Ka-Raceing

We at Ka-RaceIng annually build three racecars: one with a combustion engine, one with electric motors and a driverless vehicle, which is also based on an electric drivetrain. The ability to accurately locate our cars using a satellite based navigation system is important to us for two main reasons:

• First, our electric car relies on a complex control model that regulates its four motors in such a way, that the vehicle can achieve maximum performance in terms of acceleration, handling and agility in every situation. To be able to do so, it requires precise knowledge of its velocity and slip angle. Information about both can be extracted from the GNSS data.

• The second reason is, that GNSS allows us to correlate specific events during testing and driver training to a position on the race-track. For example, this is extremely helpful for linking errors to their cause, but most important it allows us to analyze the driving style of our drivers. This way, we can provide the drivers with detailed feedback and suggestions for improving their performance. Personalized training like that greatly helps us to improve our results in races.
The Locosys LS23032 GNSS-Mouse serves our purposes perfectly. It comes in a small, yet waterproof package, which makes it convenient to use in lightweight outdoor applications.
Furthermore, it can receive data from various satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS), enabling our cars to drive anywhere in the world with excellent satellite coverage. Additionally, the LS23032 works out of the box without any configuration necessary, but at the same time provides the option to customize its functionality to suit almost any application.