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F1 Testing data loggers

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what is this?

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it doesn't shows up on the other side above the right rear tyre... :wtf:

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It's the "Brain" for the Measuring Devices. Basically a Mini PC / Harddrive to save all the Data from the Pitot Tubes and Stuff.
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Thunders wrote:It's the "Brain" for the Measuring Devices. Basically a Mini PC / Harddrive to save all the Data from the Pitot Tubes and Stuff.
is there any other solutions to save the data from the pitlane instead of using a mini-hdd!? :?:
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Probably a 5G network could get that amount of data to the pits, but that technology is still experimental.
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It would probably use flash memory, as the vibrations would most likely cause a hard drive head crash

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i thought about 5G and that's why I asked but I don't know how much secure will be the line between the car and pitwall... :roll:

maybe other teams could also get that data... :?:
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turbof1 wrote:Probably a 5G network could get that amount of data to the pits, but that technology is still experimental.
"5g" is a con and also it's not a standard that is being looked at by the IEEE!

It's millimeter wavelength microwave which doesn't work thru anything more than a couple of sheets of paper and degrades severely during rain.

To sum up it useless for F1 data logging and mobile phones.
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zoro_f1 wrote:
Thunders wrote:It's the "Brain" for the Measuring Devices. Basically a Mini PC / Harddrive to save all the Data from the Pitot Tubes and Stuff.
is there any other solutions to save the data from the pitlane instead of using a mini-hdd!? :?:
I'm guessing the bulge is more for local processing rather than storage, but I could be wrong. after all, they transmit telemetry back to the pit lane all the time.

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boyracer94 wrote:It would probably use flash memory, as the vibrations would most likely cause a hard drive head crash

Well, if there really is HDD, it's SSD.
No heads, no problems.

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Pilatus wrote:
boyracer94 wrote:It would probably use flash memory, as the vibrations would most likely cause a hard drive head crash

Well, if there really is HDD, it's SSD.
No heads, no problems.
So... exactly what he said then ;P

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Pilatus wrote:
boyracer94 wrote:It would probably use flash memory, as the vibrations would most likely cause a hard drive head crash

Well, if there really is HDD, it's SSD.
No heads, no problems.
Unless it has a sandforce controller :P
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djos wrote:
turbof1 wrote:Probably a 5G network could get that amount of data to the pits, but that technology is still experimental.
"5g" is a con and also it's not a standard that is being looked at by the IEEE!

It's millimeter wavelength microwave which doesn't work thru anything more than a couple of sheets of paper and degrades severely during rain.

To sum up it useless for F1 data logging and mobile phones.
Like I said it's still experimental. When I'm talking about 5G, I'm obviously referring to the only place on earth where they claim to be trying it: south korea.
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turbof1 wrote: Like I said it's still experimental. When I'm talking about 5G, I'm obviously referring to the only place on earth where they claim to be trying it: south korea.
28GHz is wildy impractical for anything even slightly mobile - this article is worth a read. 8)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nigamarora/ ... stly-hype/
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zoro_f1 wrote:maybe other teams could also get that data... :?:
The data alone doesn't do you a whole lot of good. You don't know the experimental setup, and for all you know, it's just a calibration run and it's all junk anyways. Trying to intercept other people's telemetry in this situation is not a good use of time; focus on your own test program.
zoro_f1 wrote: is there any other solutions to save the data from the pitlane instead of using a mini-hdd!? :?:
Probably, but it's not worth the bother. Telemetry is there because it lets you know if something is wrong with the car and it lets you dial in strategy. For the data that you're collecting from the pitots and such... you don't really need to have it beamed back to the pits immediately. The raw data by itself probably isn't all that useful anyways. It won't be used until after the session anyways, so there's not much point in sending it back to the pits, as opposed to logging it to a disk on the car and then pulling the data afterwards.

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@Lycoming thanks for the answer... +1 :wink:
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