Smart Cueball

slach said:
The QMD Stroke Trainer (www.cue-md.com) shows you where you hit the cue ball along with a lot of other measurements about your stroke. But all the electronics you need to figure this stuff out (power source/regulation, radio transmitter, accel sensors, gyro sensors, mcu, etc.) would be tough to pack into a cue ball.
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11mA lithium ion battery, no regulation, simple FSK transmitter (and receiver), appropriate sensors, extremely-low-power mcu, and optimized sleep states. Shooting for at least 4 hours of use per charge. Hardest part might be charging mechanism (wireless, photo, contact?) All on a super-tiny board.

I've used the Q-MD, its clunky and asks a lot from the player to use properly.
 
I tried hard, really hard, to post an episode of "Get Smart"
Season 1 Episode 18 - "The Dead Spy Scrawls"

Everyone would fall out of their chair laughing watching that episode.
"Smart Cue Ball"--- You bet!

Agent 99 could direct the cue ball around the table with a transmitter hidden in her lipstick dispenser.

Hilarious!

I found a part of it and I am posting what I found.
( Guest star - Leonard Nimoy)

If anyone can find the complete episode "Please Post It!

* It's a bit old, and you may have to bump the volume some *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zowFvPgp8​
 
nataddrho said:
That's a good way to put it: I'm looking to make a self-aligning Rempe ball. If we go wireless it'll be just as easy to transmit "at least" the rotational axis vector to whatever receiver... Also, shouldn't be much harder to figure out the spin rate / speed, which will give you a polar coordinate on the face of the ball... i.e. yes, you'll get tip position.

There are many problems to face: battery life, charging, re-use, electronics packaging, weight distribution, balancing, and cost.

I can get cost under $100. As for everything else, I'll have to pick at it. I'll have to make this a side project in the interest of engineering rather than for profit. But its a fun challenge.
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Accelerometer could determine shot speed too I'd imagine. And cut angle, based on the percentage of deceleration on impact with the OB.

They have heart valves that can be charged from outside the body. Induction? That would work for recharging.

I think they'd be great for training and even for televised events which could give spin rate, tip offset, speed etc.
 
Colin Colenso said:
Accelerometer could determine shot speed too I'd imagine. And cut angle, based on the percentage of deceleration on impact with the OB.

They have heart valves that can be charged from outside the body. Induction? That would work for recharging.

I think they'd be great for training and even for televised events which could give spin rate, tip offset, speed etc.
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Induction was my first option, gotta think about the coil size though. It might be the way to go.
 
RMS said:
I tried hard, really hard, to post an episode of "Get Smart"
Season 1 Episode 18 - "The Dead Spy Scrawls"

Everyone would fall out of their chair laughing watching that episode.
"Smart Cue Ball"--- You bet!

Agent 99 could direct the cue ball around the table with a transmitter hidden in her lipstick dispenser.

Hilarious!

I found a part of it and I am posting what I found.
( Guest star - Leonard Nimoy)

If anyone can find the complete episode "Please Post It!

* It's a bit old, and you may have to bump the volume some *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zowFvPgp8​
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This was my favorite part! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=r_zowFvPgp8#t=280
 
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