Sorry if this has already been suggested but how about a (video-) camera an= d = some sort of image processing software. The camera takes images of the pape= r = target and presents the data accordingly. You could actually also send the image to a screen close to the shooter so = he = can see for himself. That would of course make him the intelliget part of t= he = target system. Could be fairly cheap with an ordinary video camera (safely = behind some sort of protection) and an rf unit that sends the video signal = back = to a receiver for the screen near the shooter. There are rf units that also= can = send back remote control ir signals that could be used to position and zoom= the = camera. /Ruben > As the OP I apologize for making this such a complicated question. All I > wanted was some ideas as to how to make an 'intelligent' target that will= be > able to say 'that shot was in the 9 ring at 2 O'clock or that shot was a > bullseye' and perhaps report the coordinates of where the bullet passed t= hru > the plane of the target. Of course the intelligent target must have a pap= er > target for the shooter to aim at. But the scoring would be done by the > 'Intelligent Target' not an observer. > = > Vic > = > -- = > ______________________________________________________________ > = > Victor Fraenckel > KC2GUI > windswaytoo ATSIGN gmail DOT com > -- = > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Ruben J=F6nsson AB Liros Electronic Box 9124, 200 39 Malm=F6, Sweden TEL INT +46 40142078 FAX INT +46 40947388 ruben@pp.sbbs.se =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist