Multifunction GPS embedded wrist device for runners

Author

Kendall, Steven ; Kimm, Haklin ; Jarrell, Matthew

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., East Stroudsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg, PA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper we represent a wearable wrist device for runners that is equipped with a GPS chip and programmable features. While running, the device would offer velocity, distance and time measurements at a glance. A button to begin and end a tagged area would also be available so that runners could mark particular parts of their run over which they wish to improve their time. The primary components of the proposed wrist device are as follows: a Microchip dsPIC 33FJ128MC802, a Sparkfun 128×128 pixel color LCD, and the LS20031 GPS chip, also available through Sparkfun. However, these components will be reviewed again and replaced with more suitable ones later.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; brain-computer interfaces; distance measurement; embedded systems; liquid crystal displays; microprocessor chips; time measurement; velocity measurement; wearable computers; GPS chip; LS20031 GPS chip; Microchip dsPIC 33FJ128MC802; Sparkfun 128x128 pixel color LCD; distance measurements; multifunction GPS embedded wrist device; programmable features; runners; time measurements; velocity measurements; wearable wrist device; Acceleration; Global Positioning System; Receivers; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Wearable computers; Wrist; Embedded system; GPS parser; Human computer Interface; Wearable computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (ISCE), 2012 IEEE 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Harrisburg, PA

ISSN

0747-668X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1354-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCE.2012.6241741

Filename

6241741