TELEMETRY SYSTEM FOR REALTIME MONITORING OF AN OFFROAD RACECAR

Abstract

The University of Arizona Baja racing team competes annually in a grueling fourhour offroad endurance race which subjects vehicles to an array of obstacles such as jumps, boulders, and mud bogs. This paper examines the telemetering system created by the UA Baja Team to monitor a range of critical aspects of the car with the goal of detecting and identifying possible mechanical failures and areas with potential for improvement. Running on an Arduino Mega, the system stores all gathered data to an SD card and transmits it back to the pit wirelessly for realtime analysis.