Design of Low-Cost Impact Reporting System

Abstract

Human form dummies may be used as targets in some types of training exercises. In order to assess performance on target, it may be necessary to know the time and location of all impacts upon the targets. A sparring dummy can provide a desirable target as well as house an impact reporting system.A low-cost, self-contained impact reporting system has been designed within the form factor of a sparring dummy. The design goal of this system was to detect and report the location of every high-speed impact upon the target. The embedded system consisted of the sensors, interface circuitry, data acquisition hardware, power supply, and an embedded host processor with wireless communication to a central server.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1000603

Entities

People

  • Brian K. Jones
  • William M. Crowe

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Amplifiers
  • Circuits
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Direct Current
  • Embedded Systems
  • Energy Consumption
  • Measurement
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Piezoelectric Sensors
  • Power Supplies
  • Wireless Communications

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.