Hi Simon
Sounds like Comedi or MatPLC might make good starting points for such a project - It depends on what sort of accuracy is required in lap timing. Another source of code snippets can also be found in the rtai CVS repository.
http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi http://mat.sourceforge.net http://www.aero.polimi.it/~rtai
I would suggest using a realtime kernel for this especially if you are using interrupts for the timing triggers. You won't get a high resolution with a standard kernel.
Regards, Paul.
On Monday 17 Jun 2002 3:36 pm, Simon wrote:
I race model RC Nitro powered cars and the software for timing purposes is very expensive and only run's on Windows. Ah-ha, there's a good project in there should it not have already been done.. So, any of you chaps heard or know of such a project ?