06-13-2020, 12:59 AM
Adafruit has excellent open source BLE software, for instance for the Pyloton open source bike computer. But there is also a Adafruit step counter:
https://learn.adafruit.com/clue-step-cou...t-lsm6ds33
Garmin is marked leader for optical heart rate watches and GPS watches, and has also step counting support. Step counting is most accurate with a foot pod, which is mounted on your foot, like the stryd foot pod:
https://fellrnr.com/wiki/Stryd
But software support for step counting from Adafruit and from Garmin is poor. Adafruit has no option to sync the step counting devices to a PC. And Garmin removed the number of steps during an activity from Garmin Connect. I suppose because of user complaints about inaccuracy.
But step counting can be done very accurately. The android application a training tracker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...r&hl=de_CH
can count steps from ANT+ foot pod, and a training tracker counts steps very accurately, I ve tested it and it is very accurate and impressive. But a training tracker offers no synchronization of steps to a PC.
An implementation of a highly accurate step counter with a foot pod on the Pinephone would be better.
https://learn.adafruit.com/clue-step-cou...t-lsm6ds33
Garmin is marked leader for optical heart rate watches and GPS watches, and has also step counting support. Step counting is most accurate with a foot pod, which is mounted on your foot, like the stryd foot pod:
https://fellrnr.com/wiki/Stryd
But software support for step counting from Adafruit and from Garmin is poor. Adafruit has no option to sync the step counting devices to a PC. And Garmin removed the number of steps during an activity from Garmin Connect. I suppose because of user complaints about inaccuracy.
But step counting can be done very accurately. The android application a training tracker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...r&hl=de_CH
can count steps from ANT+ foot pod, and a training tracker counts steps very accurately, I ve tested it and it is very accurate and impressive. But a training tracker offers no synchronization of steps to a PC.
An implementation of a highly accurate step counter with a foot pod on the Pinephone would be better.