Development and Implementation of a Communication Network in a Formula SAE Car

This paper presents developing and implementing a communication network to compose a data acquisition and telemetry system for a Formula SAE race car using low-cost components. In addition, it presents a brief review of articles on the theme. In order to reach a feasible and robust system, a combination of two protocols was used in the proposed framework. They collected data through several sensors installed in the vehicle, treated the data in a decentralized way with Electronic Control Units (ECUs), and shared them in a single bus through the CAN protocol. The information is sent via a wireless transmission with the Zigbee protocol to a remote monitoring station. The system performs each task with low implementation cost and outstanding reliability of shared data.