Exploring digital signal processing using an interactive Jupyter notebook and smartphone accelerometer data
Pirinen, P., Klein, P., Lahme, S. Z., Lehtinen, A., Rončević, L., & Susac, A. (2024). Exploring digital signal processing using an interactive Jupyter notebook and smartphone accelerometer data. European Journal of Physics, 45(1), Article 015802. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ad0790
Published in
European Journal of PhysicsAuthors
Date
2024Access restrictions
Embargoed until: 2024-10-28Request copy from author
Copyright
© 2023 European Physical Society
Digital signal processing is a valuable practical skill for the contemporary physicist, yet in physics curricula, its central concepts are often introduced either in method courses in a highly abstract and mathematics-oriented manner or in lab work with little explicit attention. In this paper, we present an experimental task in which we focus on a practical implementation of the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) in an everyday context of vibration analysis using data collected by a smartphone accelerometer. Students are accompanied in the experiment by a Jupyter notebook companion, which serves as an interactive instruction sheet and a tool for data analysis. The task is suitable for beyond-first-year university physics students with some prior experience in uncertainty analysis, data representation, and data analysis. Based on our observations the experiment is very engaging. Students have consistently reported
interest in the experiment and they have found it a good demonstration of the DFT method.
...
Publisher
IOP PublishingISSN Search the Publication Forum
0143-0807Publication in research information system
https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/194228561
Metadata
Show full item recordCollections
Related funder(s)
European CommissionFunding program(s)
Strategic partnerships, E+
The content of the publication reflects only the author’s view. The funder is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
License
Related items
Showing items with similar title or keywords.
-
Exploring the association between smartphone use and related mental well-being factors : perspectives from the highest level of football and futsal players in Finland
Čulák, Ivan (2023)Nyky-yhteiskunnassa älypuhelinten käyttö on levinnyt laajalle, mukaan lukien niitä monissa käyttötarkoituksissa hyödyntävien urheilijoiden keskuuteen. Älypuhelinten käytön mahdolliset negatiiviset vaikutukset urheilijoiden ... -
Student-centredness in physics laboratory teaching sessions
Lehesvuori, Sami; Lehtinen, Antti; Hämäläinen, Raija; Maunuksela, Jussi; Koskinen, Pekka (Elsevier, 2023)There is a call for more interactive and student-centred pedagogy in higher education. This also concerns physics laboratory work, where student investigations are too often passive repetitions of close-ended tasks with ... -
Assessment designs of instructional labs : A literature review and a design model
Ketonen, Laura; Lehtinen, Antti; Koskinen, Pekka (American Physical Society, 2023)[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Instructional labs: Improving traditions and new directions.] In recent years, physics instructional labs have been under considerable research and development. However, ... -
Vuorovaikutuskaavion käytön vaikutus voimakäsitteen oppimiseen lukion mekaniikan opetusjaksoilla
Mäkynen, Asko (University of Jyväskylä, 2014) -
Habitual smartphone use explaining excessive and problematic use of smartphones and negative consequences
Kekkonen, Kimmo (2021)Älypuhelimet ovat yleistyneet nopeasti viimeisten kahden vuosikymmenen aikana ja ne ovat nykyään välttämättömiä ihmisten arjessa. Tämän johdosta ihmiset käytättävät älypuhelimia nyt enemmän kuin koskaan ennen. Älypuhelimet ...