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Was just reading about this earlier.
More info here: https://www.sqi-andix.com/
More info here: https://www.sqi-andix.com/
Competition is good!
Very good, and it's surprised me that Labrador has stood alone on the shelf for as long as they have.
Didn’t Caldwell make one, of they were supposed to?
Have you seen a physical prototype in the field from Caldwell?
I'd say SQi is a hell of a lot further in market release than Caldwell is at this point.
For shits and giggles, I'll bet a beer and a cigar at the next match we don't see a Caldwell in the wild before 2023. I't'd be nice, I'm all about a competitive product to the Labradar. It's an excellent product, (and for good reason) but they're the only game in town at the weekend warrior consumer level.
I have a fairly low level of faith in Caldwell coming to market any time soon. I'm thrilled to see someone else in the space to compete in.
Watch how fast updates get made to Labradar's mobile app and product firmware/software when they have a competitor.
I'd say SQi is a hell of a lot further in market release than Caldwell is at this point.
For shits and giggles, I'll bet a beer and a cigar at the next match we don't see a Caldwell in the wild before 2023. I't'd be nice, I'm all about a competitive product to the Labradar. It's an excellent product, (and for good reason) but they're the only game in town at the weekend warrior consumer level.
I have a fairly low level of faith in Caldwell coming to market any time soon. I'm thrilled to see someone else in the space to compete in.
Watch how fast updates get made to Labradar's mobile app and product firmware/software when they have a competitor.
For that degree of “highly integrated” resulting in the very small form factor, I have to speculate about whether they are using custom silicon in there and, if so, working w a chip foundaryvthese days has to be near impossible.
Based on the size and OLED display am betting is generic Arduino/ESP32 board and one of the many off the shelf inexpensive Doppler modules.
His real work so far IMO is in his making them filter the signals to read a bullet at normal velocities.
There is stuff written several years ago stating that these cheap modules are capable of seeing things at much higher speeds when close to the unit than what they were specced for. There are also likely newer modules put out the past 4-6 years.
First thing came to mind when I saw the footprint of it was a Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Nano etc for the computing end.
Thanks. I’m old and haven’t been around related tech for many years so it’s not surprising to me that there is COTS signal processor chips and the like.
Cheers
Cheap and plentiful.
Have a dozen or so of them around the house/office running various tasks.
Raspberry Pi 4: Compact, super-cheap computer upgraded
The $35 credit card-sized desktop computer now packs 4 GB of RAM and supports 4K video.
www.mercurynews.com 
That’s hot
So, I followed the link and read a bit about it and it seems like it’s core application is PCs.Cheap and plentiful.
Have a dozen or so of them around the house/office running various tasks.
Raspberry Pi 4: Compact, super-cheap computer upgraded
The $35 credit card-sized desktop computer now packs 4 GB of RAM and supports 4K video.
You think that’s going to be fast enough to do real time signal processing??
Not doubting, just asking.
Those are ARM based processors, when using drivers and code made for that they can be blazingly fast for single use devices Vs just an app running inside an OS.
More than sufficient if the application is written to use / take advantage of that hardware.
Again, this is purely a guess as to the hardware under the hood.
Someone shoot FCJ an email and ask him to pop the cover off it.
What's up with yours?
I had to send mine back for repair. Since I've had it back it hasn't worked right for a complete session.
Latest issue has been shutting off when I activate the radar for a string. If it does for some reason stay on, it randomly shuts off. I'm about ready to go back to a magneto speed.Try changing out your USB cable or external power pack?What's up with yours?
I had to send mine back for repair. Since I've had it back it hasn't worked right for a complete session.
That's actually one of the things that got repaired (USB port).
I have a power pack that powers my laptop (which I usually use) and another that is capable of jump starting my car. Same results for both so far. I am using the provided cable. I'll try a different cable next trip.
Now that is a radar unit I would buy....if it works that is. I like my magneto with the mkm modified mount, it works great now. That said, if thr Andy works well, it will absolutely dominate the market.
I can see people running matches with mounted radars already lol.
I saw these come back into stock too…. Had the thought though, $1000 for a 3d printed device that I believe is a 200 raspberry pi Doppler radar unit with a basic UI interface…. Seems like a lot of a product that’s in its infancy…. Personally I’m waiting until it devs a bit more and Labradar and others begin to feel the pressure of competition….
Yeah that's where I'm at too. There's another one that is similar out too, plus whatever labradar comes out with the compete with it or improves/drops the price on their current models.
My MS with mount that I resized all of the set screws on, works pretty dang well honestly. It's fast to take on and off and fast to adjust to different guns and doesn't mess with my POI. I'd love to have a small radar chrono that was reliable and trouble free and durable but I think it's best to wait and see how all this works out in a years time, then buy whatever is deemed to most durable and reliable and easy to use. Glad some others are taking the plunge though so we can get real world feedback
Totally! Also who else is making a small Doppler? I was on another thread here and posted about the raspberry pi Doppler that could totally work for this and as far as I can tell this unit is built on it…. All the same specs etc. and for 200 USD…. All that’s to say prices will come down as more units and sensors roll out and competition grows…. I know Caldwell is / was supposed to come out w one too pre Covid…
BulletSeeker is the other one but they listed the doppler sensor they used which was not a $20 arduino/Pi type part. Several threads on it here.
ETA:
Bulletseeker Mach 4 doppler chrono
Previously Longseeker radars were limited to Air and rimfire the Mach4 model seems to be centerfire oriented weapon mounted radar developed and manufactured in Europe. The price point in Europe is similar to Labradar , but considering you cant really buy Labradar till summer or autmn ,this is a...
www.snipershide.com Edited. Bullet seeker and this one are the two small ones.
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I got them mixed up. The bullet seeker one above is the other one that's small
BulletSeeker is the other one but they listed the doppler sensor they used which was not a $20 arduino/Pi type part. Several threads on it here.
ETA:
Bulletseeker Mach 4 doppler chrono
Previously Longseeker radars were limited to Air and rimfire the Mach4 model seems to be centerfire oriented weapon mounted radar developed and manufactured in Europe. The price point in Europe is similar to Labradar , but considering you cant really buy Labradar till summer or autmn ,this is a...
God damn! Now that was actually designed by someone that knew what they were doing…. I may even pay the price. Anyone w any experience with it?
