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VBOX III |
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The VBOX III
uses GPS to allow you to perform detailed analysis of Braking, accelerating,
handling and circuit testing. The VBOX will fit to a car in 30 seconds, and
requires no setting up or calibration.
The system
uses a survey grade 100Hz GPS engine to record Velocity, Time, Position,
Acceleration & Distance at 100Hz. The data is stored on a removable compact
flash card.
In addition
to measuring these parameters, the VBOX III has 4x 24bit analogue input
channels, 8 CAN channels, two analogue outputs and two digital outputs. |
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The following parameters can be logged simultaneously at 100Hz:
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Satellites |
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Time |
Heading (degrees
true north) |
Latitude
(minutes)
Longitude (minutes)
Velocity over ground (kmh/mph) |
Height
(meters/feet)
Vertical velocity (kmh/mph)
Distance (metres) |
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Lateral
acceleration (g) |
4x Analogue inputs
(±50v) |
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Longitudinal
acceleration (g) |
8x CAN inputs from
vehicle |
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Outputs: |
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Digital
(velocity 90-1000 pulses per metre)
CAN (all parameters - 1Mbit default)
RS232 (all parameters - 115200 baud)
Analogue (velocity 0-5v, scale adjustable)
Note: Values
shown are defaults. The range of the analogue and digital outputs are fully
configurable via the VBOX Tools software. |
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Inputs: |
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Brake trigger
input (scanned at 100KHz)
The VBOX can
also be connected to a number of modules to measure external signals such as
Analogue, Digital, Thermocouple, Frequency and CAN.
There are two
different types of display that can be used in the vehicle, see
displays for more information.
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VBOXIII and 2cm Accuracy - the
RLVB3R5
Also available is the VBOXIII equipped with
hardware which allows it to be used with an RTK differential
Base Station. This makes it possible to achieve positional accuracy
up to 2cm, taking the VBOXIII to a new level of precision measurement.
If the RTK option is in use, the VBOX log rate is set to 50Hz. However
for all applications which do not require such exact positional accuracy
the RLVB3R5 can still be used in its standard 100Hz form. |
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Versatile |
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The VBOX III
allows an unprecedented amount of parameters to be logged from a compact
self-contained data logger. In the example on the right, all four wheel
speeds have been extracted from the CAN bus of the vehicle and overlaid with
the true vehicle speed.
A maths channel in the VBOX software has been used to calculate individual
wheel slip as %, and is plotted above the other curves.
In addition, you
could also display X&Y acceleration, distance travelled, engine RPM, four
analogue channels, heading, height, vertical velocity and vehicle position,
without any additional sensors or modules. |
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