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most citedAdvanced tools for smartphone-based experiments: phyphox

280 citations · 310 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.ed-ph2025

Bluetooth sensors in phyphox with Arduino and MicroPython -- Paving the way from an idea to an experiment for teachers and learners

Sebastian Staacks, Dominik Dorsel, Alexander Krampe +4

In order to extend the available sensors of smartphone experiments with cheap microcontroller-based external sensors, the smartphone experimentation app "phyphox" has been extended…

physics.ed-ph2022★ 20 cited

Collaborative smartphone experiments for large audiences with phyphox

Sebastian Staacks, Dominik Dorsel, Simon Hütz +4

We present methods to implement collaborative experimentation with smartphone sensors for larger audiences as typically found at Universities. These methods are based on the app "p…

physics.ed-ph2022★ 6 cited

Using a Smartphone pressure sensor as Pitot tube speedometer

Dominik Dorsel, Sebastian Staacks, Heidrun Heinke +1

In this article, an experiment to measure air velocity with the barometer of a smartphone is presented utilizing the concept of a Pitot tube. For the experiment, the app phyphox is…

physics.ed-ph2018★ 4 cited

Simple time-of-flight measurement of the speed of sound using smartphones

Sebastian Staacks, Simon Hütz, Heidrun Heinke +1

We propose an easy experiment that allows to determine the speed of sound through a simple time-of-flight measurement using two smartphones

physics.ed-ph2018★ 280 cited

Advanced tools for smartphone-based experiments: phyphox

Sebastian Staacks, Simon Hütz, Heidrun Heinke +1

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…