Darkgenerals

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Interesting, I know just the basics of RFID and assumed it would be plausible. It is used here in Texas for the toll roads and if it can pick up a rfid tag at 70 mph, like 15 foot away. I don't see why it wouldn't work for us.


To answer your first part: never said it did, its called a monopoly.

Second part: Read what I said I also love your use of the winky face, maybe next time you should read what I wrote.

Roelof

For a correct timing the place to detect needs to be very small, just a few cm. That a huge difference with the wide detecting antenna's above the road that can detect your rfid device over 10 or even more meters

Just calculate the time it works at 70mph over a range of 10 meters or just 10cm....

Darkgenerals

iTrader: (66)

Very true, I didnt think of that. You would need it to be very precise. These types of system are way out of my league, my passing interest in electronics doesn't cut it.

sacmiata

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My local track depends on their house transponders to work for the novice class so hopefully they don't shoot themselves in the foot and update, my guess is there is no warning when you update and that this live RC announcement is one of the few places making this publicly known. Doubt you can rollback firmware (easily) after you update.

asr524

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Just to add here, I raced a XC motocross series that used RFID stickers under the visor of the helmet. You still had to come to a stop for the tag to register your lap. They couldn't use them for regular motocross because the system can't detect riders flying through the finish line.

Joel Lagace

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next will be an annual licencing fee.

MRT please speed up the development on your decoder

roadrashracing2

Does this have any effect weather you use a 2 or 3 wire my laps?

B16A2

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yes, the larger two wire AMBRc DP transponder will cease working, the smaller MyLaps two wire transponder will continue to work.

billdelong

iTrader: (33)

Have they actually announced they will be releasing a new decoder? Wouldn't it be hilarious if it's compatible will all versions of RCx systems, ha!

As far as the toll tags go, I'm not sure they are very reliable, I know may times they have to rely on photos taken of the license plates and even then there have been times where I had missed/free toll passes on occasion so their backup method isn't 100% effective either.

Darkgenerals

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Thats pretty interesting to learn, I guess rfid isnt as good as I thought.

Andy Koback

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Drones should have their own system just like Freq. Why make all rc car racers pay the price for flying birds.

gigaplex

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It's hit and miss. I've tried my old crystal radio at a couple of tracks last year. It worked okay at one, didn't work at all at the other as there was too much interference. The spectrum landscape has changed a lot in the last 10 years.

gigaplex

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Why would a transponder company make incompatible transponder technologies for all the different use cases when they can just invest in the one system that works everywhere?

Roelof

Because with the introduction of the RC4 transponder and all his features it was already told the compatibillity with RC3 will be stopped.

gigaplex

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That's so they can keep selling new hardware to those who already have the old ones. That's a separate issue to doubling up engineering resources to intentionally make systems sold to different customers incompatible.