shooting target

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Hi all
I'd welcome anyones input with this. Id like to build an air rifle / air pistol target which is able to sense where the target has been hit.

I've seen commercial products which use light barriers such as the link below, to form a kind of matrix as to where the pellet hit the barrier, but I am at a loss as to where I could find a similar type of sensor? I don't fancy trying to solder enough IRD's to form this type of resolution

https://www.meyton.info/en/produkte/messrahmen/black-magic/index.html

Again, thankyou for your thoughts

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Thanks Delta :')

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I am at a loss as to where I could find a similar type of sensor?

Why not buy that one?

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it will be one the company has manufactured for their own use, and I'm not up for spending 800 on a target. This is afterall why we all tinker with arduinos to make things ourselves right? :slight_smile:

if I can find a premade sensor on the internet which serves the same purpose by all means il buy that

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The sensor linked in the OP is claimed to have 192 independent light barriers. If the detector sells for $800, that is about $4 per barrier.

Considering the effort that went into the design and construction, that seems like an entirely reasonable price.

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There was a very similar post a few months back, for paintballs IIRC. I suggested a matrix of print head type ribbon cables. Scratch off the coating where you want to make a matrix connection. Projectile impact does the job of a finger press on a regular keyboard. OP of that thread let it drop so nothing is known of the effectiveness of the idea.