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SPEEDBOX / OverviewAndFeatures

Product Overview

The SPEEDBOX is the second generation of GPS-Inertial speed measurement system from Race-Technology. The SPEEDBOX combines data from GPS and inertial sensors to provide a full 200Hz speed update rate with outputs on RS232, CAN, digital pulse or analogue. The SPEEDBOX includes 4 high resolution analogue inputs/outputs, 2 trigger inputs, CAN bus output, and dual serial ports. All inputs and outputs are configurable from the dedicated PC software supplied.

The RTK option enables the SPEEDBOX to provide high accuracy slip angle, pitch and yaw measurements at up to 20Hz.

The IMU option enables the SPEEDBOX to output yaw rate, pitch rate and roll rate at up to 200Hz.

The INS option combines the output from a 6 DoF IMU with the GPS solution to provide a full 200Hz solution of speed, heading, attitude (roll, pitch and yaw), slip angle and more.

Applications

The SPEEDBOX is designed to be used as a sensor head either for direct connection to a PC or to an additional data logging system, primarily for OEM testing and high-end motorsport applications, or anywhere a high accuracy real time speed measurement is required. OEM applications are not limited to the automotive industry; units are already in use in the rail industry and other applications have been identified.

Standard Features

The main feature of the SPEEDBOX is the 200Hz high accuracy speed output derived from combined accelerometer and GPS speed data. Key features of the SPEEDBOX include:

• High accuracy 200Hz speed output.
• 20Hz GPS speed and position output
• 3 Axis acceleration measurements. .
• Optional internal IMU.
• SPI Expansion port.
• Dual serial ports (3 output modes)
• CAN output port
• 4 x Analogue input / output ports
• Brake / event trigger input
• Wide 9-30v supply range
• Extremely low latency (2-3ms)
• Low power (3w)