Hi all,
Happy to have found this forum and sorry if my question has been asked before
I am a noob with very basic knowledge of how electronics work but Ive been doing some Youtube research and it got me even more interested
Basically Ive always had a passion for electronics but never had the time to get into it
I am here now because I want to make a device that simply measures the force of impact to ground(different types of surfaces, tarmac, grass, sand etc)
From youtube I got the hint that my device should include an accelerometer, I was initially thinking about a sensor/resistor so not sure which one is best for me
The accelerometer, as I understand it, measures all the movement of the device from the moment its released to the moment it hits the ground and then also bouncing back etc. until it stops.
The resistor will only sense the moment the object hits the ground and measures the force applied to it.
Isn`t the accelerometer an overkill since I am only interested in measuring the impact moment?
I anticipate the device will weight max 400g
The max. height from which the device will be released will be around 2m
Happy to have found this forum and sorry if my question has been asked before
I am a noob with very basic knowledge of how electronics work but Ive been doing some Youtube research and it got me even more interested
Basically Ive always had a passion for electronics but never had the time to get into it
I am here now because I want to make a device that simply measures the force of impact to ground(different types of surfaces, tarmac, grass, sand etc)
From youtube I got the hint that my device should include an accelerometer, I was initially thinking about a sensor/resistor so not sure which one is best for me
The accelerometer, as I understand it, measures all the movement of the device from the moment its released to the moment it hits the ground and then also bouncing back etc. until it stops.
The resistor will only sense the moment the object hits the ground and measures the force applied to it.
Isn`t the accelerometer an overkill since I am only interested in measuring the impact moment?
I anticipate the device will weight max 400g
The max. height from which the device will be released will be around 2m