Case Study: Magneti Marelli delivers Formula 1 telemetry in four months with Wind River VxWorks

Magneti Marelli delivers Formula 1 telemetry in four months with Wind River

Magneti Marelli, a motorsport technology company, needed to develop a new high-performance telemetry data logger for Formula 1 racing within a very tight timeframe. Their challenge was to create a device that could synchronously collect, encrypt, and transmit real-time vehicle data to win a new contract. They turned to vendor Wind River and its VxWorks real-time operating system platform for automotive devices to meet their objectives.

Wind River engineers worked directly with Magneti Marelli and leveraged their partner ecosystem to customize the firmware for the new data logger. As a result, Magneti Marelli developed, tested, and delivered the cutting-edge device in a record-breaking four months. This allowed them to win the new Formula 1 customer contract. The solution provided a dramatic performance improvement, reducing startup time from seconds to milliseconds, and delivered a highly reliable mix of high-frequency data acquisition.

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