It is a drama to get an accurate treadmill speed sensor which can be used to do our own calculations. We did some tests to measure treadmill speed on a Newgen medicals treadmill. but if we want data with which we can make some calculations we suggests to choose a curved treadmill which is much more robust and we suppose allows much more accurate readings.
1. We started to make some speed tests with an ANT+ food pod
We connected the sensor to the Android app a training tracker.
We use it to practice walking meditation, and for this purpose a sensor which allows to monitor slow speed is highly desirable.
But we did not find a device which tracks speeds slower than 4 km/h reliable.
The ANT+ foot pod from SUNTOO with a training tracker allows only speeds higher than 4 km/h, but not slower. Below that speed there is no signal.
We did some tests with a STRYD foot pod as well, which allows also slower speeds, but we still do not use it to this date and do not know if it is accurate.
2. Then we did some tests with a Garmin Venu2 and wrist based speed measurements.
We also found here that a speed of aorund 4 km/h is necessary to get a signal.
For walking mediation it requires that the arms are moved vigurously, else we get no signal.
This is not very comfortable.
We use the protocol “indoor walking from Garmin.”
Some years ago this protocol counted steps, or lap steps, lap steps are not shown in Garmin Connect anymore.
We have seen that there is a Connect IQ which is called “indoor walking”, but we do not know if this can count steps as the protocol indoor walking did it previously.
3. We did also some tests with the TreadTracker treadmill speed sensor
It can be paired to the a training tracker app to have a treadmill speed display on the smartphone.
This is a bit better than the treadmill speed sensor which came with the Newgen Medical Treadmill
Unfortunately the TreadTracker offers only Bluetooth pairing, and the Bluetooth protocol does not support steps.
So the steps cannot be counted with it on a training tracker.
4. We thought about buying an NPE Runn treadmill speed sensor
it supports also ANT+ which would allow to count steps with a training tracker, since the protocol supports it.
it can be calibrated
what we miss about this sensor is that it is not open and does not offer raw data access to make our own calculations.
5. The most interesting sensor for us personally is the the Raspberry Pi speed sensor:
https://gallochri.com/2020/05/universal ... pberry-pi/
But this sensor is only connected to ZWIFT and offers no Python code example. We could attach it to Python by ourselves, but we suppose that the result would eventually be another report that to connect the Raspberry Pi speed sensor to Python, SQLite or Home Assistant sucks. For us personally it is easy to write a report about treadmill speed sensors and why they suck. And we suppose that there are many coders out there which easily can connect the Raspberry Pi speed sensor to Python. And we offer you to test it, review it, write issues about it, and write a review about why a Pi treadmill speed sensor which is connected to Python does not suck.
1. We started to make some speed tests with an ANT+ food pod
We connected the sensor to the Android app a training tracker.
We use it to practice walking meditation, and for this purpose a sensor which allows to monitor slow speed is highly desirable.
But we did not find a device which tracks speeds slower than 4 km/h reliable.
The ANT+ foot pod from SUNTOO with a training tracker allows only speeds higher than 4 km/h, but not slower. Below that speed there is no signal.
We did some tests with a STRYD foot pod as well, which allows also slower speeds, but we still do not use it to this date and do not know if it is accurate.
2. Then we did some tests with a Garmin Venu2 and wrist based speed measurements.
We also found here that a speed of aorund 4 km/h is necessary to get a signal.
For walking mediation it requires that the arms are moved vigurously, else we get no signal.
This is not very comfortable.
We use the protocol “indoor walking from Garmin.”
Some years ago this protocol counted steps, or lap steps, lap steps are not shown in Garmin Connect anymore.
We have seen that there is a Connect IQ which is called “indoor walking”, but we do not know if this can count steps as the protocol indoor walking did it previously.
3. We did also some tests with the TreadTracker treadmill speed sensor
It can be paired to the a training tracker app to have a treadmill speed display on the smartphone.
This is a bit better than the treadmill speed sensor which came with the Newgen Medical Treadmill
Unfortunately the TreadTracker offers only Bluetooth pairing, and the Bluetooth protocol does not support steps.
So the steps cannot be counted with it on a training tracker.
4. We thought about buying an NPE Runn treadmill speed sensor
it supports also ANT+ which would allow to count steps with a training tracker, since the protocol supports it.
it can be calibrated
what we miss about this sensor is that it is not open and does not offer raw data access to make our own calculations.
5. The most interesting sensor for us personally is the the Raspberry Pi speed sensor:
https://gallochri.com/2020/05/universal ... pberry-pi/
But this sensor is only connected to ZWIFT and offers no Python code example. We could attach it to Python by ourselves, but we suppose that the result would eventually be another report that to connect the Raspberry Pi speed sensor to Python, SQLite or Home Assistant sucks. For us personally it is easy to write a report about treadmill speed sensors and why they suck. And we suppose that there are many coders out there which easily can connect the Raspberry Pi speed sensor to Python. And we offer you to test it, review it, write issues about it, and write a review about why a Pi treadmill speed sensor which is connected to Python does not suck.
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