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Skier impact monitor 10 - RRD storage

hlipka

(Complete list of all blog entries in this series)After getting the ADXL375 to run, I needed to work on storing the acceleration history. In my test project I configured the accelerometer to use a 12.5Hz data rate since that allowed to write the meas...
- 9 Mar 2015
RTC: The Housing is Complete!

quisss

After an incredibly long time, the housing for the Wearable and Wearable Coordinator are finished, and this is the end result:Needless to say, I wasn't super satisfied with the print quality, but all of the parts are at least functional, so I gue...
- 9 Mar 2015
SFH: Week 8 - Beautiful, beautiful data

hawkeyethehacker

Afternoon (or morning, or evening ) to all of you fine folks today.Two sections to this short blog post today, so have a short and simple read. Since I started working on SFH, I am amazed at what I have learned. I have already accomplished far m...
- 7 Mar 2015
RTC: App First Draft

quisss

This is just going to be a quick update on the app design. I have completed all of the front-end portions of the app, and this is the result:The pictures will be replaced when functionality is added. The app does allow scrolling when looking at ...
- 4 Mar 2015
Sudden Impact Challenge - Blog Entry 3

kas.lewis

The past week has been spent trying to get a reliable SPI connection between the MSP430F5529 and the Analog Devices sensors as well as mapping pin connections for all devices needed for this project. SPI ConnectionThe initial design plan was to...
- 2 Mar 2015
SFH: Week 7 - The Imp has landed

hawkeyethehacker

A USPS parcel arrived through the letterbox today, and inside it was this:A nice little red box - nice touch And what was inside the box?These two fellas. The electric Imp breakout and the electric Imp itself.So, off I went, happy that I had somethin...
- 27 Feb 2015
RTC: App Progress

quisss

This post is going to be fairly short as I haven't made a ton of observable progress, but lets see what I have done. I have been working to make the RTC app functional, and I am almost to the point where it is usable. It should be completed with...
- 27 Feb 2015
Skier impact monitor 09 - PSoC4 performance measurements

hlipka

(Complete list of all blog entries in this series)Maybe you followed what I did write so far. If this is so, you might remember by article about the head injury criterion. There I explained how the car industry determines how severe a head impact is....
- 19 Feb 2015
Skier impact monitor 08 - getting an ADXL375 to run

hlipka

(Complete list of all blog entries in this series)So this was a longer break, but the skiing vacation was really needed. Since I could not take my ADXL375 with me (though it arrived 2 days before I left) I tried to have some measurements. I was espec...
- 17 Feb 2015
Wearable Sudden Impact and Health Monitor - Update 7

ciorga

Hello Everyone, here I am back with another update on my "Wearable Sudden Impact and Health Monitor" project. After receiving the materials and playing a little with the Analog Devices ADXL362 and ADXL375 evaluation kits, as I mentioned in my p...
- 16 Feb 2015
[real_time_monitor] Real Time Player Monitoring System Post#6 : Interfacing ADT7320 with CC3200 Launchpad and Body Temperature mesurement

ravi_butani

<< Previous Post Table of Contents Next Post >>In my Previous Post , I have shared interfacing of ADXL375 High g Accelerometer with CC3200 LaunchPad. In this post, I am sharing Interfacing of ADT7320 Temperature sensor with CC3200 Laun...
- 16 Feb 2015
[real_time_monitor] Real Time Player Monitoring System Post#5 : Interfacing ADXL375 with CC3200 Launchpad

ravi_butani

<< Previous Post Table of Contents Next Post >> In my Previous Post , I have discussed Interfacing TMP006 contact less temperature sensor with CC3200 Launch Pad.... In this week I have received all Kits from ADI as part of this design ...
- 15 Feb 2015
Blog Summary #004 : Sudden Impact Challenge 2014

cstanton

The Sudden Impact Challenge is running from December 1 to May 8th 2015.Previous Activity:Blog Summary #000 : Sudden Impact Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #001 : Sudden Impact Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #002 : Sudden Impact Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #003...
- 13 Feb 2015
RTC: Steady progress

quisss

Hello all. Its been a little while since I last posted, but I was waiting for a major milestone; however, I have come to realize that this project will be made up of many smaller milestones. Needless to say, this update is going to cover a lot. ...
- 9 Feb 2015
Wearable Sudden Impact and Health Monitor - Update 6

ciorga

Here is another update on my wearable sudden impact and health monitor project. The box with the materials for this challenge came; thank you Analog Devices, Tektronix, and Electrolube. I was very excited, so I opened the box, I took...
- 8 Feb 2015
Sudden Impact Challenge - Blog Entry 2

kas.lewis

Its been a while since my last update. In this time I have received the contest kit, which I will outline below, and outline a basic approach to move forward taking into account the short period of time left for this project. There has also been some...
- 5 Feb 2015
SFH: Week 6 - First looks at the app

hawkeyethehacker

Yes, it says Week 6, no, we did not time travel - I am just making up for some missed updates. We have hit another roadblock - my Velleman K8200 does not work, so no more printed enclosure.Anyway, while we wait for some of the last parts to arri...
- 1 Feb 2015
SFH: Resources

hawkeyethehacker

In this document, there are links to resources used in the Safe Field Hockey entry. This ranges from datasheets to Github Repositories. Take a look - there is some interesting stuff. Project Code RepositoriesAll of the code for the SFH Client an...
- 31 Jan 2015
SFH: Week 5 - A Small Update

hawkeyethehacker

Yes, it says Week 5, no, we did not time travel - I am just making up for some missed updates.So, today I got bored, and now having the ECG evaluation board I decided to take measurements and make a little enclosure for it. Modelled in Autodesk ...
- 31 Jan 2015
SFH: Week 4 - The Tektronix TBS1202B-EDU

hawkeyethehacker

So, a massive box arrived today and it was full of lots of juicy development boards. Jam packed.Was it worth the wait and stress of customs? - HECK YES.Today we'll be covering the Oscilloscope, which is a Tektronix TBS1202B-EDU.Upon first glance, the...
- 30 Jan 2015
Skier impact monitor 07 - Mailbag Wednesday

hlipka

So today finally the big package from Farnell arrived. So here is the big unboxing:Everything neatly packed together - as usual the packaging was excellent (and the box is huge!).The encapsulation resin, together with the safety data sheet. The secon...
- 28 Jan 2015
A small update which may be a big issue

hawkeyethehacker

Issue is resolved Today I received an email from UPS. It was about Customs. That wonderful thing that everyone hates. To put it bluntly, the kit for Sudden Impact is stuck at a UK airport and I am being questioned for information ...
- 27 Jan 2015
Skier impact monitor 06 - hardware progress

hlipka

(Complete list of all blog entries in this series)Since none of the kits have arrived yet, I reckon I should have done like dougw and order a ADXL375 kit with my Farnell order (there are 20 of them on stock right now). I mostly ordered a large amount...
- 26 Jan 2015
Skier impact monitor 05 - Bluetooth experiments

hlipka

(Complete list of all blog entries in this series)OK, the bad news first: no devkits from Analog have arrived yet (though Christian told me Farnell is working on them). So it looks like I won't keep my timeline for the first prototype (its less t...
- 19 Jan 2015
Wearable Sudden Impact and Health Monitor Part 5

ciorga

This is a short update: I am still waiting for the materials, so I looked into what I can do with what I have so far. After playing with the transmitter and receiver as I described in my previous update I decided to look into the wireless commu...
- 16 Jan 2015