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Racelogic Ltd
IndustryAutomotive Testing
Founded1992
HeadquartersBuckingham, UK Weilburg, Germany
Key people
Julian Thomas (Founder)

Harry Thuillier (Chairman)

Graham Mackie (Chief Executive Officer)
ProductsVBOX, LabSat, Video VBOX, RACELOGIC Traction Control, PerformanceBox
Number of employees
80(2015)[1]
Websiteracelogic.co.uk

Racelogic Ltd is an automotive technology company based in Buckingham, United Kingdom.

Developing GPS, CAN bus, Inertial navigation system and video recording equipment, Racelogic Ltd design applications for use in vehicle testing, motorsport, marine, defence, aviation, and GNSS device testing.

History

The company was founded in 1992 by Julian Thomas after graduating from Durham University [2] with a degree in Physics and Electronics.

Julian's goal was to supply electronic control systems to the motorsport world, launching a Traction Control device in 1993. Car manufacturers were quick to adopt the Electronic stability control device which reduces the chance of an accident occurring [3] and enhances vehicle acceleration,[4] with Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce Limited being two of the first car manufacturers to use the system.

With the US government's decision to turn off GPS selective availability in 2001, GPS signal accuracy went from 100m to 3m overnight.[5] Using the effectiveness and flexibility now offered by GPS technology, Racelogic Ltd recognised the opportunity for high speed, high accuracy GPS devices within the vehicle testing market, launching its first Velocity Box (a.k.a. VBOX) in 2001.

In 2004 the company celebrated selling its devices to its 50th country worldwide, with a high-percentage of automotive manufacturers using VBOX systems in the testing and development of their vehicles.

Awarded the Queen's Awards for Enterprise (2007), in 2008 due to expansion the company relocated to a purpose built headquarters in Buckingham UK, launching its new Video VBOX unit to combine GPS data logging, multi-camera video recording and graphic overlay into a single device.

The company employs 80 staff in the UK, Germany and United States.

Operations

Racelogic specialise in the development of GPS, CAN-bus, Inertial and video based equipment,[6][7] designing applications for use in vehicle testing, motorsport, marine, defence, aviation, and GNSS device testing.[8][9]

Starting with the production of traction control units in 1993, the company now manufacture GPS data loggers,[10][11][12] GPS simulators,[13][14][15] and in-car video systems.[16][17][18]

Racelogic Ltd provide products and services which fall into three broad categories:

Automotive Testing - Serving the three major automotive manufacturing markets (i.e. Germany, America, Asia), Racelogic systems are used by suppliers to test new designs and vehicle concepts.[19]

Motorsport - Racelogic supply amateur and professional motorsport enthusiasts with performance meters and data logging devices.[20] The Video VBOX, allows users to record and replay video footage from their time on track.

GPS Simulation - Launched in 2009 Racelogic's LabSat allows companies to repetitively test GNSS equipment from a stationary location by simulating live satellite signals.[21]

Products

RACELOGIC design and develop high accuracy GPS data loggers, speed sensors, video data loggers, and GNSS simulators. RACELOGIC products are suitable for vehicle testing, motorsport, marine and mining applications, defense, aviation, as well as the testing of GNSS enabled devices.

RACELOGIC products:

File:VBOX.png VBOX

VBOX is a data acquisition system used for measuring the speed and position of a moving vehicle. It will measure speed, distance, acceleration, lap times, position, braking distance , vehicle attitude (pitch, roll, slip) and vehicle separation, and can be used for brake testing, vehicle dynamics or Advanced Driver Assistance Systems testing.

File:Racelogic Video VBOX.jpg
RACELOGIC Video VBOX Lite
 VBOX

Designed for motorsport, track day and vehicle testing, it combines a digital video recorder with camera and stereo audio inputs, a real-time graphic overlay, and a GPS data logger.

File:LabSat.png LabSat

GPS Simulator gives the ability to record and replay real GPS RF data from GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou simultaneously.

File:RACELOGIC PerformanceBox.jpg
RACELOGIC PerformanceBox
 PerformanceBox

GPS based performance meter for measuring a vehicle's speed, g-force and handling.

File:Driftbox1.png DriftBox

GPS based performance meter for measuring a vehicle's drift angle, lap times, and predictive lap times.

References

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  2. ^ "Durham University". Dur.ac.uk. 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
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  6. ^ "Vehicle Dynamics International". Vehicle Dynamics International. 2010-09-07.
  7. ^ "European Motor News". European Motor News. 2010-09-07.
  8. ^ "insideGNSS". Inside GNSS. 2010-09-07. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "insideGNSS". Inside GNSS. 2010-09-07. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "EVO Car Magazine". Evo.co.uk. 2006-02-27. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  11. ^ "Goliath". Goliath.ecnext.com. 2002-11-07. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  12. ^ John, Honest (2002-06-08). "Telegraph". Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  13. ^ "GPS World". GPS World. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  14. ^ "Electronics Weekly". Electronics Weekly. 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  15. ^ "Thomas Net News". News.thomasnet.com. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  16. ^ "Irish Times". Irish Times. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  17. ^ "CNET Car Tech". Cartech.fr. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  18. ^ "Rally Buzz". Rally Buzz. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  19. ^ "Car and Driver". Car and Driver. 2011-09-08.
  20. ^ "Worldbook and News". worldbookandnews.com. 2011-09-08.
  21. ^ "GPS World". GPS World. 2011-09-08.
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