I’m working on a project that simulates the motion of a billiard cue. I’m thinking of using an Arduino Uno for communication and an MPU6050 module for detecting angular rotation.
For detecting linear motion however, I’m thinking of using some form of conductor (like a single copper wire or aluminum foil strip) along the cue length connected to a wire. This would rub against a small conductor at the bridge of the hand. The cue wire would be connected to 5 V power and the conductor at the bridge would be connected to Arduino’s analog input pin.
The Uno has a sample rate of 15 ksamples/s and a voltage sensitivity of 1 mV. Will this setup work? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.