon application - Added Traditional Chinese language support - Fixed various crashes and other bugs