BLE-Enabled On-field Sports-Tech Gadget for a US-Based Manufacturing Company
Overview
The client is a US-based company that manufactures advanced sports-tech gadgets. They wanted to introduce an innovative product into their sports-tech market to gain a competitive edge. ACL Digital designed and developed a BLE-based sports-tech gadget, monitoring both on and off-field activities and providing essential insights to enhance player safety.
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Challenges
Lack of innovation in the sports-tech market for monitoring on and off-field real-time player activitie
Insufficient player safety insights to make appropriate decisions
Solution
- Designed form-factored sensor device plugged-in within in sports gadgets to collect player’s activity data and transfer over BLE
- NRF52840 based device with 3D IMU sensor operating on AAA battery to measure anatomical joint angles, orientation angles, and linear acceleration
- Custom sensor integration for shock detection
- On-field/off-field live activity monitoring using an android mobile app
- Support of OTA firmware update for gadgets
- 7 days offline storage on device
- 170+ meters BLE range in an open field with line-of-sight (LOS) testing
- Event detection and reporting to a mobile application in less than 2S
Outcomes
- Helped the client in realizing a concept into a prototype in a short time span which helped them to expedite product launch by 3 months
- Client was able to maintain their lead in the market by delivering distinguished product in the sports segment
