System Overview: The Computerized Crash Monitoring is a Multimedia software that interfaces via the printer port to an external interface unit. The system uses infrared equipped gates to measure speed and acceleration, and a strain gauge to measure the impact force exerted on a crashing car.

Timed and continues modes are available. In a timed mode the timer starts when the car passes through the start (green) gate and ends when the car passes through the end (red) gate. Thus, speed and acceleration data are acquired. When the car passes through the finish gate it also triggers the plotting of the pressure graph. Therefore, the pressure which is plotted as an acquisition from the strain gauges is like a "photo finish" pressure at the time of impact. In a non-timed mode the pressure is continuously acquired and plotted.

User name + a comment can be saved along with crashing impact  data into a project file. The play back feature together with the super impose mode, provides multi color comparison view between current acquired pressure and previously recorded data files.