This repository contains files related to Triple Helix DIY Photogate project based on the earlier "Science of the Slam" project at RPI. Triple Helix is an NSF-funded interdisciplinary science project that allows collaboration between graduate students and academics and local students and/or community members in addressing local issues related to health, environment, poverty, crime, information access, race, and more.

Special thanks go to the matplotlib project that was used to create the Python visualizations for this project. Special thanks also go to the WinPython project that was used to package this.

• Build your photogate according to the instructions here.
• Download this repository as a .zip file and unzip it.
• Download the Arduino IDE and use it to upload the included analogread.ino program to the Arduino.
• Plug the Arduino into a USB port of your computer. Make sure the Arduino is on and that it's the only Arduino attached to your computer.
• If you're running Windows, run the program photogate.bat.
• If you're running Linux, run the script photogate.sh.
• Begin the demonstration!

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To the extent possible under law, Dylan Rees has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.