Would this work for suspension tracking and logging? This should be possible to realize for under 100$ in parts. Has anyone done something similar? Is it easy enough to compare data between the two gyros and interpret it?
Where can I find people doing stuff like this?
by PaNiPu
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Yeah its pretty straight forward. If youre UK based, go to your local hackaspace. Its like 10 quid to join. Theyll have people who can help plus equipment to 3d print brackets ect.
I’m pretty sure all fork brands do this, and it’s likely some sport teams did it as well. I’m not aware of a FOSS project though.
Its really easy, though i wouldn’t place the micro controller on the fork. The easiest way to do it in my opinion is using I2C devices. So both sensors use the same bus wire. So you only need 4 wires to hook up everything (V_DD, GND, I2C_clock, I2C_Data)
MPU6050 would be a fitting Gyro+Accelerometer combo
And you can use both Arduino with 5V or Raspberry Pi pico with 3.3V, doesn’t really matter. (RP is a way smaller form factor than the Arduino developer board)
Best of luck!
Quarq Shockwiz is basically this, but it monitors upper crown acceleration and air pressure to calculate the movement of the lowers.