Sensor to Bluetooth

[Shaggy1505]

Hi. I am looking at designing a device that would use a sensor to sense a frequency from a gearbox for instance to determine wear/damage etc and convert it into an electrical signal to then be transmitted via Bluetooth to a laptop. Firstly. Would this even be possible? Secondly. How would I achieve this? Thank you in advance for your input

 

[Lurch]

Would this even be possible?

Yes.

How would I achieve this?

Assign the R&D team a budget, or outsource it.

 

[Shaggy1505]

I am working on this independently and have no team

 

[Blue Duck]

Do you have any knowledge  of electronics? 

Best place to start would probably be YouTube.

 

[Shaggy1505]

Aircraft Electrical engineer for 26 years. So You could say a "bit" of knowledge. Just never been required to build a circuit for this type of idea before. Thanks for the link 

 

[roys]

Does Bentley Nevada not already make this sort of stuff?

 

[Shaggy1505]

Yes it does. But this is for a university project I need to construct a basic model showing the concept would work

 

[Blue Duck]

It should be fitted as standard to to all Audi's.

Is the OBD system any help? 

 

[Shaggy1505]

Yeah the OBD system is pretty much what I’m after but just utilising it in a helicopter. Just need to know how I am going to replicate an accelerometer input, cct, storage, then Bluetooth output!!