Recently we were honored to work with Nathan Jones of Radical Sports cars UK – he was data engineer for Turn 3 Motorsport, campaigning a Radical SR3 for the grueling NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill. They decisively took the overall win, and did it with the help of Podium real-time telemetry. Read on for…
Big things are coming for RaceCapture and Podium – both software and hardware. Here’s a sampling of what to expect in Q1 2020. Some of these will be delivered in the coming weeks, so brace yourselves! RaceCapture app 2.0 – all about the analysis Chances are you saw the big news about the new Podium…
We are proud to partner with Eric Kaul of Wireless Zone to offer bundled Verizon SIM cards with new 4G enabled PodiumConnect and RaceCapture systems, for USA customers. Eric has been serving the amateur and professional motorsports racing enthusiasts since 2016 with their technology needs on the Verizon Wireless network. Convenience and outstanding deals on…
Our new linear temperature sensor requires no pull-up resistor and has a simple 10mV/C temperature response, great for CAN bus mapping as well as direct sensor integration. Order exclusively through our dealer network. You can use the convenient preset for RaceCapture/Pro inputs – just 3 wires and you’re set. If you’re using AnalogX, use the…
Update 10 Sept 2019 – 2.17.4 (RaceCapture/Pro MK3 / MK2) and 2.17.5 (RaceCapture/Apex – PodiumConnect) firmware has been released that fixes an issue with telemetry buffering when combined with virtual channels defined in Lua. We recommend updating before your next race. Download from http://podium.live/software Update 2.17.2 firmware (RaceCapture/Pro) and 2.17.3 (PodiumConnect/RaceCapture/Apex) firmware has been released…
Think your engine is the only thing you should monitor? You should also consider the nut behind the wheel! The driver is arguably the most important part of the equation, and now we’ve integrated Wireless Motorsports BioTelemetry system as a CAN preset. Thank you Peter Krause for supplying the necessary CAN bus information! With the…
Unified Configuration files RaceCapture configuration files (.rcp) will now store the full dashboard configuration, layout, alerts and other app preferences into the main RaceCapture configuration file saved under Setup. Correspondingly, all dashboard and app settings are restored when the file is loaded under setup. It’s a unified way to save and share your RaceCapture configuration,…
There’s an important firmware update for PodiumConnect that fixes an important issue around reliably detecting and calculating laps. Upgrade before your next race Get the PodiumConnect 2.13.9 firmware from our Downloads page. Installation is easy and will take a few minutes; just follow the same guide as RaceCapture/Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFb-EeiXy8 Thanks to our testers Last Saturday…
If you have been following our posts and videos on our progress towards bringing you pit-to-car alerts, you’ll know we’ve been hard at work on this big new feature for RaceCapture and Podium. Good news: it’s ready for you to beta test! But first, check out the demo by Alex of Rainbow Unicorn Racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v-iIi1fqxw…
Here is a guest blog post by one of our contributors, Gil Markham. Wanting precise fuel consumption calculations to strategize pit stops, Gil integrated a precision fuel flow sensor into his RaceCapture/Pro telemetry system. In this article he describes how he developed it: By Gil Markham We’ve been racing in amateur endurance racing (Lemons,…