Team Plus Wheel Turtle – Tyre temp sensor

Description

The Team Plus™ WHEEL TURTLE™ is an innovative sensor module designed to mount in a wheel arch.  Each WHEEL TURTLE™ collects data on 8 Temperature points across the face of each tyre, plus distance to wheel for suspension movement and tyre colour RGB values.

These values are sent via Bluetooth 4 and can be

• • Viewed live on Team Plus™ TELDASH™ phone app
  • Logged and/or remote viewed using TELEDASH phone app or  Team Plus™ TELELOGGER™
  • Integrated to your CANbus Dash or Logger uning the  Team Plus™ CANGate for Wheel Turtle.

The WT1 model features:

• Adjustable head moving around 80 degrees to allow extra mounting position options.
• Internal battery for easy install and movement between vehicles
• Micro USB port for charging and software updates.
• Power Switch for battery management
• 59 x 46 x 20mm (head flat) or 59 x 46 x 27mm (head raised) and only 35 grams including battery.
• 110 degree field of vision.

Description

The Team Plus™ WHEEL TURTLE™ is a set of 4 innovative sensor modules to mount in each wheel arch sending:

• 8 Temperatures across the face of each tyre
• distance to wheel for suspension movement
• tyre colour RGB values.

Tyre temperature data is critical for driver improvement, using the data to learn to warm tyres correctly and keeping them in the best traction window for races and qualifying.  The data collected by The Team Plus™ WHEEL TURTLES™ it is critical for Engineers, to help setup wheel and tyre settings, highlighting excess heat on inside or outside of tyre and peak temperatures during a session live or by recorded data.

The WHEEL TURTLE™ stream LIVE to the Team Plus™ TELDASH™ smart phone app.  From the app you can: 

• Read temperatures in C or F on each tyre in graphical format
• View colour coded temperatures with configurable thresholds for Blue (cold), Green (ideal),  Orange (warning), and Red (over temp)
• Record peak(max) temperatures for each of the 32 temperatures, for easy review after drive.
• Watch live Thermal Image for any tyre
• View location and Motion Data
• Record your on track session data on the phone
• Live stream to friends or teammates
• Save and send recordings to another device

The WT1 model features:

• Adjustable head moving around 80 degrees to allow extra mounting position options.
• Internal battery for easy install and movement between vehicles
• Micro USB port for charging and software updates.
• Power Switch for battery management
• 59 x 46 x 20mm (head flat) or 59 x 46 x 27mm (head raised) and only 35 grams including battery.
• 110 degree field of vision.

The wheel data is sent via Bluetooth 4 at around 10 times per second and can be:

• Viewed live on Team Plus™ TELDASH™ phone app
• Logged and/or remote viewed using TELEDASH phone app or  Team Plus™ TELELOGGER™
• Integrated to your CANbus Dash or Logger uning the  Team Plus™ CANGate for Wheel Turtle.

The WHEEL TURTLE™ can also be used on your street car and your phone app to provide additional data to car enthusiasts about the condition and treatment of their road going vehicle.

In the Box:

• 4 Wheel Turtles
• 1 Carry Case
• USB Charge Cable (1 to 4)
• 4 Standard Wheel Turtle WT1 Mount Brackets.
• Quick Start Card with QR Code to Instruction Guides.

CANGate

Included in the Wheel Turtle CAN bundle

Connect your Wheel Turtles to your existing CANbus setup via the Team Plus CANGate for Wheel Turtle.
CANGate for Wheel Turtle connects to the Wheel Turtles over Bluetooth and then passes the data onto your CANbus, so it is available to any CAN based dash or logger or ECU.
The CANGate set up is ideal for cars with existing or planned CANbus based race dash or loggers, so all the data is integrated together and analysis is fine in your existing tools.

Features of the CANGate for Wheel Turtle include:
– Integration with your chosen CANbus capable loggers and dash.
– Tyre temp(8 per wheel), tyre colour and tyre distance (8-10 Hz)
– One Glance Tyre temp visualisations for driver using the 3.5” touch screen on CANGate as a secondary display.
–  Display tyre temperature data on your existing race dash when integrated with CANbus
– Data Logging and analysis via your existing data logger when integrated with CANbus
– Wheel Turtle configuration and calibration management available on the Teledash iPhone app.
– CANGate on-screen tick box options to set CANbus speed, with more details settings available using the Teledash iPhone app.
– Publicly available CANbus protocol and dbc file for easy configuration into your dash or logger.

The CANGate for Wheel Turtle set up is ideal for cars with existing or planned CANbus based race dash or loggers, so all the data is integrated together and analysis is fine in your existing tools.

Please note: logger or dash must allow for custom external CAN channels.

Custom Solutions

We can customise these Wheel Turtles for:

• Different Mounting Positions and options
• Hard wired power versions removing battery
• narrower field of view for kart or motorbike versions (normally 120 degrees for wider tyres, but 60 degree version available.
• Colour and Team Brand names.
• Contact us for more information!