04 Feb 10 Arduino + Scalextric = lap counter

I bought an Arduino board last year and have been playing around with it on and off since.  I’ve had a few ideas for projects but not really got around to completing anything except monitoring my gas meter.

For a few months I’ve been hankering after a scalextric (even before James May’s excellent Toy Stories programme about it) so when a friend invited me round to have a go on his, I jumped at the chance!

I took along my arduino, he dug out a pair of cycle computer sensors and we had a go at hacking together a lap counter. (more…)