San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — The LynxOS real-time operating system (RTOS) from LynuxWorks is the embedded software platform inside Sportvision's RACEf/x tracking and telemetry system for motorsports, according to a media advisory issued today. RACEf/x is currently featured in major network broadcasts of NASCAR racing, the fastest growing spectator sport in the world with more than 250… million television viewers annually.

RACEf/x enables major television networks as well as Internet, subscription television, wireless, and other media to augment their programming with dynamic and interesting content taken directly from the racecars. Details such as up-to-the-second information about a car's acceleration, braking, lap position, speed, gear selection, and RPMs are all integrated into the broadcast (Editor: that's revolutions per minute, not Red Hat Package Managers).

RACEf/x acquires and transmits data via a complex web of global positioning devices (GPS), cameras, in-car electronics and computers to television producers throughout a race.

“The challenge of building a system like RACEf/x is tracking, transferring, and processing the data in time, while staying synchronized with the broadcast video stream,” said Ken Milnes, senior scientist at Sportvision. The RACEf/x data processing system,needs to track data from race cars often traveling in excess of 200 mph, Milnes added.

Sportvision is a leader in sports media technology, developing products and applications that enhance the fan's experience on TV, the Internet, and convergence platforms. Sportvision's Emmy-winning 1st & Ten has enhanced hundreds of NFL, NBA, NASCAR, NHL, PGA Tour, Major League Baseball, NCAA football, and basketball, XTERRA, Ironman Triathlon, 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, and other sporting events on-air and online.

 
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