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Do you do any simple experiments? Or track things and analyse them? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Recently downloaded the phyphox from F-Droid and thought about this while thinking about what all stuff I could do with it.

Are there any online resources about such stuff?

What all things have you(or people you know, in your locality etc) done along that line?
And not only big thigs, if you're tracking other stuff, please do share your experience on that too.

Edit:
Sharing the github page of the app too:
https://github.com/phyphox/phyphox-android

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

A fun experiment I did recently was to measure the speed of sound with my oscilloscope. I wired up a speaker and a microphone at a known distance from each other, connected the oscilloscope to both sides and measured how long it took between sound trigger & reception. I came within several meters/second accuracy which I think is a nice result for a basic home lab setup.

I also track a lot of metrics around the house using Home Assistant. Temperature, humidity, power usage, light levels, heating, but also stuff like total meters of filament used, total objects printed, system metrics. I like statistics and it's fun to compare months/years and clearly see the results of improved isolation for example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool.

Did you notice any thing that'd useful/interesting for others? Or anything that you think others should start to track too?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For the average household I think tracking your energy and gas consumption is most useful as it allows you to spot accidental wasteful usage and both save money and the environment :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Indeed. Thank you.