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Solution 16309: Details Surrounding the VST Apps Calculator Program from Vernier Science Education.

What are the details surrounding the VST Apps Calculator Program from Vernier Science Education?

The VST App is an application that performs specialized data collection with the TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus family, LabPro and CBL 2™ devices. It is a wrapped application that includes the following specialty programs:

• DataMatch:

Used with the Motion Detector. The program presents distance vs. time and velocity vs. time graphs, and challenges students to match the graph.

• DataGate:

Used to collect data with photogates or Smart Pulleys™.

• DataRad:

Used with the Student Radiation Monitor and the Radiation Monitor to monitor nuclear radiation. A variety of data collection modes are supported.

• DataRotary:

Used with the Vernier, Pasco or Team Labs rotary motion sensors. It supports a variety of collection modes including simultaneous analog and rotary sensor data collection. It also has a number of analysis features.

• DataDrop:

Used with the Vernier Drop Counter. It is useful for automating titration or equivalence point experiments.

• FunctGen:

Allows the calculator to command a LabPro interface to behave like an analog function generator. This program only works with LabPro and requires LabPro operating system 6.22.

Note: None of these program can be loaded into the RAM of the calculator. If the program was previously installed on the calculator as a standalone program, delete it before using the VST Apps application.