Wireless Management System for Shooting Competitions

This is one of my old project... just posting here for reference purposes.


After the Wireless Target Identification Project, I decided to go further to solve the issue that was still prevalent in shooting competitions. The current method of scoring shooting competitions involves two or three range officers. In speed competitions, range officers have to stay focused amongst the loud audience coming to support their contestant. They have to determine whether shots are considered good or bad based on sight and sound, both of which proved over time to be very inaccurate. If one of the officers was not completely focused, it would jeopardize the entire competition.

However, with the Target Identification Project, this problem is solved as range officers can easily identify target hits simply by looking at the receiver box. But what if everything could be automated? Welcome to the modern way of shooting competitions!

Using a LabVIEW User Interface on a laptop, range officers can sit back and relax while the computer grades, scores, and delivers score reports on-the-spot.

There are three aspects to this project: the Target Transmitter (identifies target hits), Shooter Transmitter (identifies # of shots fired), and the LabVIEW Interface.

All of the transmitters are stored in military-grade pelican case in order to prevent shrapnel from harming the circuitry inside.

Target Transmitter (In a Pelican case)

Shooter Transmitter (In a Pelican case)

The way it works is:

• A shooter attaches the shooter unit on his arm using a strap
• The range officer connects the target unit to the back of the target
• Using the LabVIEW Interface, the range officer sets up the transmitters and starts the competition!

Here are some videos each aspect including an overall video of the project:

Idea behind Project:

Shooter Unit:

Target Unit:

LabVIEW User Interface:

The source code for the Arduino project files can be found here:

Arduino Shooter Unit Code: https://gist.github.com/2985292
Arduino Target Unit Code: https://gist.github.com/2985303

If you have any questions regarding the project, please comment below or email me at: tabchas@gmail.com