10-24-2020, 01:20 PM
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I also did some experiments with foot pods. My favorite is the Stryd foot pod, although it it is not cheap. It is around 300 USD. According to this review, it is the most accurate foot pod available, and it does not need to be calibrated:
https://fellrnr.com/wiki/Stryd
It did some experiments to use it with the android application a training tracker. With this application, the foot pod becomes a highly accurate step counter, which counts every single step very accurately. Wrist based step counters are less accurate. The Stryd also works at speeds slower than 4 km/h. Since I used it for walking meditation, this is very attractive. With a standard foot pod, and I guess also with a wrist based step counter, data are lost at slower speeds. But also affordable foot pods as for instance the Zwift Bluetooth low energy foot pod for 40 USD are very accurate when calibrated. These external Bluetooth low energy sensors can be added quiet easily to a Linux watch:
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...low+energy
but as far as I know not to a PineTime 1.0. A Linux PineTime would allow to add these external sensors easily, for building an open source sports watch which can compete with the sports watch market leader Garmin.
I also did some experiments with foot pods. My favorite is the Stryd foot pod, although it it is not cheap. It is around 300 USD. According to this review, it is the most accurate foot pod available, and it does not need to be calibrated:
https://fellrnr.com/wiki/Stryd
It did some experiments to use it with the android application a training tracker. With this application, the foot pod becomes a highly accurate step counter, which counts every single step very accurately. Wrist based step counters are less accurate. The Stryd also works at speeds slower than 4 km/h. Since I used it for walking meditation, this is very attractive. With a standard foot pod, and I guess also with a wrist based step counter, data are lost at slower speeds. But also affordable foot pods as for instance the Zwift Bluetooth low energy foot pod for 40 USD are very accurate when calibrated. These external Bluetooth low energy sensors can be added quiet easily to a Linux watch:
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...low+energy
but as far as I know not to a PineTime 1.0. A Linux PineTime would allow to add these external sensors easily, for building an open source sports watch which can compete with the sports watch market leader Garmin.