A while ago I got contacted by the boss of the company working on a "smart helmet": a helmet with on-board electronics (and connected to a smartphone) providing a bunch of useful/safety/cool features.
His (rather smart) idea was to allow fast prototyping of his hardware and app using a bike simulator instead of a real bike+rider.
Luckily for him, GPB bikes not only is the best bike sim around, but thanks to its plugin interface, it's a perfect fit for the need.
Derrick asked me to code a plugin sending GPB data to a serial port of the PC, so that he can hook up his hardware (well, part of it) and test it while riding in GPB.
The data sent from GPB to the serial port is the data that his system will in the end get from the sensors it will have on-board: a GPS (positional data, heading), an accelerometer and a magnetometer. The plugin I coded for him does just this: translate GPB X/Y/Z data into GPS lat/long/altitude (that's less trivial than what it seems first sight), provide acceleration data and use a physical model of the Earth's magnetic field to provide magnetometer data. On top, the hardware can send strings to the plugin, to be shown on screen.
Here's a page showing a bunch of infos on the helmet itself: http://www.nandlogic.com/promo-smarthelmet.php (http://www.nandlogic.com/promo-smarthelmet.php)
The latest newsletter and status of development: https://indd.adobe.com/view/4f7f9198-2a31-496a-88cc-2bf4954bdc83 (https://indd.adobe.com/view/4f7f9198-2a31-496a-88cc-2bf4954bdc83)
You can see a video of the thing in action with GPB here: https://adobeindd.com/view/publications/4f7f9198-2a31-496a-88cc-2bf4954bdc83/sw9u/publication-web-resources/video/GP_Bikes_Simulator_HiL_Demo.mp4 (https://adobeindd.com/view/publications/4f7f9198-2a31-496a-88cc-2bf4954bdc83/sw9u/publication-web-resources/video/GP_Bikes_Simulator_HiL_Demo.mp4)
Not the best-looking crash ever seen in GPB, but you get the idea :)
Bottom line: GPB rocks !
Well done Max! You are the man for the job. Interesting stuff.
"Fall confirmed"....I need that on my helmet. ;D
Neat, you've definitely done a great job on the plugin, would be interesting to see more of the helmets applications.
I just hope it does not end up being "a Skully".
Cheers,
/David "Gonzo" Boda #46
Quote from: davidboda46 on December 19, 2016, 12:39:15 AM
I just hope it does not end up being "a Skully".
Cheers,
/David "Gonzo" Boda #46
NO CHANCE OF THAT! Skully was a huge let down for us as well. We are not going down that path.