【實用運動app】AS Sensor for XCSoar|最夯免費app-綠色工廠好玩App

AS Sensor enables you to use commercial airspeed sensors with the open source XCSoar / TopHat gliding computer on a smartphone. The airspeed sensor is simply connected via an adapter to the analogue microphone input of your device.

The app has been developed and tested on a Samsung Galaxy™ S4 and is expected to run also on equivalent devices starting from Android™ 3.1, for example Google™ Nexus 5.

Be aware that some smartphone models, typically cheaper or older ones, use different audio circuits that work only with propietary equipment. This can make a direct connection of the speed sensor impossible.

Before using AS Sensor you should be familiar with XCSoar and configure the related XCSoar driver and port, see screenshots.

XCSoar can be started automatically or manually. Afterwards AS Sensor runs in background and transfers one speed sample per second to XCSoar.

Calibration with GPS speed is supported, of course you will need calm weather and as many samples as possible should be collected for different speeds. For the original sensor type this is normally not needed.

It might be possible to use a 3.5 mm PC microphone / headset adapter for smartphones from Amazon, however the many different connection schemes of these cables often cause problems. Therefore I recommend that you assemble the adapter by your own (or ask a friend).

When you start the app for the first time, the information page is displayed. Please read it and confirm the disclaimer checkbox on this page. After that you can use the app.