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FingerScore Hardware 3 — MCU Firmware and Gesture Input Processing
This post covers the brain of the FingerScore BLE ring device for racket-sports score keeping: the MCU firmware. From the structure of init, main loop, interrupts, and low-power sleep, through detecting buttons and gestu
2026-06-17 · 17 min read #fingerscore#firmware#mcu#embedded#gestureFingerScore Hardware 4 — Designing BLE Wireless Communication (From GATT to Mobile Integration)
We design the BLE wireless communication at the heart of the FingerScore smart-scoring ring from the ground up. GAP/GATT concepts, a custom score service, pairing security, Web Bluetooth and Android integration, power sa
2026-06-17 · 15 min read #fingerscore#ble#bluetooth#gatt#embeddedFingerScore Hardware 6 — PCB Design and Miniaturization (Building It Into a Ring)
We cover the final step that turns the FingerScore circuit into a real, touchable ring: PCB design. The schematic-to-PCB flow, component placement and routing, ring form-factor constraints, 2.4GHz antenna layout, DFM and
2026-06-17 · 15 min read #fingerscore#pcb#kicad#antenna#miniaturizationFingerScore Hardware 2 — Electronics Fundamentals (From Voltage, Current, and Resistance to Digital Signals)
Everything you need from electronics fundamentals to build the FingerScore ring device, in one piece. We walk through Ohm law and voltage dividers, pull-up and pull-down resistors, capacitors, LED current-limiting calcul
2026-06-17 · 23 min read #fingerscore#electronics#hardware#gpio#i2cFingerScore Hardware 5 — Power, Battery, and Circuit Design
We cover, from scratch, the power design that actually keeps the FingerScore ring on. A power budget calculation, coin cell vs. LiPo, charging ICs and protection circuits, LDOs and buck converters, decoupling, low-power
2026-06-17 · 16 min read #fingerscore#power#battery#lipo#circuitBuilding FingerScore Hardware 1 — System Design and Bill of Materials (BOM)
This is part one of a hardware series on building the FingerScore ring-shaped score recorder yourself. It walks through translating product requirements into circuits, the system block diagram from sensor to MCU to radio
2026-06-17 · 29 min read #fingerscore#hardware#electronics#ble#embedded