Advanced tools for smartphone-based experiments: phyphox

TL;DR

The paper introduces 'phyphox', a free smartphone app that enables real-time physics experiments and data analysis on Android and iOS, addressing accessibility and data handling issues in physics education.

Contribution

It presents a new cross-platform app that enhances smartphone-based physics experiments by providing real-time data collection and analysis capabilities.

Findings

phyphox enables real-time data collection during experiments

The app is accessible on both Android and iOS platforms

It improves practicality of smartphone experiments in physics education

Abstract

The sensors in modern smartphones are a promising and cost-effective tool for experimentation in physics education, but many experiments face practical problems. Often the phone is inaccessible during the experiment and the data usually needs to be analyzed subsequently on a computer. We address both problems by introducing a new app, called "phyphox", which is specifically designed for utilizing experiments in physics teaching. The app is free and designed to offer the same set of features on Android and iOS.