Milestone 2
Task Breakdown
Project Planning
Modeling
Lab Testing
Outside Testing
Revisiting & Improving
Presenting
Project Plan
Target deliverable date: May 1, 2023
Contaxt Athletics' plan for the next three months:
Concept design/test plan by end of November
Have started physically designing product by end of semester
First rough prototype testing by end of January
Design Concepts
Contaxt Athletics' sensors shall gather data such as the location of players on the field, the force of contact experienced by players on the field, and whether or not that force constitutes a foul tackle. All of the sensors must be small enough to be embedded into clothing. It must also be comfortable, and suitable for rigorous exercise and contact, and must last the duration of a full soccer game plus stoppage and extra time (roughly 130 minutes).
The team's plan is to have the data displayed on a mobile app/watch or have it transmitted audibly through an earpiece to the referee. The data collected shall have high accuracy when making conclusions or suggestions and shall have low latency when updating and transmitting data to referees in real-time.
The team chose to push aside creating a tool for individual usage due to the idea being outside of our scope.
Concept Selection
Design 1
Design 2
System Diagram
Process Flowchart
Hardware Specifications
Sensors: NODEMCU, FSR Sensor, GPS module
Details: the microcontroller has built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and is cost efficient. GPS accuracy +- 1m.
Goal: Choose a new FSR sensor, update current GPS module
Software Specifications
Software Currently Implemented: Firebase, Arduino IDE
Goal: Explore languages that might be more adoptable and accessible than Firebase for conversion (Ex: Python, C++)
Test Plan
Testing of our product is currently scheduled for the Spring 2024 semester. The team decided that they would like to utilize the Stevens turf field and possibly the Stevens Men's Soccer Team for testing. The team plans to test to see what force readings would indicate a foul. Once a prototype is created, a team member or a soccer player will be asked to wear the prototype to collect data in different scenarios. Contaxt Athletics will analyze the prototype's durability and data acquisition efficiency/accuracy during testing. Delays in transmitting and displaying data onto a device will be taken into account.