Among other things, methods and apparatus regarding collection, dissemination and display of information concerning paintball loaders and markers are disclosed. A loader includes a heads-up display, electronic devices for gathering, storing and disseminating information, and an antenna for sending a
Among other things, methods and apparatus regarding collection, dissemination and display of information concerning paintball loaders and markers are disclosed. A loader includes a heads-up display, electronic devices for gathering, storing and disseminating information, and an antenna for sending and receiving data. Wireless voice communications among paintball players is possible via associated headsets. There is also disclosed paintball equipment and methods for controlling both the firing and loading mechanism of paintball equipment. Current systems or mechanisms have individual and discrete electronic control systems for firing operations, e.g. located in the paintball gun itself, and loading operations, e.g. located inside the paintball loader. The present disclosure unifies the electronic control of said firing and loader operations into a single electronic circuit board located on either the paintball gun or paintball loader.
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1. A system, comprising: a marker that fires projectiles, wherein in firing projectiles said marker performs at least one electronic firing operation;a loader physically connected to said marker that loads projectiles into said marker, wherein in loading projectiles said loader performs at least one
1. A system, comprising: a marker that fires projectiles, wherein in firing projectiles said marker performs at least one electronic firing operation;a loader physically connected to said marker that loads projectiles into said marker, wherein in loading projectiles said loader performs at least one electronic loading operation;a microcontroller on or in one of said marker and said loader, and wherein said microcontroller is electronically connected to said loader and said marker and said microcontroller sends control signals directly to said marker and said loader to perform said at least one electronic firing operation and said electronic loading operation. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is electronically connected via a hard wired electronic pathway to the loader and the marker, the pathway including at least one loader conductor that is fixed to the loader and at least one marker conductor that is fixed to the marker, the conductors being physically joined at at least one connection location for conducting electronic signals between the marker and the loader, the microcontroller being necessary to the performance of the at least one electronic firing operation and the electronic loading operation. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein a least a portion of said loader is insertable into said marker. 4. A method, comprising: inserting a conduit portion of a paintball loader through an external opening in a paintball marker, said loader having a physical electrical contact and an electrical component, and said marker having a physical electrical contact and an electrical component,wherein said inserting step automatically places said loader electrical contact in physical engagement with said marker electrical contact, thereby creating at least part of an electronic pathway between said loader electrical component and said marker electrical component. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the electrical contact of the loader and the electrical contact of the marker are exposed metal leads. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one of the metal leads is spring-loaded. 7. The method of claim 4, wherein one of the electrical contact of the loader and the electrical contact of the marker includes at least one prong, and the other of the electrical contact of the loader and the electrical contact of the marker includes at least one socket into which the at least one prong fits. 8. The method of claim 4, wherein the electrical contact of the loader and the electrical contact of the marker form a hard wired electronic pathway between the loader and marker, the electrical contacts being physically joined at a connection location. 9. The method of claim 4, further comprising establishing a wireless link between the microcontroller and a separate computer, and synching the microcontroller with the computer so that the microcontroller has an identification code over the wireless link. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the microcontroller is located in or on said loader. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising broadcasting a message from said loader, and receiving the message by at least one of the computer, a separate loader and a separate marker. 12. A system, comprising: a marker that fires projectiles, wherein in firing projectiles said marker performs at least one electronic firing operation;a loader physically connected to said marker that loads projectiles into said marker, wherein in loading projectiles said loader performs at least one electronic loading operation;a power source on or in one of said marker and said loader, and wherein said power source is electronically connected to both said loader and said marker and said power source provides power to said marker and said loader for said at least one electronic firing operation and said electronic loading operation. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the power source is electronically connected via a hard wired electronic pathway to the loader and the marker, the pathway including at least one loader conductor that is fixed to the loader and at least one marker conductor that is fixed to the marker, the conductors being physically joined at at least one connection location for conducting electronic signals between the marker and the loader, the power source being necessary to the performance of the at least one electronic firing operation and the electronic loading operation. 14. The system of claim 12, wherein a least a portion of said loader is insertable into said marker.
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