I’m wanting to add led lights to my golf green target that will light up for 5 seconds after the ball impacts and then turn off. 3 rings of different colored leds will circle the bullseye. Example. If a ball strikes the 2nd ring and the leds are white then the entire ring (10ft in diameter) will light up for 5 seconds and turn off. Same for the other 2 rings. 1 more need. If one of the 3 rings receives the impact input, the Arduino must keep the other 2 rings from illuminating due to the ball bouncing possibly into the other rings after initial impact. After 5 seconds the system resets
Interesting but we need a lot more information so we can help you. First how are you going to sense the ball impacts? What type of LEDs? What power is available? Determine what processor you will be using then generate a schematic showing how it all goes together including all power and ground connections.
That’s just it. The information that u are asking me for is the same I’m seeking.
- Plenty of power available
- Thinking a vibration or shock sensor to activate the led ring
I’m open to all suggestions on this. I’m a newbie newbie. All help is greatly appreciated
We are here to help you with your design however we are not a free design source. You need to show what you are trying etc. Unless you are willing to pay for this (there is a for hire section) most of us will not spend the required hours doing your job. Those hours can be spent helping dozens of others. Does Plenty of power available indicate a 13,000 volt power line or a flashlight battery?
What a douche you are. I’m simply getting input from folks that know more about this than I do. Didn’t ask you or anyone for anything for free. As far as power goes I have a battery and the 13000volt 3 phase but it’s in use. I can provide another if need be. I’d gladly pay for someone to do this but I want to learn it. I’d also pay to hear from anyone other than you.
Good day Sir
Sounds like the first problem to solve is impact detection. You say the 2nd ring is "10ft in diameter". Is that the outside diameter? The inside diameter? The center diameter? What are the desired outside and inside diameters for all three rings?
Piezo Buzzers are often used for 'knock' detection. I think they will work for you. Until the first ring is built and mounted it will be hard to say how many sensors will be needed. My guess would be three to six per ring but I'm just guessing. They are quite cheap (being used for making noise in almost every electronic child's toy). I think you need one I/O pin each so you may need either an Arduino with a lot of pins or some kind of I/O expansion.
Google for: Arduino knock sensor
Once you can detect impacts the rest is a small matter of programming.
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I wonder if this could be done with microphones. Sound travels about 1ft per millisecond, so you should be able to determine a position easily enough, if the microphones give a nice clear output. You could "qualify" the signals you're getting by rejecting anything that doesn't have a similar sound (impact duration, maybe) on all microphones within a short period. I think 3 microphones would be enough to get the information you need.
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Thanks John this is something inline with what I am working on. All targets would respond the same. The led colors would be different for each target ( as in the picture). Each target has 2 rings. On impact that ring would illuminate.
The target sizes
Large= 70 ft OD then inside ring 35 OD. Then bulls eye would be 15 ft OD
Medium = 40 ft OD. Inside ring 20 ft
Bullseye 10ft OD
Small=. 20 ft OD then 10 ft
Bullseye 5 ft OD
You might get some ideas from the patents owned by https://www.smarttarget.golf/
Those are good and all but it’s not what I’m looking to do. I’ve spoken with them and they use a vinyl material to catch the ball which senses the vibration. I’m wanting to use a real green and place sensors on it to sense the vibration.
Microphones could possibly be the best idea for what I’m wanting to do.
What are the target rings made of?
Are the target rings hard mounted to the surface or can the rings be mounted in a "floating" platform?
A regular golf ball or a golf ball with a RFID chip?
Instead of reinventing the wheel,
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