Phyphox – Physical Experiments Using a Smartphone

Features

Sensors

Phyphox allows you to use the sensors in your phone for your experiments. For example, detect the frequency of a pendulum using the accelerometer or measure the Doppler effect using its microphone.

Data Export

Export your data in many common formats to analyze it in your favorite software. Save or share the data through any app on your phone.

Remote Control

Control your experiment from any web browser. For example, you can control phyphox from your notebook and download the resulting data directly to your desktop.

Custom Experiments

You have a specific experiment, that is not included in phyphox? Great! Check out the Wiki and the web-editor to learn how to create your own smartphone experiment.

Awards

In 2020 the Ars legendi-faculty award was given to Prof. Heidrun Heinke, Dr. Sebastian Staacks and Prof. Christoph Stampfer for the development of phyphox and its lasting effect for academic teaching and physics classes at school. This award is selected by the Stifterverband, the German Mathematical Society (DMV), the German Physical Society (DPG), the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the society biology, bio sciences and bio medicine in Germany (VBIO).

In 2019 the phyphox team received the teaching award, which was selected and awarded by the AG Physikalische Praktika (workgroup for physics lab courses) of the German Physical Society (DPG) for the first time.

We are especially happy to find that we have been awarded by the students from our own courses. This confirms that our efforts are appreciated by those for whom phyphox was designed. More details about the award from 2018 can be found on the Fachschaft website (in German).

Behind phyphox

Phyphox has been created at the 2nd Institute of Physics of the RWTH Aachen University.

Sebastian Staacks (Development and Concept), Christoph Stampfer (Idea and Concept), Heidrun Heinke (Didactics), Dominik Dorsel (Development and Hardware), Gaurav Tripathee (Development), Marija Herdt (PhD Student), Johannes Schlaf (PhD Student), Elisabeth Brenner (Student Assistant).

Alumni

The project has been supported by numerous alumni including Tim Benders, Robin Bläsing, Lena Crump, Mori Danhach, and many others who contributed to programming, design, and strategy.