FROM
THE EDITOR
This week, our newest feature article takes a close look at
a high-performance phased-array radar system for tracking fast-moving projectiles. Axcon applied
their system design expertise to an ADC board with a very high signal-to-noise ratio to allow
projectiles that would fit in the palm of your hand to be accurately tracked in flight. Does this
sound like a government-sponsored defense project with cutting edge technology? Well, while the
technology is definitely cutting-edge, the only thing we're defending against here is a bad golf
swing. Why rely on just yelling "Fore!" when you can have radar that follows the exact
trajectory and spin of the ball as well as the precise movement of the club during the swing?
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Embedded Technology Journal
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Spartan-3 Goes Golfing
Axcon Drives TrackMan Radar
His son graduates from Junior High next week
– blank it out… His wife's car needs the oil changed – blank
it out… His mother sounded tired when she called last week – blank
it out… He tries to empty his conscious of all the noise, the clutter,
and the dreary detail of his daily life. He blanks his mind and visualizes
himself as if he were watching his own actions from a short distance away. He
fast forwards several seconds into the future. He sees himself address the ball
and begin the back swing. He feels the pendulum action of the
graphite-and-titanium club just as it reaches the perfect azimuth and then
starts its arc downward, striking the sphere at the sweet spot from precisely
the right angle. His mind's eye watches the track of the ball as it sails
perfectly toward his target.
A second later, his conscious goes completely empty as his
body starts through the carefully choreographed motions his mind has just
visualized. Years of practice and tens of thousands of strokes have trained his
muscles to execute the maneuver perfectly – as long as his thoughts don't
get in the way. The sound of the club face striking the ball finds his ears, and
immediately his finely-tuned intuition knows he has succeeded. [more]
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