1. Home
  2. Measurements - Analysis
  3. Electronic measurements and tests
  4. Mechanical and electronic time measurement

  5. Special applications

Article | REF: R1770 V2

Mechanical and electronic time measurement

Author: Michel FROELICHER

Publication date: October 10, 1995 | Lire en français

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Automatically translated using artificial intelligence technology (Note that only the original version is binding) > find out more.

    A  |  A

    5. Special applications

    The main distinctions are :

    • single-race measurements, determined by an initial and a final instant (time of a competitor in an event, measurement of a period);

    • cumulative measurements, comparing the steps of two clocks over as long a period as is necessary for measurement accuracy.

    Each device includes a time counter (pointer and dial, tape recorder), and manual or automatic tripping and stopping devices: the result is two sources of error that must be balanced and adapted to the phenomenon under study.

    5.1 Precision stopwatch with hands: seconds counter

    This device (figure 28...

    You do not have access to this resource.

    Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

    You do not have access to this resource.
    Click here to request your free trial access!

    Already subscribed? Log in!

    The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

    A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
    + More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
    From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

    This article is included in

    Electronic measurements and tests

    This offer includes:

    Knowledge Base

    Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

    Services

    A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

    Practical Path

    Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

    Doc & Quiz

    Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

    Subscribe now!

    Ongoing reading
    Special applications
    Outline