GO Plus start and Pitstop tracks -

**noscolllections**

Hello,

Go plus is not yet available in France and I have a question about cars detection.

On GO Plus start and pitstop tracks, Where and what type of sensors are there ?

maybe this the same system than the electronic lap counter ( https://www.amazon.fr/Carrera-Voitur…+go+compte+tour )

Thank you for your help.

pfuetze

Hello noscolllections,

i do not know the type of sensors, i can only tell you that it is a light bridge across the slot that detects the guide.

here is the start track piece opened:

goplus05.jpg

goplus06.jpg

hope this helps.
if not, just let me know.

for me, it looks like the "lap counter" does count mechanically on the guide.
go!plus does not work with direct contact to the guide, only a light barrier is used.

cheers,
Peter

**Joe GO!!!**

this layer is signed and called "Light Barrier V4"

Also the symbols, printed on the layer, show that it is a electric light-sensor, like the "Gabellichtschranke"
https://www.reichelt.de/index.html?ACTION=446&LA=3
(But i don not know, if it is really this kind)

IR1 (means the InfraRed LED 1) to PT1 (means PhoTocell - must be the sensor).

**noscolllections**

Thank you.

You have answer more than I hope with your photos.

A mecanical "sensor" than GO lap counter is interesting because this is easy to adapt for conect to computer.

The sensor use in this start track is more dificult to adapt but this sensor is not mecanical and the car is not slow down.
The interesting thing is the connector between (main card) and sensor card.
Is there also a connector on sensor card (I can't see on the photo, this is behind)
I can't read if the 4 wires have name but that could be deduct.

If you have the pitlane track, I think this is se same sensor X2

Pit lane and start track must exchange information, I think they use something like PLC ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication )

pfuetze

attention!
the impulse from light barrier needs to lengthened to be processed in a pc (due to the specs of the ports).
i used a circuit with NE555 to do this (but i wanted to use the parallel port).
what do you want to achieve?

**noscolllections**

Hello,

I'm not use LPT technologie because new PC don't have the LPT port

With GPIO on Raspberry PI, there are no probleme

pfuetze

be kind wirh an old man who's timing system is running on win XP

but its good to know that a radpberry will do the trick as well

**noscolllections**

Hello,

Is someone has open the new carrera go start (2017 edition).
Before il has juste a resistor, now it must have more electronic if the controllers are the same as GO+ (Go+ controller are digital -it seems to me)

How many contacts have the controllers (new GO / Go+) with the start track ? (Go have 3)
Someone has also open a controller to see inside ?

If you take a look, share some pictures.

Thanks

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