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Other industry · 2020

An inline skate timing system, made in Medan

Speed slalom races need precise timing. Imported systems are expensive, so I built one.

Client
sk8sum Medan
Year
2020
Location
Medan, North Sumatra
My role
Engineer, hands-on
Delivered through
Firmansyah.co

Layers worked on

  1. 01Field
  2. 02Logic
  3. 03Telemetry
  4. 04Screen

What we did

  1. 01Microcontroller firmware with high-speed timer interrupts triggered by laser light gates.
  2. 02Run times sent over Wi-Fi straight to judges' phones, tablets and laptops.
  3. 03Supports speed slalom, battle slalom and free jump formats.
LocationMedan, North Sumatra

The result

1 ms precision, shown on all judges' devices at once, at a lower cost than imported timing gates.