Goal Counter
Soccer is a huge passion of mine. I love kicking stuff around into little goals, so why not count it? And have something cheer when I score a goal?
Self-motivation at its best.
Background: One of the ways that most inspires my creativity is discovering a new sensor. Since I am constantly thinking about new design ideas for the things I see in a day-to-day basis, discovering a new way to interact with them makes me very excited. This time, it was this sensor:
A IR Break Beam sensor! I think it is so cool and fascinating, and it sparked so many ideas in my mind. By mixing it up with my huge passion for soccer, I came up with this idea: a soccer goal that counts how many goals are scored by counting how many times the ball passes and breaks the beam. The score will be displayed in a screen and an alarm will sound when the user scores.
Since I am designing and 3d-printing the goal myself, I am using a tennis ball to fit the size of the goal I can print in a S3 Ultimaker.
Specifications:
Count every goal scored until the game score equals the set limit.
Output to the user when a goal is scored using attached speakers.
Display the total score using a LCD display.
Send the ball back after a goal through some type of mechanism.
Results:
Here is my design for the goal:
The attachments on the side are for the sensors. Currently I am working on integrating the sensor to an Arduino and finishing up the software. So...
Stay tuned to see my progress!
