It’s finally on order! The nRF51422 DK / EK kit that uses the new ANT+ transceiver with Arm Cortex M0 all in one chip. So that means that development is [ … ]
Convert your old SRM power meter to ANT+
So a while ago I noticed some posts in the ANT+ forum by Mark Rages. Turns out he’s the “electronics guru” of Quarq. He has an old tumblr site here. [ … ]
Kurt Kinetic Power Curve
This data was gathered using a Garmin Edge 500 and my prototype L/R measuring Power Meter which is still being worked on. The latest upgrade to my prototype power meter [ … ]
V3 Upgrade–New Right Leg Sensors
So V2 had some superior measurement features. If you recall here I discussed about how applying a torque through my foot caused the readings to skew. So installing a couple [ … ]
ADS1247–Now we are cooking with fire!
This little chip is going to revolutionize my design, simplify it, add thermal compensation (if needed, need to do temp testing) and drop the price of the board.Potentially the electronics [ … ]
ANT+ Bicycle Power V3.0
As mentioned in my previous post on the information I found on the new Rotor Power Meter, it became official yesterday that the Bicycle Power Profile is upgraded to V3.0. [ … ]
What is going to be in the new ANT+ Device Profile?
I’ve been diligently asking and looking and scouring the web for what metrics the new Rotor Power Meter will contain and now I know. Quote from the www.thisisant.com site: Balanced [ … ]
More Testing V3 Power Meter and ADS1247
Some longer testing (1.5 hours) today and I’ve come to a few conclusions. My calibration is off It doesn’t matter that my calibration is off, the crank shear gauge on [ … ]
Snow Storms, ADS1247, .NETMF, and Friday Night
Snow day today which means I didn’t make it into work. Seriously though, I tried. Shovelling out at 8am when the snow was at it’s worse and not a plow [ … ]
ADS1248 / ADS 1247 Received and Mounted
I got my breakout boards today for the 24 bit Sigma-Delta ADC’s. Soldered and conductivity tested. Now to wire them to an Arduino and a strain gauge. Approximately 3ma for [ … ]