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Month: October 2012

V3–Testing Video

Yes, it’s finally getting near the point where I can put this version on a bike and not have to fight with soldering, wires, and tape to hold it together. [ … ]

A brief interlude

This won’t be a trip to the lobby but rather a reflection on the state of sports sensors. If you don’t want to read all of this the short is [ … ]

V3–Power Consumption

The total power consumption doing a read to Serial over USB is approximately 35ma. This is much too high. That means a coin cell (CR2032 at 225mah) setup will likely [ … ]

V3–A little too sensitive?

Coming soon, current consumption measurements! Above is the raw data from the calibration test. I used the setup below with a few weights from my dumbbell that weight approximately 10lbs. [ … ]

V3 Progress

No pictures today. Just a bit of a text update. I’ve received all the components to complete the V3 circuit board. Surface mount soldering by hand is generally difficult, but the AP2 [ … ]

V3 New Circuit Boards

As you can see above the new circuit boards have arrived from Alberta Printed Circuit Boards. These guys have some of the quickest turn around I’ve seen – you do [ … ]