WALTA Information Links

General Information

Upload your data files to UW (teachers: contact us to get username/password required). Instructions for uploading files here. Many thanks to UW grad student Taqi Jaffri for developing this software!
- Click here for description and explanation/examples of results produced. Try it with your school's next datafile!
- You can use the same web page to view files already posted on the UW server, from your own or other sites.
HyperTerminal quick guide for the Qnet2 DAQ card
Latest UW LabView software download
DAQ card manual (550k PDF). Description of the raw data format and how to determine event time in Appendix A of the manual is summarized concisely in a memo by Salvo Arione.
LabView interface info and instructions
Memo by Jim Landon on muon decay experiments you can do with WALTA counters
Rik Gran's WALTA web page (lots of useful info)
How to Use the NIM Electronics
Using the Oscilloscope (a page made by Jeff Wilkes for his college physics class)
Procedure for testing PMTs
Notes on how to set up your WALTA station
Building Your Own Cosmic Ray Detector (most files in .pdf format)

Classroom Resources for Cosmic Ray Science
Slides (GIF files) from a presentation about WALTA by J. Wilkes, for teachers and school administrators
Cosmic Ray Labs for the classroom
Federal K-12 Education Standards
Teachers, you may be interested in our Evening Degree Master's Program in Applications of Physics

Last update: 8/1/08