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SportsPhase 2 engineering, rev T, 3 Nov 2026: one circuit board of our own in every stump (RV1126B, camera chip, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, battery system, bail sensors, call lights), folded into the rev S stump in one piece. CAD check: the board fits all six stumps with clearance pockets cut, nothing touching. Board at the placement stage; quotes from board makers next.

CricketOne

IEMI's one cricket product: a smart wicket that is its own umpire. The stumps call bowled, run-outs, stumpings, no-balls, wides and the over, and light up with the call

IEMI's one cricket product is the wicket itself. Three stumps at each end at MCC Law 8 size carry everything, and since rev P (phase 2) every stump has the same build: a global-shutter camera, a small computer, three LiFePO4 cells and a Hall sensor under each bail groove. Together the six stumps track the ball about 1,200 times a second. They time bail-off and check the bat at the crease, check the front foot, and count balls for the over-rate and junior spells. They also place junior close fielders against the ring and measure lengths in the nets. There is no detachable part: calls show on the stumps and in the phone app.

Who buys it
Cricket clubs with a first team in a league and a junior section with nets (UK, Australia, NZ, US), and leagues that write technology into playing conditions.
Why it pays
$1,990 instead of $4,154 for our CreaseCam League Kit, CloseCheck pods, SmartStump Match Kit, LengthLock Junior Nets Kit, OverRate Kit and SpellCount Pair bought separately (est.).
Target price
$1,990 CricketOne (two smart wickets, 4 bails, charging case) + $19/month League Stream optional (target)
First-minute wow
The bowler's-end stumps light amber and the umpire's watch buzzes 'FOOT' before the ball reaches the batter; two overs later a direct hit lifts the bail and the app reads 'BAT -40 mm' before the fielders have finished appealing. Nothing on the ground but the stumps.
CricketOne concept: the idea and where each part goes
The concept. The CAD design is below, under Printable CAD.

What the research found

And how this design answers it

  • Rev T (3 Nov 2026): the bought first-stump electronics (Pi Zero 2 W, camera board, charger, boost, fuse, plugs, power monitor, NeoPixel sticks, piezo) → one rigid-flex circuit board of our own per stump, shaped to the stump, with the cells soldered on; CAD aligned: Hall fingers in the Hall pockets, light wings at the clear strips, the tail in the back wire channel, base spring pins moved to the board's charge pads
  • Rev Q (31 Oct 2026): the umpire band (pod, keys, e-paper, LiPo, buzz motor) → removed; each call shows on the stumps and in the phone app, with a buzz on the user's own smartwatch through the phone's notifications, and unsure calls are answered in the app. The lowest cell below the grass → all three cells above the grass in one stainless sleeve; only a 102 mm solid spike goes in the ground (813 mm overall, like a match stump)
  • Phase 2 P9 (30 Oct 2026): phase 3 review kit for clubs, leagues, umpires, keepers and a nets coach, built from the engineering limits (weight and swing, unsure calls, light, price); page tiers corrected to $1,990 and $1,490 an extra pair
  • Rev P (30 Oct 2026, phase 2): the 30 fps cameras (the ball moved 1.34 m between frames) → a global-shutter camera at 120-200+ fps in all six stumps, with the shutters staggered (about 1,200 looks a second, est.); 18650 Li-ion → LiFePO4 cells, the lowest below the grass; an aluminium heat spreader and ball shield; sealed charge pads instead of USB (IP67 target); price $1,690 → $1,990
  • Rev O (28 Oct 2026): the wicket makes the calls (bowled, hit wicket, run-out, stumping, no-balls, wides, over; LBW assists): stereo cameras in the off and leg stumps, call lights and a sounder in every stump, a secure element signing every call, tamper switches; price $1,490 → $1,690
  • Rev S (27 Oct 2026): the boundary MatchMast, light stand, over-rate clock, ReviewPad, CloseEye pods, BallCheck dock and DialDrive → one smart wicket pair; every job runs inside the stumps
  • Three wrist units for the umpire (rev A cut them to one band; rev Q removed it) → the phone app, with a buzz on the umpire's own smartwatch
  • Over-rate clock board → over-rate in the app (a wicket cannot show digits to the square: listed as a gap)
  • Price $2,999 → $1,690: fewer parts, nothing to carry or set up beyond the stumps

