bleTimer app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Charles Preston
First release : 12 Dec 2014
App size: 19.79 Mb
This app enables the mobile device to act as a handsfree stopwatch. The app utilises the device’s bluetooth module to communicate with BLE (bluetooth low energy) enabled Timing Gates.
It calculates the time elapsed between consecutive Timing Gates and display total elapsed time as well as split times for each zone, on the device. The Time Trial can then be logged against an athlete for a given Speed Test.
The app is optimised for sprinters, vaulters and horizontal jumpers. Vaulters can determine their effeciency of running with a pole versus without a pole. Average speed and acceleration on take-off can be determined by placing the gates on segments of 5m from take-off i.e 5 - 10, 10 - 15, 15 - 20
Trial runs logged against a given Speed Test can be exported to .csv file in Dropbox, under the Account’s Apps folder.
The Timing Gates are specially designed BLE gates for the app, and can be ordered from the developer.