Tektronix announced that it has donated a TDS1000B Series oscilloscope to Beaverton High School. The 100 MHz two-channel oscilloscope will be used by science, physics and engineering students to complete a number of advanced research projects and for general lab use.
For the 2013 competition, one student is working with an EKG type device that will record, monitor, and send messages with a handheld portable heart-monitoring device they have constructed. The TDS1000B oscilloscope will be used to assist with signal generation, monitoring electronic distortion and data collection, allowing students to test the device and help with the “tweaking” of normal vs. anomalies in the EKG readouts.
Another group of students will use the oscilloscope to look at the impacts of cell phones on tissue and living organisms while learning about frequencies and potential cell phone irradiation. In addition to research, freshman physics and advanced placement physics courses will incorporate oscilloscope demonstrations into lab and coursework.
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