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01 - BTMS Introduction

Introduction

The RACELOGIC Brake Temperature Monitoring System (BTMS) has been specifically designed to measure, log and display the surface temperature of the brake disc, providing invaluable information to the test driver whilst on track.

The system consists of RLACS314 brake disc temperature sensors that are specifically designed to be used with the VBOX Touch display. You can use this system to measure the highly transient surface temperature of a brake disc. The VBOX Touch has a real-time display of the temperature across the width of each brake disc and the driver has immediate insight into what is happening to their brakes on the track. This will give you invaluable information for chassis tuning and driver development and to evaluate and optimise the pad pressure distribution, pad selection, cooling efficiency, braking efficiency, and hot spot formation from thermoelastic instabilities. The responsive colour display gives you a visual representation via 64 individual heat maps per brake disc, as well as live and maximum temperature values, current speed and Vmax.

VBOX Touch BTMS.png
 

Each sensor has a field of view of 60° and can measure up to 16 temperature points on an object with surface temperatures ranging from -20°C to 950°C. Heat Maps on the display represents live brake disc temperatures.
 

You can find the complete technical data for the Brake Temperature Monitoring System on the datasheet, which is available on the VBOX Automotive website.

Features

  • 4.3" TFT daylight readable capacitive touch screen
  • 4 x high brightness LED Indicators
  • Up to 16 infrared temperature points per sensor
  • CAN Bus data output
  • 10 Hz GPS receiver with internal patch antenna
  • Removable protective rubber cover included
  • SMA connector for external GPS antenna (overrides the internal antenna when connected)
  • Live temperature display with VBOX Touch
  • Compatible with VBOX Video HD2 and VBOX Touch

Display Connectors

You can find more detailed connector information on the PIN-OUTS page.

Left Side

VBOX Touch Side SD View.png

Right Side

VBOX Touch Side Lemo View.png

Standard Inventory

Description Quantity Product Code
VBOX Touch 10 Hz Unit 1 VBTOUCH-V1
Rubber Overmould 1 MECH0298SD
Unterminated Power Supply (2 m) 1 RLCAB010LE
Brake Temperature Monitoring Sensors (60° FOV) 4 RLACS314-60
Wiring Loom 1 ACS272LOOM
8 GB SDHC Card (Class 10) 1 RLACS259
GNSS Antenna (3 m) 1 RLACS262
Swivel Neck Richter Suction Mount 1 RLACS277
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