Datalogger?
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2015 S212
Datalogger?
I'm wanting to move ahead with tricking the E out, but I want to be able to gather the data to justify my stupid ideas.
Does anyone have a clean setup for a system to capture the vital info? I don't need one that captures ALL of it at all times. There are already so many sensors on tha car that i was curious if anyone had any ideas on how to tap into them?
Simple things, like temp and stuff are easy by simply adding thermocouples, but i want to be able to read teh individual corner readings that ESP is fed off of, get engine speed, etc.
I was turned onto Race Technology's Dataloggers today by a racing engineer (bright kid). I like it, but I don't know that anyone knows how to use the car's current sensors instead of buying and adding external ones.
Does anyone have a clean setup for a system to capture the vital info? I don't need one that captures ALL of it at all times. There are already so many sensors on tha car that i was curious if anyone had any ideas on how to tap into them?
Simple things, like temp and stuff are easy by simply adding thermocouples, but i want to be able to read teh individual corner readings that ESP is fed off of, get engine speed, etc.
I was turned onto Race Technology's Dataloggers today by a racing engineer (bright kid). I like it, but I don't know that anyone knows how to use the car's current sensors instead of buying and adding external ones.
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The issue that I've run into in my brief research was one of resolution.
The commercially available hardware/software only captures data at a certain refresh rate, something on the order of 1-4 per second. I would like something more like 10-100 per second, depending on the sensor.
If you find something else, please post it up.
The commercially available hardware/software only captures data at a certain refresh rate, something on the order of 1-4 per second. I would like something more like 10-100 per second, depending on the sensor.
If you find something else, please post it up.
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2015 S212
The issue that I've run into in my brief research was one of resolution.
The commercially available hardware/software only captures data at a certain refresh rate, something on the order of 1-4 per second. I would like something more like 10-100 per second, depending on the sensor.
If you find something else, please post it up.
The commercially available hardware/software only captures data at a certain refresh rate, something on the order of 1-4 per second. I would like something more like 10-100 per second, depending on the sensor.
If you find something else, please post it up.
a silly example (I say silly because we already know this) is using one to determine value of an LSD. If I had data to show how body lean, steering angle, speeds, etc. fed into the individual rear wheel spin and even ESP kick in I could make the leap that an LSD is in MY best interest. The exact same a nalysis could be done by the straigh line racers to see if it indeed adds value.
Monitoring Temperatures and air pressures along the intake and exhausts system is also a plan. That is the ony true way to know what will help and what will hurt with out guessing or being fully educted.
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It is on!! So, you mind giving me some details? What all do i order, where does it plug in, what is the interface (module or my laptop?, etc etc. i wan to collect more than just engine data, so i was hoping for one that an tap into the computer that runs the esp, etc. Any word?
