Hi -
I was hoping you the group can give me some guidance on which of sensor would be most suitable for my soccer passing/target project, which I am designing for my children?
The crux of the project is, can I detect when a soccer ball hits a upright board (one sided) with a sensor? (The board will be approximately 1000mm x 500mm ).
How hard it hits the board isn't really important... just detecting that the ball hit it.
I was thinking accelerometers/vibration sensor, or a pressure sensor? Or even I’ve seen people taking about microphones. So not really sure which way to go. Hence the post!!
Thanks for reading!
Please find my project idea below -
Revision 1:
A Free standing, upright board, with a LED light embedded or on top/bottom of it (Light can be Red, yellow, green colour)
When board is hit with a ball, light comes on. When hit again - goes off.
Revision 2:
The coach, remotely turns on the board LED... at which point the player can hit the board with the ball and turn it off.
Revision 3:
Have multiple boards combined together side by side, to make a 'Target Wall' or arena (e.g. in Hexagon shape).
Remotely/randomly/pre-programmed Green, Red and yellow lights come on.
Player tries to hit Green, yellow lights and avoid red lights in a specific time period.
A count is kept of green lights hit, and red lights hit (and yellow).
A score is given after X seconds based on the number of lights the player hit. Green = positive, Red = negative