Car racing: getting data from the car to the pit?

[Mike O'Dell]

there are off-the-shelf systems for doing race car telemetry

even if they are not affordable, some research would likely
turn up all matter of issues which have already been solved.

	-mo


On 7/17/10 6:42 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
>
> I thought about Zigbee, which would be great for pulling stuff off in
> the pits, but probably not so hot for polling the car when it is at
> the far end of the track.
>
> An RF survey of the amount of dirtiness in the IS&M bands at the track
> may prove instructive.  I bet there is a whole lot of crapola there.
>
> -r
>
> Tad G<tad at planetisuzoo.com>  writes:
>
>> One of the Zigbee devices may be another option.
>>
>> -Tad
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert E. Seastrom"<rs at seastrom.com>
>> To: jbwolf at comcast.net
>> Cc: tacos at amrad.org, "Terry Fox"<tfox at knology.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:58:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: Car racing: getting data from the car to the pit?
>>
>>
>> "James Wolf"<jbwolf at comcast.net>  writes:
>>
>>> Something to think about is the Doppler effect of the car.
>>
>> With a wave velocity of 300,000,000 m/sec and a vehicle velocity of
>> 90m/sec tops, I don't think that doppler effect will make a whole lot
>> of difference.
>>
>>> Use a radio system that is in use now.
>>
>> amen.  depending on the data rate required for export from the
>> on-board computer, you could use 9600 baud off the shelf stuff for the
>> link like http://www.tigertronics.com/bp96.htm
>>
>> why re-invent the wheel?
>>
>> -r
>>
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