Systems, devices, and methods for recording and transmitting data

A system for use in multiple swinging contexts, comprising:

• a sensor configured to be associated with multiple types of swinging devices, the sensor including a housing, a circuit board assembly disposed with the housing, the circuit board assembly including a wireless transmission element and at least one of an accelerometer and a gyroscope, and a power source electrically coupled to the circuit board assembly to provide power to components of the circuit board assembly;
• and
• a control application configured to communicate with the sensor to adjust operation parameters that correlate with the type of swinging device to which the sensor is attached,
• wherein data that is determined and transmitted by the sensor is based on a type of use for the sensor selected using the control application, and
• wherein the sensor is further configured to attach to the multiple types of swinging devices and to measure data associated with the multiple types of swinging devices regardless of an orientation of a coordinate system of the sensor with respect to an orientation of a coordinate system of the multiple types of swinging devices,
• wherein the coordinate system of the sensor comprises:
• an x-axis that includes a center of the sensor on an outer surface of the housing and a defined location on the outer surface of the housing a distance away from the center;
• a z-axis that includes the center of the sensor and extends vertically upwards such that it is approximately perpendicular to the outer surface of the housing;
• and
• a y-axis that is a cross product of the x-axis and the z-axis, and
• wherein an angle defined by the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor and a y-axis of the coordinate system of one of the multiple types of swinging devices is determined and accounted for when measuring data associated with one of the multiple types of swinging devices, the angle being able to have a non-zero value,
• wherein the angle defined by the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor and the y-axis of the coordinate system of one of the multiple types of swinging devices is determined based on one or more rotational velocity vectors measured by the gyroscope along the x-axis and the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor,
• wherein a determination of the angle defined by the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor and the y-axis of the coordinate system of one of the multiple types of swinging devices accounts for a direction that the object is swung, and
• wherein a determination of the angle defined by the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor and the y-axis of the coordinate system of the object is determined in part based on a detection and measurement by the gyroscope of a rotation about a z-axis of the coordinate system of one of the multiple types of devices that occurs when one of the multiple types of swinging devices is swung, wherein the detection and measurement by the gyroscope is a detection and measurement by one and only one gyroscope of one and only one sensor.

A method for measuring data, comprising:

• attaching one and only one sensor to an object at any orientation such that a coordinate system of the sensor is located at any location with respect to an akin coordinate system of the object, the sensor including a housing, a circuit board assembly disposed with the housing, the circuit board assembly including a wireless transmission element and at least one of an accelerometer and a gyroscope, and a power source electrically coupled to the circuit board assembly to provide power to components of the circuit board assembly;
• instructing the sensor to detect particular types of data based on the type of object to which the sensor is attached, wherein the sensor measures the data regardless of an orientation of a coordinate system of the sensor with respect to an orientation of a coordinate system of the object;
• and
• receiving data from the sensor based on the types of data the sensor is instructed to detect,
• wherein the coordinate system of the sensor comprises:
• an x-axis that includes a center of the sensor on an outer surface of the housing and a defined location on the outer surface of the housing a distance away from the center;
• a z-axis that includes the center of the sensor and extends vertically upwards such that it is approximately perpendicular to the outer surface of the housing;
• and
• a y-axis that is a cross product of the x-axis and the z-axis, and
• wherein an angle defined by the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor and a y-axis of the coordinate system of the object is determined and accounted for when measuring data associated with the object, the angle being able to have a non-zero value,
• wherein the angle defined by the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor and the y-axis of the coordinate system of the object is determined based on one or more rotational velocity vectors measured by the gyroscope along the x-axis and the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor, and
• wherein a determination of the angle defined by the y-axis of the coordinate system of the sensor and the y-axis of the coordinate system of the object is determined in part based on a detection and measurement by the gyroscope of a rotation about a z-axis of the coordinate system of the object, wherein the detection and measurement by the gyroscope is a detection and measurement by one and only one gyroscope of one and only one sensor.