Bike Sensor
by Jarv
Product Review
There exists of a number of
scenarios why you’d want to train at higher or lower cadence dependent on your
training goals and race scenarios. Since there’s no display on the sensor
itself, you do have to use the phone app to get the data from the sensor. Currently,
it has released a free App (simply called Jarv Bluetooth Odometer) which gets
the data from the Jarv Bluetooth.
Cadence is a
measurement of how many revolutions per minute (RPM) your pedal makes.
Configuring the sensor within apps. Cadence is normally measured on the
left crank, right where the magnet is attached at the point the pedal connects
to the crank. Most folks tend to have a natural cadence between about 80
and 90RPM. The cadence measurement is the more useful metric.
As an example, to
setup Strava for the sensor you have go into the ‘Biometric Sensors’ and then
enable Bluetooth sensors. The Heart Rate and Speed & Cadence sensors
are available to pair. The unit keeps track of history by week, and will show
you weekly summaries. Both of these are available via Bluetooth Low Energy
(there are plenty regular non-low energy Bluetooth HR straps as well).
A few months ago,
the functionality of this device was a bit sceptical that it wouldn’t be
anything more than just a gimmick. You may not bother to run the app on the
phone (or any cycling devices) for a quick cycling around town the bike. What
you found is that it’s actually turned out to be a kind of need in the
future. It is very interesting that you can reset the odometer as well as
go ahead and specify a given starting distance. Since the sensor still tracks
it, it just keeps on recording what you’re doing anyway with no additional
effort (or battery life) required on your part. In the end, a nice little
feature created.
Jarv Bluetooth 4.0 Cycling Speed
and Cadence Bike Sensor connects wirelessly via Bluetooth Smart technology to
your iPhone without the need for any adapter and delivers accurate real-time
cadence and speed data. The Bluetooth Smart Bike Sensor works with most iOS
fitness and sports Apps. The bike sensor working together with 3rd party iOS
App turns your iPhone into a professional cycling computer device. It is
designed for the iPhone 4S, 5/5C/5S, iPod touch 5, and other iOS Bluetooth
devices.
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For those of us
not as familiar with the other device system, just add a zero to the end and
call the period a comma. For some users, this might be kind of confusing
since many are used to using centimeters instead of meters (i.e. 3090cm wheel
size instead of 3.09m). It is the same length, but different in SI unit. Further
more, it also allows you to specify the wheel circumference in meters.
Specification
Cadence Sensor Pedal magnet*1.
Speed Sensor Wheel magnet *1.
Sensor Size 19mm x 57mm x 37mm.
Sensor Weight 23g.
Wireless Transmission
Interface Bluetooth
4.0® Low Energy.
Button & LED Main button and LED *1.
Radio Transmission
Range 10
meters.
Operating
Temperature -10°C~+50°C (Operational)
Waterproof IPX7 (1 meter
underwater for 30 minutes).
Battery User-replaceable
CR2032 (3V).
Battery Life Around 1 years (based on 1 hour per day
usage).
If you already
have sensors, and/or you need power meter data or indoor running data, you’re
probably best focusing on iOS fitness and sports Apps since the support is far
broader among both apps and devices (basically everything out there supports iOS
fitness and sports Apps speed/cadence sensors except Polar devices). Eventually
I fully expect to see more support for the Jarv Bluetooth, and look forward to
many of the apps that utilize the underlying iOS fitness and sports Apps.
However, as a
whole, the sensor marketplace for Bluetooth Smart Device remains extremely
fragmented and highly dependent on a handful of apps. Take for example Jarv
Bluetooth. They should have their own App to get a better result for their
device. Maybe there are working on it in time, development time. It also
takes standards, ones that are just barely being supported for the heart rate
device profile, and are still not fully finalized for the speed/cadence
sensor. No other device profiles exist (i.e. nothing for power meters,
running foot pod in beta, etc…) and the timeline to get the device profiles
out is very long and slow.
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