Use case

Saturday under-13 game and league day, then Tuesday nets

Bowler's-end umpireScorerJunior coach

  1. 01Trigger: the bowler turns at the top of the mark and short leg creeps in
  2. 02Detection: the stump cameras at both ends place short leg at about 8.9 m against the 10 m ring
  3. 03Alert: three short buzzes on the umpire's smartwatch from the app; the umpire moves the fielder
  4. 04Action: later a direct hit. The groove sensor times the bail-off, the three striker's-end cameras put the bat 40 mm short at that millisecond, and the scorer's phone shows 1.5 overs behind

Outcome: One product, the stumps the club already pitches, and one app; $1,990 instead of $4,154 (est.)

How it works

Architecture

  1. 01

    Sense: a global-shutter camera and a motion sensor in every stump, Hall sensors under every bail groove

  2. 02

    Decide: each stump finds the ball, bat and feet in its own frames; the striker's middle stump fits one flight path through all six views and runs the calls, counts, ring and nets rules

  3. 03

    Send: Wi-Fi between the six stumps, with clocks synced for the staggered shutters; the brain's Wi-Fi access point and MQTT to the phones

  4. 04

    Tell: the stumps light and sound each call; the CricketOne app on the phones, with a buzz on a smartwatch through the phone's notifications

Hardware

Real parts, buyable today

Bill of materials: about $1,280 per CricketOne at qty 1 (both wickets and the charging case; bom.csv rev P, camera, computer and cell prices checked 30 Oct 2026).

BlockPartWhy this part
Camera1 MP global-shutter camera (OV9281 class) behind a Ø12 window on a ledge, in every stumpA 145 km/h ball is not smeared: 120 fps full frame, 200+ fps in a delivery (est.)
ComputerRaspberry Pi Zero 2 W in every stump for the first build (our own RV1126B board in production); the striker's middle stump is the brainOur OV9281 camera works on it today with no driver work, so programming starts now; production's own board adds a second camera port and a neural engine
Heat and impact6061 aluminium D-bar between the computer and the wallSpreads the heat into the stump wall and takes the ball strike
BailsTI DRV5055 linear Hall sensor under each groove (read by a TI ADS7142 window ADC), 3 mm magnet in each bail spigotBail-off time to the millisecond without a battery in the bails
Power3 x A123 26650 LiFePO4 cells (all above the grass, in one stainless sleeve) + our charger board, flush charge padsAbout 14 h (est.), the safest common lithium cells, sealed with no USB port

Mechanical

Printable CAD

58 parts, generated from code and checked as closed solids. Pick a part to inspect it, or download the STL files to print.

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Open risks we are working on

  • Leagues must allow the calls in their playing conditions; until then it only assists the umpires in league matches
  • Ball tracking is designed, not measured: the cropped frame rate (bench test B1) and the track against a 1,000 fps reference (B2) decide the LBW and wide accuracy
  • No stump impact standard exists: our ball-cannon, drop and cell-zone tests (T1-T3) must pass before any pilot
  • Heat: rated to 40 °C air in full sun (est.); the 45 °C chamber test (T4) decides the limit for hot countries
  • Low light and low sun reduce what the cameras see; those calls are marked unsure, never guessed
  • Wi-Fi from a stump 0.7 m above the grass to the scorers 50-75 m away is untested; a phone at the boundary may need to relay
  • Cost: about $1,280 of parts at qty 1; at $1,990 that is about a 30 % gross margin at qty 1 after assembly and tests (est.), and a custom camera and computer board is the main cost step at volume

Design stage only: nothing on this page is for sale. Specifications and prices are targets.