Accelerometers/data logging
One of my Engineers has been working on a project at home that incorporates a 2-axis accelerometer and embedded processor. The basic functionality is similar to a Gtech Pro unit. With car weight input and knowing rate of acceleration over time, it can calculate HP, 1/4 mile times, etc. I own a GTech and they are handy, but limited.
It seems like it would be fairly easy to patch into some of the other sensors and create data log files during a run that could be uploaded to the home PC and create some useful performance data and graphs or display them in-car on a small LCD screen. Anyone have thoughts on which parameters would be the most useful to capture? I would think that tach info would be the most useful as HP could be plotted against RPM, but what about parameters such as TPS, O2 sensors or ?
Anyone know of similar products on the market?
--- Ken
'01 GTS
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