Introduction <<< GrandPrixTracker.com >>>
Website and contents created by: Michael A. Hornback
This Hardware and Software was designed as a unique complete package to measure Race Times and calculate Finished Positions for any miniature Race Track. It also performs Record Keeping associated with all aspects of the race for each player.
This package can be used with the Awana Grand Prix, the Pinewood Derby, the Shape 'N Race Derby, the Kub Kar Derby, the Cub Scouts, the Royal Rangers or any other similar racing event when miniature racing Timed Events and Placed Positions are essential. The tracks Tower can be customized to fit any width track up to 4 lanes with a maximum height clearance of 14 inches.
A big advantage in this system is that the Interface Board connects to any USB port on your computer, thus eliminating the ever disappearing serial and parallel ports. The Grand Prix Tracker is designed for the Pinewood Derby wooden block cars or anything else equivalent. This software has only been tested using a Windows Platform and runs in Windows XP and Windows 7 (not DOS). The software will track up to 96 players at once and will accumulate and compute all Race Data throughout the Event. The Race Times are displayed on the computer monitor in real time (displaying it on a large TV screen or Projector is an added attraction).
Many different reports are generated showing Best Times, Average Times, Accumulated Times, Accumulated Points, Individual Times and much more that can be viewed or printed. The software allows for many custom settings depending on the type of race event chosen. Complete accurate race times are acquired via the microcontroller chip (outside the Windows environment) which does the actual timing process to within one thousandth of a second.
Great care was taken in the software that allows for complete recovery in a catastrophic event caused by power or computer failure. This Grand Prix Tracker can be purchased as a Complete Package or Build Yourself Version using my Software, Schematics, Parts List and Construction help.
This package can be used with the Awana Grand Prix, the Pinewood Derby, the Shape 'N Race Derby, the Kub Kar Derby, the Cub Scouts, the Royal Rangers or any other similar racing event when miniature racing Timed Events and Placed Positions are essential. The tracks Tower can be customized to fit any width track up to 4 lanes with a maximum height clearance of 14 inches.
A big advantage in this system is that the Interface Board connects to any USB port on your computer, thus eliminating the ever disappearing serial and parallel ports. The Grand Prix Tracker is designed for the Pinewood Derby wooden block cars or anything else equivalent. This software has only been tested using a Windows Platform and runs in Windows XP and Windows 7 (not DOS). The software will track up to 96 players at once and will accumulate and compute all Race Data throughout the Event. The Race Times are displayed on the computer monitor in real time (displaying it on a large TV screen or Projector is an added attraction).
Many different reports are generated showing Best Times, Average Times, Accumulated Times, Accumulated Points, Individual Times and much more that can be viewed or printed. The software allows for many custom settings depending on the type of race event chosen. Complete accurate race times are acquired via the microcontroller chip (outside the Windows environment) which does the actual timing process to within one thousandth of a second.
Great care was taken in the software that allows for complete recovery in a catastrophic event caused by power or computer failure. This Grand Prix Tracker can be purchased as a Complete Package or Build Yourself Version using my Software, Schematics, Parts List and Construction help.
