Shot Clock (1)

This Blog will be a chain of updates to TS Wang's Shot Clock design.

Have you all seen this automatic resetting shot clock yet? Not many people like it, and it's not worth the price.

Problems with it:

• Picks up backboard vibrations
• Does not sense net-shots
• Manual controls are difficult to access.

Well, I am designing a new automatic shot clock that will fix these issues.

This new shot clock will:

• sense net-shots (with a laser-phototransistor setup)
• ignore backboard vibrations (by comparing voltages generated by rim vibrations versus backboard vibrations)
• have manual controls to...
• Reset the shot clock to 24 and count down again
• Pause the shot clock at it's current number and wait for a signal to continue
• Reset the shot clock (sleep mode)
• Jump to "0" on the shot clock and stop (this was a glitch, but it might be helpful)
• count down from 24 and stop at "0" (shot clock violation)*

What are the benefits of having an automatic resetting shot clock?

• no more human mistakes that might lead to inaccurate and imprecise timing
• fairness in the game of basketball
• Does anyone remember this incident?

Basketball fans, wait no longer.

This is the shot clock that will change the game.