July 2006, Issue 192
Precision Motion-Sensing System Analyzer Philips ARM Design Contest 2005 Winner
by Steve Lubbers
Start • Intro to Bull Riding • Data Collection • PC Interface • Controls • Data Upload • External Trigger • CPU • User & Serial Interfaces • Accelerometers • Wireless Access • Bucking Dummy Interface • Software • Acceleration Capture • Foul • System Test • Data Analysis • Findings • The Buckymeter's Future • Sources and PDF
THE BUCKYMETER’S FUTURE
The Buckymeter proves that you can instrument a rodeo bull and acquire meaningful data about his movements. A group of ABBI judges is currently considering the applicability of my scientific approach to event scoring. The jury is still out.
