In-app telemetry – now available! See the green cloud? One of the major features required for moving the Android Beta app into production was in-app telemetry, using your smartphone to provide that telemetry link, a convenient alternative to RaceCapture/Pro’s built-in telemetry module. This feature has been available for a long time in the trusty but long-in-the-tooth RaceCapture production app. The…
Category: Telemetry
New feature: race leaderboards!
Today we launched an awesome update to make RaceCapture/Live more social and fun for all users: a redesigned race leaderboard page! Now when you and other friends are at the same event you can easily see who has the fastest lap times, what each person’s fastest lap time is and you can compare best laps…
New feature: compare real-time telemetry between different drivers and cars
Not just who’s faster, but why! Lap times only tell you who’s faster. But why? A brand new real-time feature for the Race Capture telemetry system: Compare laps between drivers and cars at the same event. It’s simple- have your friends join the same event, put down some laps and navigate to the event view. There you…
CAN Bus integration – including reverse engineering!
The curiosity and demand for RaceCapture/Pro CAN bus integration is quite high based on all of the feedback and activity we’ve been seeing. Our friend Zandr showed us this One Cool Hack in Lua scripting that was especially clever: a clean way to map CAN bus IDs to function calls that extract and map telemetry data. Spurred on by his creativity, I…
RaceCapture/Pro Telemetry featured in NASA Speed News
We love seeing our customers using our technology to help secure a podium finish – especially at the legendary NASA 25 hour endurance race! Read on about how Rob Henretta and Technik/HQ Autosport used RaceCapture/Pro telemetry to get an edge in the Feburary NASA Speed News
RaceCapture/Pro Firmware 2.7.8 available (MK1 and MK2)
Saturday morning. No coffee and no food because you stayed up late hacking on firmware – so when you’re on the phone helping a customer with a firmware and app upgrade these kind of things are like cards stacked against you while you try to focus and sound intelligent. But it’s all worth it when a…
AT&T – new data plan option for RaceCapture/Pro wireless telemetry
Just enough data at the right place Good news for you data junkies: AT&T now has data-only plans starting at $15/month for 250MB – plenty for streaming wireless telemetry for a long endurance racing weekend. This is excellent news as AT&T seems to have superior coverage at many tracks, from the feedback we’ve received! Check out…
Control Mychron3 Dash with RaceCapture/Pro
Open Design + CAN bus support With the open design of RaceCapture/Pro you can do some pretty amazing things. Like control a Mychron3 dash over CAN bus! Current under research- check out the details. We can also receive data from virtually any CAN-enabled system and map them to wireless telemetry channels, streaming live data to the…
Roof mount telemetry antenna kits in stock
Based on user feedback we’ve selected a great roof-mount antenna kit upgrade for your RaceCapture/Pro telemetry system. It’s a weatherproof, rugged and high performance unit paired with the correct mount for the perfect roof mount setup. Directly compatible with RaceCapture/Pro MK1 and MK2. Get it now in the online store!
Feature Customer: Rob Henretta
This week’s featured customer is Rob Henretta, who races a BMW E46 and E30 in the western US. What region / location / tracks do you currently race at? Western US, mainly California. What car(s) do you currently race? Our primary car is our #14 BMW Spec E46 endurance car. We also have a BMW…