Vernier Go! Sensors and the Asus Eee PC

The Asus Eee PC

The Asus Eee PC is a popular netbook designed for people on the go with built-in wireless networking, portable size and weight, solid-state disk, and a suite of productivity software.

Free Data-Collection Software for the Asus Eee PC

The LabQuest App software is the powerful data-collection application for the Vernier LabQuest. In addition to versatile graphing and analysis features, there is a suite of tools perfect for science education.

If you have a Asus Eee PC computer, our LabQuest App software will be available for free and you can use Go!Temp, Go!Motion, or Go!Link and any of our 40 Go!Link-compatible sensors for data collection.

The LabQuest App is available for Eee PCs running the Linux Xandros Operating System.

How to Install the LabQuest App on an Asus Eee PC

1. Download the labquest_eeepc_0.1.tar.
2. Move the labquest_eeepc_0.1.tar file to a USB thumbdrive.
3. Turn on the EeePC laptop. Plug in the thumbdrive to an available USB port on the EeePC.
4. Once the system is booted, open a terminal window. Type Ctrl + Alt + T to open a terminal window.
5. To do the necessary installation, you need to be logged on as the root user in Linux. Type "su - " to log on as root (note that to exit root later, type "exit" and press Enter).
6. Install the LabQuest Application by placing the USB thumbdrive in one of the USB slots of the EeePC and type in the terminal window "ls /media" and press Enter. This will list the name of your USB thumbdrive. Let's assume that this name is "THUMBDRIVE" To do the actual copying, type in the terminal window:
   
   cp /media/THUMBDRIVE/labquest_eeepc_0.1.tar /tmp/
   
   and press Enter.
7. Change directory to /tmp by typing "cd /tmp" and pressing Enter. To make sure you are in the /tmp directory, and to verify that the files got moved type "ls" and pressing Enter. You should see labquest_eeepc_0.1.tar.
8. Now you want to expand the LabQuest package by typing "tar -xvf labquest_eeepc_0.1.tar" and pressing Enter. Many lines of information will be displayed as the files are expanded.
9. Change to the LabQuest installer directory by typing "cd labquest_eeepc_0.1" and pressing Enter.
10. Start the installer by typing ./install.sh.
11. Reboot by clicking on the red icon in the lower right corner of the screen and then selecting "restart."
12. Try out the LabQuest App by going to the "Learn" tab.

Related Links

• Vernier Software and Netbooks
• Go!Temp
• Go!Motion
• Go!Link
• Vernier LabQuest
• Asus Eee PC