Stack launch next generation digital video recorders & ground-breaking TPMS at Autosport Engineering

Dec. 23, 2008 - PRLog -- 1. Stack DVRs for Motorsport

Stack’s second generation video recorders have the same quality, reliability and compact design of the original Stack DVR, but at a price and with specifications specially with motorsport in mind. Stack’s new range of Digital Video Recorders for Motorsport is available in three variants:

PRO-4 DVR
For high quality, multiple camera input video recordings on the move, the miniature solid-state PRO-4 Digital Video Recorder (DVR) provides the optimum solution and is specifically designed for the motorsport environment.  The DVR employs broadcast standard MPEG2 video compression to record very high quality video and audio direct to a Compact  Flash (CF) card.  This card can be removed with ease and played on a PC or laptop using a standard media player application. Recordings can be archived direct to DVD for playback on a standard DVD player.

The PRO-4 DVR has 4 camera inputs and a 4-input multiplexer, allowing virtually any combination of 1 to 4 camera images (composite PAL or NTSC) on one screen, with configurable scaling, cropping, positioning and picture-in-picture.  

The PRO-4 DVR is housed inside a rugged, fully waterproof enclosure, specifically designed and manufactured to protect the unit from the motorsport environment.  The unit is compact and durable with no moving parts (other than the sealed flash card access door), and is capable of operating where normal VCRs or DV recorders are not.  

The PRO-4 DVR can be used as a stand-alone multiple camera DVR, or as part of a fully Synchronized Video-Logger system, complete with modular data acquisition from 8 to 128 channels.

Being a fully waterproof unit, and operating from 0-70°C, the PRO-4 DVR is ideally suited for all types of motorsport, from Formula 1 to karts, bikes to boats, and many more applications.


PRO DVR
The PRO DVR has all of the features of the PRO-4 DVR above, but with only 1 camera input.


CLUBMAN DVR
The Clubman DVR is perfect for all forms of club and semi-professional motorsport.  It has all of the features of the PRO DVR, but utilising commercial connectors to provide exceptional value for money.  The Clubman DVR is not waterproof and operates from 0-50°C.


KEY FEATURES - STACK MOTORSPORT DVR RANGE

•   Solid-state, no moving parts, ensuring reliable operation year after year.
•   1 to 4 camera inputs (Pro-4 only).
•   Up to 720x576 resolution @ 25 fps (PAL) or 720x480 @ 30 fps (NTSC).
•   Records to removable Compact Flash (CF) card, playable on PC or burn to DVD.
•   Up to 8 hours of highest quality, full resolution recording.
•   2 channel audio recording.
•   9 - 20V DC powered, 4 Watts, suitable for all motorsport applications.
•   Fully waterproof unit (DVR Pro-4 and DVR PRO only)




2. Stack Battery-free TPMS
Accurate tyre pressures are a proven performance enhancer, delivering consistent performance advantages in all levels of motorsport. Dynamic tyre pressure monitoring while out on the track allows the team to optimise tyre performance over the whole lap and whole run.
Stack’s Battery-free Tyre Pressure and Temperature Monitoring System (TPMS) completely re-defines tyre pressure monitoring in motorsport.  Based on patented SAW sensor technology, the problems associated with mounting batteries and complicated electronics in sensors on wheels have at last been completely eliminated.  
SYSTEM FEATURES – STACK’S TPMS
•   No battery or complicated sensor electronics  - providing unrivalled reliability
•   No user maintenance required during full service life – significantly lower total life operating costs
•   Detect slow punctures long before the driver feels them, and long before catastrophic tyre failure
•   One module interrogates 1, 2 or 4 wheels – suitable for cars, trucks and bikes
•   Models available with 1Hz, 5Hz, or 10Hz sampling
•   Specialist high sampling rate modes – up to 40Hz on one wheel
•   Supports virtually unlimited number of wheel sets
•   Secure operation – each sensor has a unique serial number to ensure other teams cannot interrogate it remotely
•   Compact, lightweight module – 100mm x 70mm x 15mm; 140g
•   Pressure and Temperature data output on user configurable CAN bus


Stack is exhibiting at the Autosport Engineering Show, part of Autosport International on Thursday 8 - Friday 9 January 2009 at the NEC Birmingham.  STAND E1132, HALL 9.

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Stack Ltd. is a leading global supplier of Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Video-Logging solutions including integrated driver display, tachometers, (stand-alone or integrated) modular data acquisition systems, and powerful, easy-to-use DataPro analysis software.