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Is anyone making arduino-based motion projects? What kinds of sensors are you using to collect kinetic/spatial data? Would like to hear what you all are doin.

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    I bought a little PIR sensor online a month ago with something in mind, and then completely forgot what it was by the time it got here image

     

    I think I might try to hook it up to an old digital camera, so that when the PIR senses motion, the Arduino will trigger the camera to take a picture.

     

    Or are you thinking of motion in terms of an accelerometer type of sensor? For that, also check out the Freedom FRDM-KL25Z which is a fraction of the price of Arduino ($12 I think) and has an accelerometer built in.

     

    As for projects based on accelerometers, many seem to be doing the 2-wheel balancing robot thing with it.

     

    Is this for a school project?

     

    Cheers,

    -Nico

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    Awesome, your digital camera project sounds neat. I just came across something similar which might be helpful: http://www.instructables.com/id/Motion-triggered-camera/

     

    The project we're working on is called 4Motion. We're actually launching it on Kickstarter in the spring to gain support. It's an electronic personal trainer that offers real-time, coach-like feedback on form and performance. Our app maps sensor data onto a virtual skeleton to help the user visualize his or her form and improve.

     

    We needed a good plug and play sensor system to measure 3D orientation and couldn't find what we wanted on the market... so we created our own. We figured we'd offer it to the public in case anybody else is looking for something similar to use with their motion projects.

     

    Looking forward to hearing how your motion camera works out!

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    Thanks for the link! I love how they just stuck a servo onto the camera to trigger it - making it easy to revert the camera back to it's original state. I might just give that a try.

     

    Sounds like you're working on a pretty cool project there, hope it's a success!

     

    Cheers,

    -Nico

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