Question about E-Hogu - Taekwondo Electronics Chest Protectors

Hi all, i'm new to Arduino and I have some questions for you. :slight_smile:

I play Taekwondo and after many researches, I need advices for my project.

I would like to know how electronics chest protectors works, I read on forums they are made of piezoelectrics sensors.

So my first question is, which kind of piezoelectrics sensors ? Ceramics, Velostat ?

Which choice would works best ? I want to detect a foot impact on the chest protector and mesure approximatively the force of it.

How many piezo elements I need to cover the whole surface of the hogu ?

PS : Sorry for my English, I do my best. :smiley:

If you do a Google search for "Taekwondo piezo", the first (non advertisement) result explains the system used at the last Olympics.

Many thanks mikb55 !

Piezo Spiral Wrapped Coaxial Cable, what a great idea !!! :slight_smile: