Laser Precision: Custom Target Practice System
Budget: $1,500 – $3,000 USD
For the Target Practicing project.
Laser shooting targets
The basic project consists of having a laser And a Target fixed anywhere from 100 meters to 1200 meters.
The Laser is shooting at a flat piece of Material (in ex. a hard sheet of some kind of plastic or water proof material) with dimensions of 1.5m x 1.5m square which we will call Target.
The laser sending Unit is mounted on a custom box capable of being attached to a picatinny rail.
The Target must contain laser sensitive receiver (or receivers) capable of detecting ONLY the wave length of the Laser sender (or laser module). The wave length must be from 980nm or above and must be modulated. The Laser sender must be able to hit the "target" at distances up to 1.2km during full sun light. the laser sender must be SAFE to human (not burn skin or eyes if hit).
The laser trigger is a momentary ON button
The system is composed by 2 main components
1. Laser shooting unit
2. Laser receiving unit (Target)
3. Automatic Range Finder
Laser shooting unit
1. Must have wave length of 980nm or above
2. Must be able to program its Pulse duration (time the laser is ON during the shot) from 1ms to “X” ms where “ms = Milliseconds”
3. Must be attached to a laser control board with an USB-C to connect to a PC or Tablet with a Routine capable to program the following.
a. Laser pulse duration
b. Laser shooting Cadence (Rate of fire) from 01 up to 2000 shots per Minute
c. The laser control board must have a trigger connecting port for a momentary ON push button.
d. The laser control board must have a Laser shooting Selecting port (intermittent, 3 shot burst and full auto. This can be selected by a 3 position Lever button.
e. The laser control board must have a programmable shot counter where an instructor can manually Set the number of shots can be fired until it can be Reset.
f. The control board must have a small digital display to help set the number of shots.
g. The reset button must be detached from the control board. The Reset push button must be attached to an extended wire so the button can be placed somewhere off the control board.
h. The laser control board must save how many times it was Reset
i. It must be able to Reset the Reset counter in the control board.
4. The laser control board must be able to program a Laser modulation code
5. The Laser modulation code must contain the following.
a. Laser ID
b. Shot sequence number (counting from first shot until last shot before each reset)
c. It should contain the Reset number with the shot sequence number. I.e. 3 – 134 (where number 3 is how many times the shot counter was Reset and 134 is the sequence shot in that reset.
To be clearer. An instructor SET the laser shooting counter to fire 200 times…. The information on the modulation, after 200 shots should be …. 1 – 200 ( 1 = first set, 200 last shot sequence Reset).
After that, it must be RESET to start from Zero again. In this case, if the shooter fire 35 laser shots, the modulation information should be …. 2 – 34 ( 2 = Second Reset, 34 is the sequence shot fired …. After that will be shot number 2 - 35, 2 - 36, 2 – 37… up until 2 – 200 which is the last shot. After that, Reset the shot counter and it would read “ 3 “ for the Third Reset etc, etc.
6. laser and circuit board and battery should be small enough to fit inside a custom box no larger than 11cm x 5cm x 3cm
7. box must be able to connect to a picatinny Rail.
8. Laser sender must be collimated to hit targets from 100 meters to 1200 meters.
9. Laser sender units must have enough power to operate for 6 hours non interrupted.
10. Laser sender units must "go to and get out of" (sleep mode) automatically and instantly if not in operation to save battery power.
11. Laser sender unit Box must have rechargeable battery via USB-C port and be water proof.
The Automatic Range Finder.
The laser sender unit must be coupled with a Range Finder to calculate the distance between the laser shooter and the Target.
Laser Receiver Units (Target)
The Laser Receiver unit consists of a flat piece of Material (in ex. a hard sheet of some kind of plastic or water proof material) with dimensions of 1.5m x 1.5m square which we will call Target.
1. The target must be self-standing at a height of 1.5 meter from the ground
2. The target contains a Laser Light sensor to capture the Laser shooting at the Target.
3. The sensor must capture ONLY the modulated Laser shooter and ignore any other kind of light.
4. The Sensor must be such that it can operate at FULL SUN LIGHT and at All weather day or night.
5. The Sensor must capture a minimum of 99% of laser shots fired at the Target at any rate of fire and at any time of Day or Night.
6. The Sensor will be attached to a control box capable of.
a. Read modulation of the laser shooting unit.
b. Have a Hit counter to know how many times it was hit and from which laser ID.
c. Send the following information to a Central control Station via long range Wireless technology….. Radio, Wi-Fi etc You can envision the need of repeating antennas along the training field to bring the Target signal to the control Station.
d. The target control box must collect and send the following information
Target ID
Laser shooter ID
How many times it was hit by each shooter ID
The Shooter ID reset count and what shot sequence hit the Target
7. The Target control box must send the collected information to a control station located up to 5km away from the Target location.
8. There is not a set size for the Target control box. It must be as small as possible and be weather proof.
9. The Target control box must also contain the rechargeable Battery. The user must be able to replace the battery and recharge the used battery.
10. The battery must have enough power to maintain the system working for 3 days.
11. The control box must Enter In and Get out Off Sleep Mode to save power when not in Use.
12. The Target Electronic control box Must “ wake Up “ from sleeping mode instantly when Hit by a Laser shooting signal. It can go back to sleeping mode 5 minutes after the last laser shot received.
The Control Station and Tablets.
13. The Awarded company must provide all software coding and routines for the Central control station.
14. The control station must have a software to manage all targets up to 100 targets.
15. Control station must be a multi monitor station showing the following.
Super imposed Map of the Training grounds
Geo Position of each Target in the Training Grounds (can be color coded)
Geo Position of each Laser Shooting Units (can be color coded)
Receive and Decode in form of a printable Report, all information sent by each Target containing.
o Exercise Name
o Date and Time of the Exercise
o List of each Target ID in the Field
o List individual Target ID information such as, how many laser hits, laser hit ID.
16. Permit the operator to choose One or a Group of Targets and Display its information in the form of a Table showing a live real time report from the chosen Target
17. The operator can select and print the report from one individual target or all targets.
18. Design a Front-End Human Interface layout that is intuitive and User Friendly.
19. Besides the Control Station, the operator must be able to see the Targets information on an Android Tablet from the field.
Software design are the easiest part. The Awarded company must choose carefully the two main components of the system.
1. The laser sender unit and its proper wave length and COLLIMATION
2. The Target SENSOR that must operate at FULL SUN Light without interference from the rest of the light spectrum.
Laser shooting targets
The basic project consists of having a laser And a Target fixed anywhere from 100 meters to 1200 meters.
The Laser is shooting at a flat piece of Material (in ex. a hard sheet of some kind of plastic or water proof material) with dimensions of 1.5m x 1.5m square which we will call Target.
The laser sending Unit is mounted on a custom box capable of being attached to a picatinny rail.
The Target must contain laser sensitive receiver (or receivers) capable of detecting ONLY the wave length of the Laser sender (or laser module). The wave length must be from 980nm or above and must be modulated. The Laser sender must be able to hit the "target" at distances up to 1.2km during full sun light. the laser sender must be SAFE to human (not burn skin or eyes if hit).
The laser trigger is a momentary ON button
The system is composed by 2 main components
1. Laser shooting unit
2. Laser receiving unit (Target)
3. Automatic Range Finder
Laser shooting unit
1. Must have wave length of 980nm or above
2. Must be able to program its Pulse duration (time the laser is ON during the shot) from 1ms to “X” ms where “ms = Milliseconds”
3. Must be attached to a laser control board with an USB-C to connect to a PC or Tablet with a Routine capable to program the following.
a. Laser pulse duration
b. Laser shooting Cadence (Rate of fire) from 01 up to 2000 shots per Minute
c. The laser control board must have a trigger connecting port for a momentary ON push button.
d. The laser control board must have a Laser shooting Selecting port (intermittent, 3 shot burst and full auto. This can be selected by a 3 position Lever button.
e. The laser control board must have a programmable shot counter where an instructor can manually Set the number of shots can be fired until it can be Reset.
f. The control board must have a small digital display to help set the number of shots.
g. The reset button must be detached from the control board. The Reset push button must be attached to an extended wire so the button can be placed somewhere off the control board.
h. The laser control board must save how many times it was Reset
i. It must be able to Reset the Reset counter in the control board.
4. The laser control board must be able to program a Laser modulation code
5. The Laser modulation code must contain the following.
a. Laser ID
b. Shot sequence number (counting from first shot until last shot before each reset)
c. It should contain the Reset number with the shot sequence number. I.e. 3 – 134 (where number 3 is how many times the shot counter was Reset and 134 is the sequence shot in that reset.
To be clearer. An instructor SET the laser shooting counter to fire 200 times…. The information on the modulation, after 200 shots should be …. 1 – 200 ( 1 = first set, 200 last shot sequence Reset).
After that, it must be RESET to start from Zero again. In this case, if the shooter fire 35 laser shots, the modulation information should be …. 2 – 34 ( 2 = Second Reset, 34 is the sequence shot fired …. After that will be shot number 2 - 35, 2 - 36, 2 – 37… up until 2 – 200 which is the last shot. After that, Reset the shot counter and it would read “ 3 “ for the Third Reset etc, etc.
6. laser and circuit board and battery should be small enough to fit inside a custom box no larger than 11cm x 5cm x 3cm
7. box must be able to connect to a picatinny Rail.
8. Laser sender must be collimated to hit targets from 100 meters to 1200 meters.
9. Laser sender units must have enough power to operate for 6 hours non interrupted.
10. Laser sender units must "go to and get out of" (sleep mode) automatically and instantly if not in operation to save battery power.
11. Laser sender unit Box must have rechargeable battery via USB-C port and be water proof.
The Automatic Range Finder.
The laser sender unit must be coupled with a Range Finder to calculate the distance between the laser shooter and the Target.
Laser Receiver Units (Target)
The Laser Receiver unit consists of a flat piece of Material (in ex. a hard sheet of some kind of plastic or water proof material) with dimensions of 1.5m x 1.5m square which we will call Target.
1. The target must be self-standing at a height of 1.5 meter from the ground
2. The target contains a Laser Light sensor to capture the Laser shooting at the Target.
3. The sensor must capture ONLY the modulated Laser shooter and ignore any other kind of light.
4. The Sensor must be such that it can operate at FULL SUN LIGHT and at All weather day or night.
5. The Sensor must capture a minimum of 99% of laser shots fired at the Target at any rate of fire and at any time of Day or Night.
6. The Sensor will be attached to a control box capable of.
a. Read modulation of the laser shooting unit.
b. Have a Hit counter to know how many times it was hit and from which laser ID.
c. Send the following information to a Central control Station via long range Wireless technology….. Radio, Wi-Fi etc You can envision the need of repeating antennas along the training field to bring the Target signal to the control Station.
d. The target control box must collect and send the following information
Target ID
Laser shooter ID
How many times it was hit by each shooter ID
The Shooter ID reset count and what shot sequence hit the Target
7. The Target control box must send the collected information to a control station located up to 5km away from the Target location.
8. There is not a set size for the Target control box. It must be as small as possible and be weather proof.
9. The Target control box must also contain the rechargeable Battery. The user must be able to replace the battery and recharge the used battery.
10. The battery must have enough power to maintain the system working for 3 days.
11. The control box must Enter In and Get out Off Sleep Mode to save power when not in Use.
12. The Target Electronic control box Must “ wake Up “ from sleeping mode instantly when Hit by a Laser shooting signal. It can go back to sleeping mode 5 minutes after the last laser shot received.
The Control Station and Tablets.
13. The Awarded company must provide all software coding and routines for the Central control station.
14. The control station must have a software to manage all targets up to 100 targets.
15. Control station must be a multi monitor station showing the following.
Super imposed Map of the Training grounds
Geo Position of each Target in the Training Grounds (can be color coded)
Geo Position of each Laser Shooting Units (can be color coded)
Receive and Decode in form of a printable Report, all information sent by each Target containing.
o Exercise Name
o Date and Time of the Exercise
o List of each Target ID in the Field
o List individual Target ID information such as, how many laser hits, laser hit ID.
16. Permit the operator to choose One or a Group of Targets and Display its information in the form of a Table showing a live real time report from the chosen Target
17. The operator can select and print the report from one individual target or all targets.
18. Design a Front-End Human Interface layout that is intuitive and User Friendly.
19. Besides the Control Station, the operator must be able to see the Targets information on an Android Tablet from the field.
Software design are the easiest part. The Awarded company must choose carefully the two main components of the system.
1. The laser sender unit and its proper wave length and COLLIMATION
2. The Target SENSOR that must operate at FULL SUN Light without interference from the rest of the light spectrum.