This experiment was done to measure the voltage output of a generator using NXT and lab view on the computer. Every 30 second, we were to shake the generator while counting how many times it shook, and the computer calculated the voltages this put out. This lab was done to as well help us as students to understand Faraday’s Law. This law states that Changing magnetic fluxes through wires that are coiled is a way to generate electricity.
We began by taking the generator, counting for how many times we could shake it for 30 seconds, three times in a row. All of the data was put into an excel file, and we as a group made graphs to go with the data.
Our group personally did four different shakes, not just three. Counting the number of shakes as we were shaking it was probably the most difficult part of this. This started with zero shakes, then 77, to 71, and lastly, 150. The numbers we got after getting our sum for the voltages were rather large, but higher number of shakes meant the voltage number was larger.
