PASCO Spectrometry

PASCO scientific

About this app

PASCO Spectrometry is specifically designed for all levels of students and teachers to integrate spectrometry into the teaching and learning of physics, chemistry and biology. Simply connect a PASCO Wireless Spectrometer (PS-2600) and insert a solution to measure absorbance, transmittance and fluorescence of solutions. The Spectrometry software specifically supports full spectrum analysis along with Beer’s law and kinetics experiments. Use a PASCO Fiber Optics Cable (PS-2601) to easily analyze the spectrum of light emissions.
 
Key features:
• Measure and analyze intensity, absorbance, transmittance and fluorescence.
• Auto-set the integration time to determine optimum spectrum
• Compare multiple spectra to each other and to a set of reference lines of common elements including Hydrogen, Helium, Mercury and more
• Quickly calibrate dark and reference spectra for solution spectrometry
• Plot absorbance and transmittance on the same graph
• Apply a linear fit to determine relationships
• Determine unknown concentration based on standard curves and user feedback
• Calculate inverse and natural logarithmic data with built-in calculator functions
• Annotate the graph
• Take Snapshots of pages for journaling and assessments

Common user experience across platforms:
Spectrometry provides the same user experience for tablets and computers. No matter the mix of technology in the classroom or the school, teachers and students all share the same user experience--placing the learning experience in the forefront and simplifying classroom management.

Awards:
• 2015 SIIA CODiE award, Best Education App for a Mobile Device (Finalist)
• 2015 BETT award, Digital Devices (Finalist) for the Spectrometer + Spectrometry app

Equipment and accessory:
The Wireless Spectrometer (PS-2600) and the Fiber Optic Accessory (PS-2601) can be found at pasco.com/spectrometer

About PASCO:
PASCO Scientific brings a rich history of innovation and support for science education, with 50 years of service to educators around the world.

Ratings and reviews

This used to work with my phone but has since been disabled. Now the only way to get it to run is to physically connect it via a USB OTG cable which forces the app to open. Once the app opens it runs perfectly fine, so I wonder what the point of disabling it in the first place was. Presumably we're supposed to now use SparkVue instead, however when using that, although I can connect to the device (In this case a Wireless Spectrometer) through my phones Bluetooth settings, it doesn't show up in the list of available devices, even if it's connected via cable making the app a glorified manual graphing app. We were hoping to get these devices for one of our other departments but if using them means we'll need the sensors plus computers to run them instead of being able to just use a phone as was previously possible it loses a great deal of its value. 1 star because it no longer works on phones, and an app that doesn't work isn't worth more than a single star.

At first glance I hoped to get a general light spectrum graph from RAW camera data . This is a companion app to a Bluetooth spectrum analyser :) never actually used the app

Not an App made for laymen Spectometry. You need a specific device. If your are looking for a spectrogram from your phone camera, don't look here. (To the devs: please name the App appropriately)

What's new

Fixed issue with share sheets not working on Android 13