A hell of a release It’s an app and firmware release that marks a serious milestone. It almost seems the amount of thought, discussion and teeth gnashing that preceded it might have consumed more energy than it took to actually make it! Granted – all of that planning and analysis plays into building it correctly the first time, but as…
Current Status We’re in production at our little factory (Lab)! We’re building, testing and now, shipping RaceCapture pre-orders! The last few weeks of waiting for delayed inventory deliveries are now capping off with dawn-to-dusk (and beyond) work illuminated by the Lab’s 1500 watts of fluorescent lighting – which, in a way, is fine since Seattle this time…
Today’s featured dealer is Race-Electronic.com, and they seriously know their race car electronics. The team at Race-Electronic.com are addicted to motorsports, race car electrics and CAN data systems. Located in Austria, Race-Electronic.com set up some special RaceCapture/Pro scripts to integrate data from cars like Porsche Cayman GT4, Suzuki Swift Sport, Bosch Motorsport ABS M4, Izze Racing tire-temp sensors, a…
Today’s featured dealer is Racing Tech – and you might’ve seen them at PRI this year. Contact them for the help you need for getting RaceCapture into your car! “We provide detailed care from the research and design to track support. Our work goes beyond meetings, quotes and technical functionality; we focus on our relationships, with…
Today’s featured dealer is Conover Motorsports LLC – contact them this week to order your new RaceCapture system. Order this week to get your pre-order discount! “With over 15 years of road racing experience, Cameron at Conover Motorsports knows what you need in a data acquisition system and how to make it happen. Cameron specializes…
In the long long ago, the original ShiftX was introduced as part of the original RaceCapture/Pro IndieGoGo campaign – and for all its simplicity, people loved it and still do! A simple 3 segment array of LEDs that connected to RaceCapture/Pro’s GPIO outputs, it could be used as a shift light, for alerts, and more. Our…
Firmware for RaceCapture and RaceCapture/Pro MK2 is now available, with a couple of important fixes. RaceCapture: Stability improvements A subtle but periodic crash would happen depending on the OBDII configuration, manifesting itself in reset lap times and more. RaceCapture/Pro MK2: Lua fixes that address GoPro camera connectivity in 2.10.0 we thought we fixed some inconsistency in the…
Before reading further, update your RaceCapture app today! Get it on Google Play for your Android device, Amazon app store for your Fire tablet, and download the desktop version for Windows or OSX. Setup wizard and first time experience We don’t read instructions and we know you probably don’t either. Well, we eventually read instructions when we…
We’re excited to support Izze Racing’s hot new multi-zone tire temperature sensor! It takes a few minutes to add all of the telemetry channels to your RaceCapture/Pro with the Lua script provided by one of our newest dealers, Race-Electronic. Check out the video, and get the integration script in our wiki!
At Autosport Labs, we like sensors with a predictable, accurate, and linear output. Even though we can map the temperature curve of any sensor, adding enough smarts to sensors to provide linearity and accuracy is quite appealing. When the sensor can be designed as a powered, active sensor, you can also eliminate external components like the pullup resistors seen in…