Custom
Electronics for the Athletes, Teams, and Facilities That Push the Limits of
Performance
From multi-constellation GNSS athlete trackers with RTK correction for sub-0.4m field position accuracy to 1000Hz IMU biomechanical analysis wearables, velocity-based training electronics, and connected fitness equipment intelligence platforms — Ankh Innovations engineers custom sports hardware from schematic to Catapult-integrated, elite-deployed product.
The Measurement Reality of Elite Sports Technology
Consumer Fitness Accuracy Is Not an Option in Elite Sports. The Measurement Precision Is the Product.
Elite sports technology operates at the boundary of what measurement science can achieve in a wearable, field-deployable, body-worn form factor. A professional football club's GNSS tracking system must deliver sub-metre position accuracy across a 100m × 70m pitch while the device is worn by a player accelerating to 10m/s, changing direction at 5G, and colliding with opponents. A sprint timing system must deliver sub-millisecond timing accuracy synchronized across a finish line without a physical wire. A swimming stroke analysis wearable must maintain 500Hz IMU sampling accuracy through water immersion, hydrodynamic forces, and the RF propagation challenges of an aquatic environment.
Consumer fitness technology was designed for step counting and heart rate trending, not for the measurement accuracy and sampling rates that sports science and elite coaching require. The data architecture challenge of sports technology is equally demanding — synchronizing multiple sensors on a moving athlete, time-stamping events to microsecond precision, and streaming data to a coaching platform in real time while the athlete performs at maximum exertion.
Three technology tailwinds are driving custom sports electronics investment: AI-powered sports analytics creating demand for higher-density sensor systems to capture the movement data models need to identify performance patterns and injury risk; the connected fitness equipment wave converting commercial gym assets into data-generating subscription platforms; and the sports broadcast technology revolution creating demand for custom camera control, automated production, and athlete biometric visualization electronics that differentiate streaming sports content.
From Athlete Wearables to Stadium Intelligence
Athlete Wearable Monitoring Systems
Sports Performance Measurement Hardware
Sports Biomechanics & Motion Capture Hardware
Connected Fitness Equipment Electronics
Stadium & Venue Technology Hardware
Sports Broadcast & Production Electronics
Recovery & Rehabilitation Electronics
Aquatics & Precision Sports Electronics
IP68 waterproofing for swimming and aquatics, MIL-STD-810 drop and shock for contact sports, high-G vibration tolerance for sprint and jumping events, sweat-resistant material selection for skin-contact electronics, and lightweight form factors under 30g for body-worn devices that do not restrict athletic movement or alter biomechanical patterns.
1000Hz IMU data acquisition with microsecond timestamp precision, Madgwick and Mahony filter implementations and their accuracy versus computational cost trade-offs for body-worn applications, quaternion-based orientation estimation, multi-sensor array joint angle calculation, gyroscope drift correction via magnetometer fusion, and sport-specific metric extraction algorithms running on ARM Cortex-M hardware.
Multi-constellation GPS/GLONASS/Galileo/BeiDou acquisition for optimal PDOP geometry on a training pitch, RTK correction data integration for sub-0.4m position accuracy, Doppler velocity calculation at elite athlete speeds, and IMU dead reckoning for position continuity during GNSS signal shadow under stadium roof overhangs.
Wheatstone bridge load cell amplifier design with 16/24-bit ADC interfaces for sub-kg load resolution, linear encoder interfaces for range of motion measurement, velocity calculation firmware from position derivatives, Wi-Fi and BLE connectivity for real-time performance data streaming, and AMS API integration for workout attribution and training load calculation.
Movement pattern classification from IMU time series data, fatigue detection from HRV and session load trends, injury risk prediction from ACWR and biomechanical asymmetry indicators, sport-specific metric extraction (ground contact time, step frequency, power-to-weight, rate of force development) using on-device edge processing before BLE transmission.
Automated player and ball tracking from multi-camera systems, custom sports broadcast camera control electronics, live athlete biometric data visualization for broadcast production, venue crowd flow analytics, sports field condition monitoring integration, and broadcast-grade LED lighting control electronics for consistent photometric output across camera angles.
Why Engineering Teams Choose Ankh
1000Hz IMU. Sub-0.4m GNSS. Sub-Millisecond Timing. Not Marketing Claims — Engineering Specifications.
1000Hz IMU sampling with sub-millisecond timestamp synchronization across multi-sensor arrays. Sub-0.4m GNSS position accuracy with RTK correction, Doppler velocity calculation at elite athlete speeds, and IMU dead reckoning for signal shadow continuity. Sub-centimetre force measurement resolution on Wheatstone bridge ADC interfaces for RFD analytics. Sub-millisecond timing accuracy for sprint and reaction time measurement against IAAF timing system performance. The measurement precision is the product — and these are the numbers sports science practitioners use to evaluate hardware.
Hardware That Disappears Into the Athletic Performance Rather Than Interfering With It.
IP68 for swimming, aquatics, and total immersion environments. MIL-STD-810 drop and shock for contact sports with repeated high-G impact events. High-G vibration tolerance for maximum sprint effort and jumping. Sweat-resistant PCB coating and material selection for skin-contact electronics. Sub-30g form factors for body-worn athlete monitoring that biomechanics researchers confirm do not alter gait or movement patterns under study. Every physical constraint of the athletic environment is an engineering requirement from the first design review.
Sub-80ms Data Latency from Sensor to Coaching Tablet. Multi-Device Synchronization Across a Full Squad Simultaneously.
BLE streaming at sufficient bandwidth for real-time coaching feedback during training sessions. Sub-80ms data latency from sensor to coaching platform for immediate intervention. Multi-device piconet management for team-wide simultaneous monitoring without inter-device interference. Edge processing for sport-specific metric extraction on the device — computing ground contact time, step frequency, and load symmetry on the wearable before BLE transmission to reduce bandwidth demand and maintain real-time display refresh rates on a pitchside coaching tablet managing 30 athlete data streams.
Catapult, STATSports, Hudl, Playermaker API Integration Built Into the Hardware Program, Not Added Afterward.
Custom hardware that outputs data in the API format and data schema that sports science practitioners already know. Catapult athlete management system integration. STATSports GPS tracker API compatibility. Hudl video analysis platform data linkage. Playermaker football boot sensor ecosystem connectivity. ANT+ device profile compliance for heart rate, power, and speed/cadence sensors. Hardware that enters a sports performance department's existing technology stack rather than requiring a parallel data management workflow — because sports scientists have enough complexity in their athlete data pipelines without adding a new platform for every new hardware vendor.
Multi-GNSS and IMU Monitoring Wearable for a Premiership Rugby Club
A Premiership Rugby club needed a custom athlete monitoring wearable for 38 players — multi-constellation GNSS with RTK correction achieving sub-0.4m position accuracy on the training pitch, 9-axis IMU at 800Hz for collision impact and biomechanical load quantification, optical HRV monitoring for recovery status, 90-minute full session battery life, IP68 operation, BLE streaming with sub-80ms latency to pitchside coaching tablets, and full Catapult AMS integration with the first dataset available to the head coach within 3 minutes of session completion.
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