EasyRaceLapTimer is a complete open source IR lap time tracker all-in-one solution for FPV racing quads.
What you get with EasyRaceLaptimer:
Features:
- host system for tracking the laps
- IR transponders (code & schematic files for building them) with a transmitting range of 2 to 4 meters
- 63 available transponder IDs when using the project transponders
- changing the ID via a push button on the transponder, no additional programming required (started with version 0.3.1 of the transponders)
- update transponders with new code (Arduino hardware needed)
- setup guide for building your Raspberry PI host station
- the host station is also a WiFi access point to change configs etc on the fly
- monitoring mode, you can watch the stats with your mobile phones
- add your own team logo to the monitoring mode
- detailed stats about pilots and races
- sound effects for various events in a race
- TCP/IP and serial connections support for receiving lap times and commands from other time tracking systems
- export race events to PDF
- standard practice/ time trial mode
- competition mode for racing events with time penalties (satellites needed)
- automatic restarting of a race session after a specified idle time
- and much more comming soon
Important notices
EasyRaceLapTimer works basicly with any IR transponder, as long as you provide code for interpreting the IR pulses. Just have a look at the ir_daemon tool.
Be sure to use the full size of your SD card on the Raspberry PI
sudo raspi-config
The documentation for the project can be found in the /docs directory. There's also a huge RCGroups thread with lots of answered questions, images etc.
You can download a SD card image for the PI of EasyRaceLapTimer on the following pages:
http://www.airbirds.de http://www.easyracelaptimer.com
There's also an introduction video to the system.
/docs documentation of nearly every part of the package
/web
the rails application
/Arduino
all arduino sketches
/ir_daemon
the cpp daemon for receiving the IR pulses
/datasheets
schematic files and more for transponders etc.
fetch the source via git with the following command
git clone git@github.com:polyvision/EasyRaceLapTimer.git
more details of each indivial package can be found in the docs folder
The complete project uses the GPL V3 license
development and sponsoring by AirBirds
