The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Reloading => Topic started by: alfsauve on October 20, 2023, 08:33:20 PM
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There’s now competition to the LabRadar.
Garmin, the first name in GPS. Yeahhhhh. Bad news? It’s still $600.
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/771164 (https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/771164)
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I almost bought a lab radar... than I found out it only goes to 4000 fps and I need to buy a trigger for my bow or air rifle. The Garmin unit at least goes to 5k so I can play with my 17 rem mag.
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I've been dabbling with Arduino microprocessor. Tales of my reloading counter are elsewhere. I'm experimented out with lighting programs, clocks and counters. I did get a rotational position indicator to experiment with the idea of knowing exact reloading press position. Decided "nah" too much trouble to little pay back but I did learn how those work.
In the meantime I looked around http://robotshop.com thinking my next learning adventure will be with stepper motors.
All of this is to say I get targeted ads from Robot Shop now on FB. The latest? A complete Doppler Radar module. Just a hair over 1" in diameter. Make your own radar gun to suit your own purpose. This one probably won't measure bullets at velocity, but still it's only $34. I'm still having trouble going from a room full of equipment for a 16bit 256K computer to a palm sized module like Arduino. Blows my mind what's now available.
https://www.robotshop.com/products/iot-radar-module-xm122 (https://www.robotshop.com/products/iot-radar-module-xm122)