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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Mechanical Engineering (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: The aims of this unit are to develop competence and confidence in the specifying, fitting, operation, and maintenance of data acquisition, control, telemetry and ICT systems designed for installation and use in a competing motorsport vehicle or garage and introduce the implications and effects of technical constraints, including limits imposed by the technical limitations of the chosen hardware system, and any applicable regulations imposed by the relevant governing body (MSA, FIA, FIM, etc). Learning Outcomes: On completion of the unit the student should be able to: * Make a substantial contribution to the specifying, installing, operation and maintenance and use of a data-logging, control and telemetry system; * Assist key team personnel in the conversion of downloaded logged data into useful information on required alterations to engine (ECU) mapping and mechanical chassis setup and demonstrate the value and application of a real-time telemetry system, including the selection of a system, justifying expenditure and describing its operation; * Understand the effects of constraints imposed by technical considerations pertaining to the electronic hardware, or the rulebook of the relevant formula's governing body; * Perform a system analysis on a teams' ICT use at an event, and hence devise a strategy for meeting the team requirements and assist in specifying, installation and use of ICT hardware; * Contribute to technical discussions on data acquisition systems, technical and mechanical constraints in loom design and assembly, and on electronic, electrical and mechanical requirements of specified sensors, in a team responsible for the design, manufacture and fitment of a competition vehicle loom, incorporating a data acquisition system and associated sensors; * Assist in the specification and fitment of sensors, such as replacement of existing sensors, addition of new sensors in response to team requests for additional information required from the system; * Use Visual Basic to create an executable Windows ® application which can perform a simple specified file management task as might typically occur on a motorsport garage network. Skills: During the unit students should gain the following skills: Intellectual: * Understand the operation, and value to a team, of a real-time telemetry system (T, A) * Confidence and attitude to gather technical information (A) * Assess information and develop expensive conclusions (A) * Produce, when required, a rationale for decisions required and a justification for all decisions made (A) * Development of an analytical approach (T,A) Professional: * Responsibility for the purchase and operation of an expensive, high-profile and important tool (F) * Responsibility for specification and operation of a critical system (A) * Contributing to the team data logging requirements (T,A). Practical: * Be able to evaluate and specify a data-logging system, (T, A) * Be confident in the fitting and operation of a data-logging system (F, A) * Assist the race engineers in the interpretation of logged data (T) * Be able to analyse changing circumstances and propose corrective actions (T, A) * Knowledge and attitude required to supervise and troubleshoot a vital team system in the real-time pressurised situation of a motorsport event (F) Key: * Ability to justify substantial expenditure on an electronics system, on the grounds of functionality and application, using written and verbal presentation to team principals (T, A) * Ability to assess requirements and specify equipment to fulfil those requirements (T, A) * Install and run the specified system, checking that it continues to fulfil requirements in the light of changes to garage and vehicle systems (T, A) * Understanding of all vehicle and garage electrical requirements(T,A). Content: This unit includes: * Logged data collected by a data acquisition system; * Vehicle chassis and engine setup; * Real-time ttelemetry system; * Design of a competition vehicle loom (T,A); * Purchase and operation of an expensive, high-profile and important tool; * Specification and operation of a critical fault-intolerant real-time garage ICT system; * Data logging requirements with assistance and opinions on looms and sensors; * The fitting and operation of a data-logging system; * Assist the race engineers in the interpretation of logged data; * Specification of a vehicle loom and on-board sensors to fulfil team data requirements and data requests; * Understanding of simple computer programming and the ability to create very simple Windows® executable files in Visual Basic; * Vehicle and garage electrical requirements; * Repairs during time-limited high-pressure situations (T,A). |
| Programme availability: |
LP20611 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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