Help us name the new version of Megajolt! First There was Megajolt Lite Jr. – everything a Marketing expert would say not to do: use the word Lite or Jr. in a name. Whoops! What did we know at the time? So, when we revised the design slightly, we re-cast it as Megajolt/E, E for…
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Do you Autocross?
We’re very pleased to announce… The Northwest Region SCCA 2012 Solo Championship Series … that’s right, we’re now the title sponsor of the very racing series that first inspired our interest in motorsports and led directly to the creation of Autsport Labs! We couldn’t imagine a more perfect fit! Big thanks to everyone who has…
RaceCapture/Pro little helper boards
Here’s a quick post to whet your appetite for RaceCapture/Pro. Actually, let’s be honest- it’s a filler post as we work on a bigger piece talking about real-time Race Car Telemetry. Yet, still cool! Here’s what we have cooking: So what do we have here? From top left, clockwise: JTAG Adapter: A JTag debugging /…
RaceCapture/Pro – hardware testing is painful
Oh, complexity When you’ve designed something with this many features- the demons of complexity come home to roost. And, when it comes to comprehensive testing it’s especially painful. Here’s a naked yet fully tested – manually tested – RaceCapture/Pro board with GPS and accelerometer modules installed. When I finished the spreadsheet identifying over 100 individual…
RaceCapture/Pro Testing
Here is a set of RaceCapture/Pro boards, currently under test. We just verified that all four hand-assembled accelerometer modules actually work! (small boards in green) Soldering fine pitch components is so often a sketchy exercise so I’m always a bit stunned when they come to life. Once they pass test they’ll be assembled in enclosures…
Introducing RaceCapture/Track
So one afternoon and one very late night yields a design we’ve been kicking around for a long time! You’re looking at RaceCapture/Track – A natural variant of our current RaceCapture Data Acquisition System (now called RaceCapture/Pro) that removes the analog & digital I/O and replaces it with a CAN OBD2 interface. It also features…
Megajolt/E- Black Edition
Here we have a minor update to the Megajolt/E ignition controller. What did we do? Just a few things: Normalized components Updated the design to use mostly 0603 parts so we can share components across RaceCapture, Megajolt/C and other projects. This will save us a ton of hassle swapping component reels on the pick and…
Tachometer Adapter
We’re on a kick for tiny boards! This one adapts Tachometers to work with engines converted to use multiple coil packs. Up to 4 coil packs are supported. An annoying problem neatly solved! This board is very small, making it easy to integrate inline into your existing wiring harness. Just wrap with electrical tape or…
Apparel / Gear store is open!
Hey! We have the Autosport Labs Apparel and Gear store open with the awesome designs from our not-so-recent T-shirt contest! We’ve taken care to optimize the graphics so they look great on light and dark clothing (We personally prefer dark) Plus, graphics are on the back, where they belong. Here are the winning designs: Dr.…
Happy Father’s Day
Today I received the best surprise Father’s day gift ever from my wonderful wife and partner in life, Kelley Picasso Commissioned by TEKSTartist – the alter-ego of our über-talented and good friend Jason Markow – (check out his other work, especially this!) Happy Father’s day to all you men living life all-out, and to their…