| Industry | Automotive Testing |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Weilburg, Germany |
| Key people |
Julian Thomas (Founder) Harry Thuillier (Chairman) Graham Mackie (Chief Executive Officer) |
| Products | VBOX, LabSat, Video VBOX |
| Employees | 50 (2011) |
| Website | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
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.
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The company was founded in 1992 by Julian Thomas after graduating from Durham University [1] 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 [2] and enhances vehicle acceleration,[3] with Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce Limited being two of the first car manufactuers to use the system.
With the US government's decision to turn off GPS selective availibility in 2001, GPS signal accuracy went from 100m to 3m overnight.[4] 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 now employs almost 50 staff in both the UK and Germany.
Racelogic Ltd specialise in the development of GPS, CAN-bus, Inertial and video based equipment,[5][6] designing applications for use in vehicle testing, motorsport, marine, defence, aviation, and GNSS device testing.[7][8]
Starting with the production of Traction Control units in 1993, the company now manufacture GPS data loggers,[9][10][11] GPS simulators,[12][13][14] and in-car video systems.[15][16][17]
Racelogic Ltd provide products and services which fall in to 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.[18]
Motorsport - Racelogic supply amateur and professional motorsport enthusiasts with performance meters and data logging devices.[19] Its latest product, 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 without leaving their office through simulating live satellite signals.[20]
Racelogic Ltd products:
| VBOX
VBOX is a powerful instrument used for measuring the speed and position of a moving vehicle. Based on a new generation of high performance satellite receivers, it will measure speed, distance, acceleration, lap times, position, braking distance and can be used to validate Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. |
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| Video VBOX
Designed for motorsport, track day and vehicle testing, Racelogic's Video VBOX in-car video system combines a digital video recorder with up to four bullet camera inputs, a real-time graphic overlay, stereo audio and a 10 Hz or 20 Hz GPS data logger in a single system. |
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| LabSat
GPS Simulator (with GLONASS option) giving you the ability to record and replay real GPS RF data. |
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| PerformanceBox
GPS based Performance meter for measuring your vehicle's speed, g-force and handling. |
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| DriftBox
GPS based Performance meter for measuring your vehicle's drift angle, lap times, and 'LineSnap' predictive lap times. |