phyphox

Didyouknowthatyouarecarryinga3Dmagnetometer?Thatyoucanuseyourphoneasapendulumtomeasureearth'slocalgravitationalacceleration?Thatyoucanturnyourphoneintoasonar?

phyphoxgivesyouaccesstothesensorsofyourphoneeitherdirectlyorthroughready-to-playexperimentswhichanalyzeyourdataandletyouexportrawdataalongwiththeresultsforfurtheranalysis.Youcanevendefineyourownexperimentsonphyphox.organdsharethemwithcolleagues,studentsandfriends.

SelectedFeatures:
-Aselectionofpre-definedexperiments.Justpressplaytostart.
-Exportyourdatatoarangeofwidelyusedformats
-Remote-controlyourexperimentthroughawebinterfacefromanyPConthesamenetworkasyourphone.NoneedtoinstallanythingonthosePCs-allyouneedisamodernwebbrowser.
-Defineyourownexperimentsbyselectingsensorinputs,defininganalysisstepsandcreatingviewsasaninterfaceusingourweb-editor(http://phyphox.org/editor).TheanalysiscanconsistsofjustaddingtwovaluesorusingadvancedmethodslikeFouriertransformsandcrosscorrelation.Weofferawholetoolboxofanalysisfunctions.

Sensorssupported:
-Accelerometer
-Magnetometer
-Gyroscope
-Lightintensity
-Pressure
-Microphone
-Proximity
-GPS
*somesensorsarenotpresentoneveryphone.

Exportformats
-CSV(Commaseparatedvalues)
-CSV(Tab-separatedvalues)
-Excel
(ifyouneedotherformats,pleaseletusknow)


Thisapphasbeendevelopedatthe2ndInstituteofPhysicsAattheRWTHAachenUniversity.

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Explanationforthepermissionsrequested

IfyouhaveAndroid6.0ornewer,somepermissionswillonlybeaskedforwhenneeded.

Internet:Thisgrantsphyphoxnetworkaccess,whichisrequiredtoloadexperimentsfromonlineresourcesorwhenusingtheremoteaccess.Bothareonlydonewhenrequestedbytheuserandnootherdataistransmitted.
Bluetooth:Usedtoaccessexternalsensors.
Readexternalstorage:Thisismaybenecessarywhenopeninganexperimentstoredonthedevice.
Recordaudio:Requiredtousethemicrophoneinexperiments.
Location:UsedtoaccessGPSforlocation-basedexperiments.
Camera:UsedtoscanQRcodesforexternalexperimentconfigurations.