Re: Hardiness of the Neo1973?
Getting email from the community again. I unsub'd before, and I have started getting email again. I can no longer unsub (I don't get the followup email). If someone from OpenMoko actually reads this list, could you please unsub me? On 8/29/07, Baxter Kylie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I've been following this project for a couple years with great interest but I have a few questions (for those with gen1 and just those with some knowledge of the possibilities/limitations of the hardware) How hardy is the unit? I realize it has no moving parts but could it take repeated jarring up and down? Also, is it too heavy or too big for an armband strap? I'm a marathon runner and words cannot describe how astounding it would be for me to be able to find a waterproofed armband case for this unit to take on runs. Not only could it provide cell service in case of emergencies and act as my portable music player but with the gps and accelerometers I could (with a little help) get some useful runners' apps in place to track important numbers on runs -- not just times on terrains but even stride data (assuming the accelerometers are sensitive enough to track arm swing + impact). Assuming the unit is up to these tasks I fully intend (with a gen2 in hand) to try to get an app up and running for logging this type of info ... anyone who thinks this is a good idea or has any additional thoughts, I'd love to hear them! Regards, ~Baxter ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Bluetooth Heartrate Monitor (was: Hardiness of the Neo1973?)
now THAT's a cool idea... I'd been trying to figure out how to get HR data over bluetooth... but the only hardware for that I could find was a full ekg setup... while it would be cool to have that depth of information, it goes way beyond what I really need, or want to pay for. It also removes the need to make a bluetooth cadence sensor (imagine how big a battery that would need) What I found was that the heartrate monitor for the Garmin Edge 305 is supposed to communicate over bluetooth. It's sold separate for about 50 Euro (about $40), so that could be viable solution. However, I didn't manage to find out if it really could be paired with standard bluetooth equipment and what protocol is used. Anyone on this list with access to such a device who could check? Martin ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Hardiness of the Neo1973?
It's Bus powered, low drain though, info sheet says 50mA/h. -Will On 9/28/07, Jeff Andros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/28/07, William Voorhees [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also very interested in developing a Sports/Exercise style application for the openmoko. I'm an avid cyclist and I have developed a little program to read HR monitor data from the Suunto Heart Rate monitor using the Suunto PC Pod. It's a USB device that communicates using the ANT ( thisisant.com) protocol. I'll try and post some info/code about my work sometime this weekend. We should be able to plug this into the openmoko to give it access to all kinds of sports monitoring equipment. now THAT's a cool idea... I'd been trying to figure out how to get HR data over bluetooth... but the only hardware for that I could find was a full ekg setup... while it would be cool to have that depth of information, it goes way beyond what I really need, or want to pay for. It also removes the need to make a bluetooth cadence sensor (imagine how big a battery that would need) Very nice, but I haven't had a chance to play with a PC pod... is it bus powered, or battery? has anyone tried it with an unpowered bus? (I'm still debating whether or not I'll upgrade to a GTA02) -- Jeff O|||O ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Bluetooth Heartrate Monitor (was: Hardiness of the Neo1973?)
According to garmin's site, they use ANT Oops, too bad. Don't know why I didn't see this when I was checking last time... Martin ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Bluetooth Heartrate Monitor (was: Hardiness of the Neo1973?)
Hence why I'd look at the Suunto PC Pod as an interface to all the ANT equipment, It speaks regular ANT ( http://thisisant.com/index.php?module=resourcesmodule[EMAIL PROTECTED]int=action=viewid=41) over the virtual serial port '/dev/ttyUSB0' using the cp2102 usb-serial driver. There is some relevant info on http://www.iomule.com/Suunto_PC_Pod/Suunto_PC_Pod.html though I plan to put up some info about the Linux side of things this afternoon. Pretty much all sports monitoring equipment coming out in the near future uses ANT, though much of it uses ANT+Sport, which is a closed ANT network. To join this network you need to enter the 7 byte key, which is currently unknown to me. Perhaps some reverse engineering could be done to find this out, one route that might work would be to reverse engineer the firmware of the qruanium (http://quarq.us/) a linux open source bike computer, when it comes out. In the mean time all of the Suunto stuff uses an open network so it works. -Will On 9/28/07, Jeff Andros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/28/07, Martin Thierer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone on this list with access to such a device who could check? Martin ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community According to garmin's site, they use ANT -- Jeff O|||O ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Bluetooth Heartrate Monitor (was: Hardiness of the Neo1973?)
On 9/28/07, Martin Thierer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone on this list with access to such a device who could check? Martin ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community According to garmin's site, they use ANT -- Jeff O|||O ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Hardiness of the Neo1973?
Hi. I've been following this project for a couple years with great interest but I have a few questions (for those with gen1 and just those with some knowledge of the possibilities/limitations of the hardware) How hardy is the unit? I realize it has no moving parts but could it take repeated jarring up and down? Also, is it too heavy or too big for an armband strap? I'm a marathon runner and words cannot describe how astounding it would be for me to be able to find a waterproofed armband case for this unit to take on runs. Not only could it provide cell service in case of emergencies and act as my portable music player but with the gps and accelerometers I could (with a little help) get some useful runners' apps in place to track important numbers on runs -- not just times on terrains but even stride data (assuming the accelerometers are sensitive enough to track arm swing + impact). Assuming the unit is up to these tasks I fully intend (with a gen2 in hand) to try to get an app up and running for logging this type of info ... anyone who thinks this is a good idea or has any additional thoughts, I'd love to hear them! Regards, ~Baxter ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
