CloudLabs Trig Functions
Generate electrical energy from mechanical motion
Jiovany Orozco
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Description
Explore mechanical energy conversion by pedaling to generate electrical energy. View sine wave outputs with adjustable period, frequency, amplitude, and phase difference.
In this lab, you will be given a pedal mechanism and a wheel connected to an electric generator to transform mechanical energy into electrical energy. This electrical energy is a sine wave, it has a period, frequency, amplitude and phase difference. The lab will allow you to freely set up the mechanism in order to see the characteristics of the different trigonometric functions.