I have seen a graphical representation of a person's bare feet and how their body mass is distributed across their feet bottoms by color coding the pressure at each coordinate and over time showing how their feet are moving to different positions on two compared surfaces as they shift their feet while standing relatively statically.

I'm a bit of a novice here, but am wondering if there are some DIY ways to collect data overtime. For example, collect force readings on a surface at (x, y) locations spread out around 3 mm apart from each other in both x and y in a lattice. The force readings should be collected around 3 times or more per second. The measuring device needs to be unobtrusive in that it is very thin (i.e., ~1mm thick) and should not significantly impact the feel of the surface it is being overlaid upon, (i.e., it conforms to the surface and is flexible).

Is trying to find an Arduino platform a reasonable approach that will not be too complex for a novice?

I have seen a graphical representation of a person's bare feet and how their body mass is distributed across their feet bottoms by color coding the pressure at each coordinate and over time showing how their feet are moving to different positions on two compared surfaces as they shift their feet while standing relatively statically.

I'm a bit of a novice here, but am wondering if there are some DIY ways to collect this data overtime. For example, collect force readings on a surface at (x, y) locations spread out around 3 mm apart from each other in both x and y in a lattice. The force readings should be collected around 3 times or more per second. The measuring device needs to be unobtrusive in that it is very thin (i.e., ~1mm thick) and should not significantly impact the feel of the surface it is being overlaid upon, (i.e., it conforms to the surface and is flexible).

Is trying to find an Arduino platform a reasonable approach that will not be too complex for a novice?

I have seen a representation of a person's bare feet and how their body mass is distributed across their feet by color coding the pressure at each coordinate and over time showing how their feet are moving to different positions on two compared surfaces as they shift their feet while standing relatively statically. This is shown in this youTube video.

What are some DIY ways for gathering this data? The solution must be a relatively transparent way to gather the data in that the measuring device may be overlaid upon a surface that we wish to measure without significantly impacting the feel, shape of the surface to be measured. (In the above video, they had a contoured surface that was spongy and a fixed flat floor surface.)

I found this Arduino platform called snowboard (see base sensor here), but it appears somewhat complex to adopt this solution. Are there any other Arduino like solutions that may not entail such complexity and are appropriate for some one new to DIY electronics? Bottom line is looking for a solution that is not too difficult for a novice. One that is relatively easy to get up and running to collect data without the need to write a lot of custom software, or build complex new hardware, etc.

I have seen a graphical representation of a person's bare feet and how their body mass is distributed across their feet bottoms by color coding the pressure at each coordinate and over time showing how their feet are moving to different positions on two compared surfaces as they shift their feet while standing relatively statically.

I'm a bit of a novice here, but am wondering if there are some DIY ways to collect data overtime. For example, collect force readings on a surface at (x, y) locations spread out around 3 mm apart from each other in both x and y in a lattice. The force readings should be collected around 3 times or more per second. The measuring device needs to be unobtrusive in that it is very thin (i.e., ~1mm thick) and should not significantly impact the feel of the surface it is being overlaid upon, (i.e., it conforms to the surface and is flexible).

Is trying to find an Arduino platform a reasonable approach that will not be too complex for a novice?

Consider this youTube video where the video shows a representation of a person's bare feet and how their body mass is distributed across their feet and how their feet are moving to different positions on two compared surfaces as they shift their feet while standing relatively statically. What are some DIY ways for gathering this data? The solution must be a relatively transparent way to gather the data in that the measuring device may be overlaid upon a surface that we wish to measure without significantly impacting the feel, shape of the surface to be measured. (In the above video, they had a contoured surface that was spongy and a fixed flat floor surface.)

I found this Arduino platform called snowboard (see base sensor here), but it appears somewhat complex to adopt this solution. Are there any other Arduino like solutions that may not entail such complexity and are appropriate for some one new to DIY electronics? Bottom line is looking for a solution that is not too difficult for a novice. One that is relatively easy to get up and running to collect data without the need to write a lot of custom software, or build complex new hardware, etc.

I have seen a representation of a person's bare feet and how their body mass is distributed across their feet by color coding the pressure at each coordinate and over time showing how their feet are moving to different positions on two compared surfaces as they shift their feet while standing relatively statically. This is shown in this youTube video.

What are some DIY ways for gathering this data? The solution must be a relatively transparent way to gather the data in that the measuring device may be overlaid upon a surface that we wish to measure without significantly impacting the feel, shape of the surface to be measured. (In the above video, they had a contoured surface that was spongy and a fixed flat floor surface.)

I found this Arduino platform called snowboard (see base sensor here), but it appears somewhat complex to adopt this solution. Are there any other Arduino like solutions that may not entail such complexity and are appropriate for some one new to DIY electronics? Bottom line is looking for a solution that is not too difficult for a novice. One that is relatively easy to get up and running to collect data without the need to write a lot of custom software, or build complex new hardware, etc.