rcralston

The only reason I was shying away from Bluetooth is because the app creating software that one of my partners knows how to use is not compatible with Bluetooth. I am still thinking that Bluetooth would be the best route to go. As far as charging the device, I am not completely sure how to tackle that. Obviously it would have to be wireless charging so there would have to be a dock of some sort using magnetic resonance. I have been doing some research on Rf tags. Although they would not be able to necessarily send data, I was wondering if they could have any use in my problem such as being able to measure the doppler effect. Just some ideas.

This ball will not be a ball that is able to be opened up, it will be a small "core" that will be embedded inside ball when it is made. The weight will be the same as a regulation baseball.

This ball is only used for pitching purposes therefore it will not be use in games, only in bullpens and during practice.

I am working on a project that uses and accelerometer/gyro and arduino to gather data inside of a baseball to measure the velocity and spin rate. I am wanting to push this data to a smartphone app or website. I have started by using bluetooth, but I am wondering if there are other possible routes to take ( wi-fi, RFid). Anything will help!