Home-made spectrometers, based on the use of inexpensive diffraction gratings and a smartphone camera, can be assembled and employed to perform quantitative measurements of spectra from different sources with surprising accuracy. In this paper, we describe some different home-made spectrometers and discuss the calibration procedures and other technical details to perform the measurements. […]
Home-made spectrometers, presented in the previous work, can be used to perform experiments that address some relevant and engaging topics in Physics. In this paper we will first show some accurate measurements of the spectral lines of discrete spectra, enabling us to accurately determine the Rydberg constant and the wavelength separation of sodium. […]
A thermodynamical model of how the formation, uplift and height of clouds depends on ground temperature and relative humidity is described. […]
This article explains how to acquire digital data from the parallel port of an IBM-compatible PC. Several experiments in the field of Mechanics, involving time measurements, may be done this way by simply connecting suitable switches (mechanical or optical) to the control lines of the port. […]