About Traqmate GPS Data Acquisition
Traqmate - low-cost, high-performance GPS Data Acquisition System.
Traqmate is a high performance GPS Data Acquisition System for pros or track day enthusiasts who want to record their day, play it back with their video, and analyze their performance to get the most out of their car and themselves. Traqmate was designed by racers and is great for finding that last second in your laptimes.
Drop and Go – Stick a Traqmate in your car, turn it on, and collect data all day long. No sensors required.
Replay Your Day – Upload the data into Traqview. See your car on the track and your performance on the virtual dashboard.
Instant Gratification – See your lap times as they happen on the in-car display.
Share and Compare – Create virtual races with friends or with yourself from different sessions. Trade laps with your friends. Learn from them.
Easy to Use – No engineering degree required. The Traqmate Sensor Unit has one button. What could be easier? The Traqmate Display Unit is menu-driven with prompts in English. Just pick what you want – no typing, no memorizing buttons.
Analyze – Zoom in on your lap. Single step to see G loads and speed. Compare braking and acceleration points between cars and drivers. Graph data vs. time and distance.
Grow – Want even more information? Add sensors for digital, analog, and frequency inputs.
Share Your Toys – Loan your Traqmate to a friend or loan your car to a faster driver. Then compare their laps against your own. Even two drivers with equal laptimes can both learn from each other.
It Gets Better – Traqmate’s heart is a very powerful microprocessor so new features and functionality will be made available over time. Download the new software from traqmate.com, reprogram the unit, and you are good to go with new features. Ditto for Traqview, the colorful and easy-to-use Windows software will continue to advance with user-defined graphs, performance metrics, video integration, and more.
The Traqmate System has three main components – the Sensor Unit (SU) contains a high-speed microprocessor, non-volatile memory, high-resolution accelerometers, a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, and am RS-232 serial interface. The Display Unit (DU) contains a high-speed microprocessor, a bit-mapped graphic display, non-volatile memory, and a USB interface. The final component is Traqview, the innovative Windows software that allows you to view your performance in many different ways.
Traqmate Display Unit
The Display Unit (DU) is a major leap in low-cost data acquisition providing in-car lap timing without a need for external beacons. The graphical and menu-driven user interface makes data collection easy and fun. Even more innovative, the DU is a USB powered data storage device. Unclip it from your car and plug it into your PC's USB port. The Display Unit powers up and transfers your data right into Traqview where your sessions are listed by Driver, Track, and Vehicle.
The DU has a backlit bitmapped screen for easy reading day or night. The membrane switch has large buttons so it can be accessed with gloves and is resistant to moisture, dirt, and grease. Mount it anywhere with Velcro or the optional quick clip or window mount.
With the Traqmate DU, in-car lap timing has never been easier. Just press a button at the Start/Finish Line for a track one time ever. The unit will remember that track in the future. Place the unit in Lapping Mode and watch your laps click off. The display shows Lap Number, Lap Time, Best Lap, and whether the lap was faster or slower than the previous lap. There is even a Qualifying Mode that will show you if you are ahead or behind your best lap of the session.
Lap Timing continues even if GPS signal is lost or spotty. Review laps for any session and delete the ones you don't want.
The Display Unit is attractive enough to use every day. When traveling to the track, turn on the DU and you will get a nice GPS compass, atomic clock, and a speedometer.
Traqmate Sensor Unit
In addition to the 4 Sample/Second GPS receiver and 5 G accelerometers, the Sensor Unit has digital, analog, and frequency inputs for measuring individual aspects of vehicle performance such as RPM or steering wheel position. These are recorded alongside the position and force data for easy graphing. image of Traqmate Sensor Unit
Four LEDs indicate power, data collection mode, GPS signal, and data communications activity. The single button is used for ON/OFF and for entering and exiting data communications mode. The Sensor Unit can be used standalone or in conjunction with a Display Unit, in which case it is entirely remotely controlled.
The Sensor Unit can be entirely configured using the Traqview. You can enter Drivers, Tracks, and Vehicles and all data is date and time-stamped so there is never any confusion. In addition, Traqview lets you customize the unit with your name and contact information in case it is lost or stolen.
