WSC09 Race Strategy - every possible angle covered
By understanding that strategy is an important facet of the 2009 World Solar Challenge, Sunswift team members have undertaken a huge development task.
Sunswift IVy's electrical system provides a vast amount of data to the strategist, but recording and analysing that data is a daunting feat. To help with strategy decisions, we have designed a piece of software that interfaces with the car's telemetry system, and provides a visual display of data being transferred from the solar car. Scanalysis is written in Python with a GTK user interface and runs on both Linux and Mac OS, and with a mobile wireless network between all of the vehicles in our fleet, everyone in the team will be able to see live and up-to-date statistics on the car.
"The analysis that this software allows us to perform will allow Sunswift IVy to perform at her most efficient throughout the race, it will allow us to monitor, among other statistics, tracker output, array temperature, tyre pressure, battery voltage and temperature, and detailed motor controller information", says electrical team member Etienne Le SueurScanalysis is under constant development, and will also allow us to make updates to our website while on the race, so look forward to live updates from Sunswift later in October!
By understanding that strategy is an important facet of the 2009 World Solar Challenge, Sunswift team members have undertaken a huge development task.
Sunswift IVy's electrical system provides a vast amount of data to the strategist, but recording and analysing that data is a daunting feat. To help with strategy decisions, we have designed a piece of software that interfaces with the car's telemetry system, and provides a visual display of data being transferred from the solar car. Scanalysis is written in Python with a GTK user interface and runs on both Linux and Mac OS, and with a mobile wireless network between all of the vehicles in our fleet, everyone in the team will be able to see live and up-to-date statistics on the car.
"The analysis that this software allows us to perform will allow Sunswift IVy to perform at her most efficient throughout the race, it will allow us to monitor, among other statistics, tracker output, array temperature, tyre pressure, battery voltage and temperature, and detailed motor controller information", says electrical team member Etienne Le SueurScanalysis is under constant development, and will also allow us to make updates to our website while on the race, so look forward to live updates from Sunswift later in October!
