A miniaturised arrow ballistic measurement system

John Barton; Jan Včelák; Javier Torres-Sanchez; Brendan O'Flynn; Cian O'Mathuna; Robert V. Donahoe

doi:10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127412

A miniaturised arrow ballistic measurement system

John Barton
, Jan Včelák
, Javier Torres-Sanchez
, Brendan O'Flynn
, Cian O'Mathuna
, Robert V. Donahoe

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Abstract

A novel miniaturised system for measurement of the in-flight characteristics of an arrow is introduced in this paper. The system allows the user to measure in-flight parameters such as the arrow's speed, kinetic energy and momentum, arrow drag and vibrations of the arrow shaft. The system consists of electronics, namely a three axis accelerometer, shock switch, microcontroller and EEPROM memory embedded in the arrow tip. The system also includes a docking station for download and processing of in-flight ballistic data from the tip to provide the measured values. With this system, a user can evaluate and optimize their archery equipment setup based on measured ballistic values. Recent test results taken at NIST show the accuracy of the launch velocities to be within +/- 0.59%, when compared with NIST's most accurate ballistic chronograph.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Sensors 2011 Conference, SENSORS 2011
Pages	1289-1292
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127412
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	10th IEEE SENSORS Conference 2011, SENSORS 2011 - Limerick, Ireland Duration: 28 Oct 2011 → 31 Oct 2011

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Conference	10th IEEE SENSORS Conference 2011, SENSORS 2011
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Limerick
Period	28/10/11 → 31/10/11

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