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Efika 5200B Project
racing enthusiast toolin category Applications & Software
proposed by kaltst on 30th January 2006 (accepted on 11th February 2006)
Project Summary
EFIKA as a the universal tool for motorsport enthusiasts: Not only acting as a lap timer but more important
combining data of 2-axial acceleration in combination with GPS-data,
being able to give feedback about cornering speeds and g-force of a
whole lap. So the driver can notice, when he has improved his skills
or the setup of the car. In motorraces EFIKA could transfer all
collected data to the support-team and warn the driver about
possible failures. In combination with an IP-Cam, preferably with
MPEG or DivX codec, it would also be a good video-recorder on the
racetrack. If you look on sportscar-portals many driver like to take
videos of their practice and race on the track.
thoughts about project documentation & promo:
It would be planned to use 2 Porsche cars, one
impressive 997 and one youngtimer, with EFIKA-R.E.T.
for photo-documentation and testdriving.
Project Blog Entries
A PalmOS based solution that would cover most of my needs
has been released. Priced at only 14 € it offers a lot of
features:
http://www.schlangmann.mynetcologne.de/HarrysLapTimer/
Because of this the project is frozen. The effort of a duplicate solution
wouldn't make sense, especially because there are too many details to work out,
12V supply and TFT/LCD for car use to name some of them.
But when or if EFIKA evolves into a PDA, it will be worth
reconsidering this custom tailored and Linux-based solution.
Onboard graphics would be highly appreciated, to
keep the EFIKA case small and connect an external
6-8" TFT.
2nd option would be the simple backlight LCD
Hyundai HP12542R-DYO, 128x64. But lacking a parallel-port,
it would be unclear, how or if that can be connected.
References:
Hyundai-LCD
Touchscreen-TFT