Team & Contact

Team & Contact
Michael Gasser
Master of Science in Engineering
✆ +41 (0)79 567 85 46
✎ [email protected]
Benjamin Habegger
Master of Science in Engineering
✆ +41 (0)78 891 01 65
✎ [email protected]
Damian Weber
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
✆ +41 (0)76 478 35 34
✎ [email protected]
PARTwear, HuCE-microLab
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne
Switzerland
Further information
» http://www.microlab.ti.bfh.ch/research/projects/body-sensor-network/
» http://www.partwear.ch/
Professional multisports sensor network
www.partwear.ch
Description
Technical specifications
PARTwear is a versatile inertial sensor platform developed for sports
applications. Main features are the measurement of 11 physical dimensions,
user programmable signal processing and flexible networking capabilities. The
system interacts with the user through mobile devices, is easy to use and
provides feedback about performance in real time.
Size
Applications
Tennis
» Detect and calculate tennis serve speed
» Count forehand and backhand strokes
Rowing
» Monitor rowing technique on the water
» Measure synchronism of rowers
Sprinting
» Measure ground contact time
» Get horizontal force and step rate
BMX
» Measure cadence of acceleration phases
» Detect air time of jumps
38mm x 37mm x 8mm
Weight
Sensors
Acceleration
Gyroscope
Magnetometer
Barometer
Sample rate
Interfaces
Bluetooth
ANT+
USB
Online DSP
CPU
13g
±16g Full Scale Range
±2000º/s Full Scale Range
±1200μT Full Scale Range
10 - 1200mbar, 0.012mbar Resolution
up to 1 kHZ
2.3 (BT classic) and 4.0 ( BT smart)
Supported (e.g. HeartBelt)
2.0 supported
Programmable from Matlab
ARM Cortex M3 @ 48 MHz
Memory
1 GByte Flash
Use Cases
Current applications for athletes and coaches include ground contact time in
sprinting and jump height in force exercise. PARTwear's excellent accuracy
satisfies the high demands requested in professional sports.
For engineering and development purposes, PARTwear provides capturing of
raw sensor data in very high quality from mulitple nodes simultaneously.
Sprint application example
PARTwear sensor size