New Prototype Project - Need Competent Help

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I'm currently working on a project to build an machine that uses Impact
Sensors to register the user's force of impact and convert the incoming
analog data into an electronic format for storage and data
calculations. The system will be able to run a number of
pre-programmed routines that control multiple analog outputs (LEDs,
Sound Components, Etc) and output statistical reports of a user's use
during their session.

The problem is that I have no electronics training and am quite lost
when it comes to even the most trivial of tasks. I've been hounding my
friends and family trying to find someone who knows someone who is
competent in the inner workings of component electronics.

I am hoping to find someone here that will be able to help me with this
project. As I'm funding this project from proceeds from my full time
job, I don't have the financial ability to hire someone to build the
components for me. I'm looking for someone who likes a challenge, is
capable of creating a system as described briefly below and is
interested in working on a startup project.

The system would encompass the following (excerpts taken from a
friend):
- Hook up force sensors of a "variable resistance type"
- Use chipsets to collect data and send it to a computer
- Use software to interpret incoming data and run pre-programmed
routines
- Control lights and sound devices based on those pre-programmed
routines
- Control lights and sound devices based on input from the sensors
- Return user data describing timing, force used and statistical data
- ...as well as a laundry list of items planned for Phase II, III,
IV, V etc.

If this sounds like a project you're interested in, please feel free to
contact me. I live in upstate NY and proximity is a plus, but not
required.

Thanks,
- Jace

 

[Ross Herbert]

I'm currently working on a project to build an machine that uses Impact
Sensors to register the user's force of impact and convert the incoming
analog data into an electronic format for storage and data
calculations. The system will be able to run a number of
pre-programmed routines that control multiple analog outputs (LEDs,
Sound Components, Etc) and output statistical reports of a user's use
during their session.

The problem is that I have no electronics training and am quite lost
when it comes to even the most trivial of tasks. I've been hounding my
friends and family trying to find someone who knows someone who is
competent in the inner workings of component electronics.

I am hoping to find someone here that will be able to help me with this
project. As I'm funding this project from proceeds from my full time
job, I don't have the financial ability to hire someone to build the
components for me. I'm looking for someone who likes a challenge, is
capable of creating a system as described briefly below and is
interested in working on a startup project.

The system would encompass the following (excerpts taken from a
friend):
- Hook up force sensors of a "variable resistance type"
- Use chipsets to collect data and send it to a computer
- Use software to interpret incoming data and run pre-programmed
routines
- Control lights and sound devices based on those pre-programmed
routines
- Control lights and sound devices based on input from the sensors
- Return user data describing timing, force used and statistical data
- ...as well as a laundry list of items planned for Phase II, III,
IV, V etc.

If this sounds like a project you're interested in, please feel free to
contact me. I live in upstate NY and proximity is a plus, but not
required.

Thanks,
- Jace

From what I can deduce from your description the techniques required
would be similar to those used in vehicle crash test dummies plus the
required output options (lights and sounds). The project involves many
different aspects of design based upon the real-time environment
including hardware sensors and housings as well as methods of
attachment to the bodies in question etc, etc. It is not just a matter
of electronics and software design or something which could be done
overnight. Depending upon the application environment and what you
were trying to achieve, the complexity may be relatively simple and
require few sensors, or it may be much more complex. Storing the data
and getting it from the operating point to the control point might
also be simple or complex depending upon the application environment.

A complete specification would be mandatory in order to even make a
guess at manpower, time and costing. Could be $100K or several $M to
develop.