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Motorsport Performance Application - looking for developer to bring idea to reality
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ghoonk
2008-02-26 , 20:42
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let's keep in mind that the intention here is to build a cheap and affordable GPS log analytics tool for the trackday/karting enthusiast. Most motorsport enthusiasts would not be overly concerned about their lateral G readings as they would be over stuff like average speed, sector time, lap time, etc.
Also, most tracks/circuits are outdoors with very few of them having coverage blackout areas, and even if there were, the small anomaly in reading would not be significant enough to affect the data much. Also, motorsport enthusiasts on a budget would not be overly concerned about having accuracy down past the 1/100th of a second, and if they did, I would happily recommend that they start considering a prosumer tool like the Performance Box that costs around 3 times as much.
The tablet's advantage here is that it is portable and has good battery life. If I could find someone to port EcuFlash (
www.openecu.org
), Mitsulogger (
www.aktivematrix.com
), and ScanTech (
www.aktivematrix.com
), and run it alongside the GPS log analytics tool, that would be perfect. Ecuflash would allow me to maintain my street and track ECU ROMs in my tablet and allow me to change maps at the track without needing to carry around my notebook. Likewise, I would be able to use Mitsulogger to do ECU datalogging from the OBD-II port, and use ScanTech to identify and remove DTCs and troubleshoot where needed.
Adding a gyro and other peripherals at this point in time would increase the complexity of development significantly without any huge gains.
For now, what I really need are suggestions on how to get freelance developers who are looking to put their name on a project like this, to get this project off the ground.
As it were, I'm almost prepared to run a small coding contest with a small prize pot of USD5000 to the winning application.
vabgeo, you seem knowledgeable on such matters. Are you keen to try your hand at coding this app?
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