Racing Telemetry Stack
Python · Raspberry Pi · u-blox ZED-F9R · RTK/NTRIP · Cloudflare Worker
A car-side telemetry runtime for racing operations: receiver setup, correction ingestion, buffered logging, live remote monitoring, and field recovery around unstable serial input and intermittent correction availability.
ZED-F9RUBX GPS/IMU + RTCM input
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Raspberry Pi Collectorconfigure, collect, filter, log, recover
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Cloudflare Workeringest latest debug state
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Browser MonitorSSE updates + live map/debug view
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Analysis GUIsegment-based review after collection
Problem
- The runtime had to survive real field conditions, not lab-perfect sensor input.
- Correction streams and serial transport could be unstable during operation.
- The team needed both on-car logging and remote visibility without depending on a fragile manual workflow.
What I Built
- Raspberry Pi runtime with systemd-managed startup, environment-based configuration, and automatic restart behavior.
- ZED-F9R configuration path for 20 Hz measurement, NAV-PVT, HPPOSLLH, RAWX, ESF-RAW, MON-HW/RF, and RTCM3 input preparation at startup.
- RTK correction flow with NTRIP connection, GGA injection, RTCM queueing, retry handling, and fallback behavior.
- Buffered logging for date-foldered drive logs, merged GPS/IMU CSV output, and optional raw UBX capture.
- Fault handling for idle timeout, invalid GPS jumps, serial retry, PVT timeout handling, and optional receiver reconfiguration.
- Remote monitoring path through Cloudflare Worker + Durable Object + SSE for browser-side live debug and mapping.
Operational Result
- 20 Hz receiver setup and UBX message configuration run as part of the managed startup path.
- Local evidence remains on the car as date-foldered CSV and optional raw UBX logs.
- Remote evidence exposes correction, GPS, serial, and timeout state through the browser monitor.
- Downstream use connects the collected logs directly to the Racing Analyze GUI.
Validation Scope
- The verified scope is the implemented device-to-log-to-monitor path and its recovery behavior.
- No statistical uptime or positioning-accuracy claim is made without a dedicated field dataset.