Patent ID: 8826575

Claim:
A shot counter for recording and transmitting shot profile data of shots fired from a firearm, comprising: A microcontroller operated module affixed to a firearm; said module comprising a MEMS accelerometer and at least one normally closed G switch for mechanically detecting the firing of each round from the weapon; said mechanically activated, normally closed G switch upon detection of firing from said weapon activating a power circuit to said microcontroller module, which was previously unpowered, thereby extending a battery life of said shot counter, a non volatile memory for storing the shot profile data that includes shot count and recoil data, a serial communication device for transmitting said stored shot profile data to a remote location via an RF signal; and a mechanically activated, power conservation wake up circuit wherein said normally closed mechanically activated G switch reacts faster than said MEMS accelerometer would activate itself thereby avoiding missing a capture of a first series of impulses generated by a shot being fired due to a delay of the MEMS accelerometer activating itself, in order for said normally closed mechanically activated G switch to permit the capture by said microcontroller of MEMS supplied information to determine if a shot was fired, if it was a single shot or multiple shots such as when fired in automatic mode, and determining from energy generated if the shot was a live round or a blank and any under pressure/overpressure in the round.