DashCAN Apex
Lap times, G-forces and CAN data from one device
DashCAN Apex adds a 25 Hz GNSS receiver and a 6-axis IMU to everything the DashCAN interface already does: automatic lap timing, acceleration runs and full vehicle dynamics, recorded on track and reviewed on DashCAN Cloud.
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- GPS
- 25 Hz
- IMU
- 6-axis
- CAN access
- Read + write
- Wireless
- Bluetooth 5 LE
Multi-constellation GNSS, accelerometer and gyroscope, switchable 120 Ω CAN termination. iOS and Android.
Everything the interface does, plus the data layer
If you already know the DashCAN interface, Apex is the same device with a high-precision GPS receiver and motion sensor built in. Nothing you rely on goes away.
Already in every DashCAN interface
- High-speed CAN communication and CAN switches
- Data logging and standalone ECU support
- Switchable 120 Ω termination
- Real-time gauges and switches over Bluetooth 5 LE
Added by the Apex
- 25 Hz multi-constellation GNSS for speed, distance and lap time
- 6-axis IMU for lateral and longitudinal G, yaw, pitch and roll
- GPS lap timer with automatic start/finish detection, no transponder
- Acceleration runs: 0-100, 100-200 km/h, quarter mile and custom
- Onboard logging: 2+ hours of GPS, IMU and CAN recorded on the device, no phone required
Recorded on track, analyzed on DashCAN Cloud
Every session DashCAN Apex records syncs automatically to DashCAN Cloud, a web telemetry platform you open from any device. Below is an interactive demo with simulated data showing how a session looks: press play, scrub the lap, or open the session view and pick another lap.
Interactive demo with simulated data. Press play, scrub the lap, or open the session to pick another lap.
More of DashCAN Cloud
Lap times and sectors, the track map coloured by speed, speed and delta charts, acceleration results, the G-G diagram, corner analysis, and every CAN channel overlaid on your laps. Laps compare side by side, even across sessions.
Your phone can time a lap, but it cannot explain one
Free laptimer apps are a fine start. But finding the next second means knowing what the car was doing at every metre, and a phone cannot see that: its GPS fixes about once a second, smoothed for navigation, and it never touches the CAN bus. Watch a corner and a 0-100 run arrive at phone rate, then see what the car actually did.
In a corner
Phone GPS · 1 Hz0 fixes in this corner
DashCAN Apex · 25 Hz0 fixes in this corner
You're missing the apex.
Phone GPS logs one fix per second: at 90 km/h that is one point every 25 metres. Your lap time is fine; the line through a corner is guesswork.
DashCAN Apex logs a raw fix every 40 ms plus 6-axis G data, so braking, turn-in and exit are really in your data, on every corner of every lap.
On a 0-100 run
Phone GPS · 1 Hz0 fixes in this run
DashCAN Apex · 25 Hz0 fixes in this run
Your whole run: five GPS fixes.
At 1 Hz, the moment you hit 100 km/h falls between two fixes, half a second apart. On a four-second run that is not a margin, it is a coin toss.
DashCAN Apex logs a raw fix every 40 ms plus 6-axis G data: launch, every split and the 100 km/h crossing are measured, not interpolated.
And the rest of the car, on the same clock
five seconds around a braking point, 25 Hz
GPS speed, the IMU and every CAN channel are recorded by one device, so the brake trace lines up with the speed drop and the G spike without any syncing afterwards.
Built for three things drivers actually measure
Demo session data throughout, the same lap as the Cloud demo above.
Track timing
Know if you got faster, lap after lap. Automatic start/finish detection, no transponder.
Vehicle dynamics
Lateral and longitudinal G, yaw, pitch and roll: how the car is loaded through every corner.
Acceleration runs
0-100, 100-200 km/h, quarter mile and your own custom runs, with splits and speeds.
- 0-100 km/h4.41 s
- 100-200 km/h11.86 s
- Quarter mile12.72 sat 178 km/h
Every official time is re-derived from the raw GPS and IMU data after the run.
Live on the phone while you drive
The free DashCAN app is the dash: lap timing with sector splits, live gauges from the CAN bus, and video that carries the telemetry on it.
It records without your phone
The Apex logs the full GPS, IMU and CAN timeline to the device itself, over two hours per session.
REC2+ h onboard1. On track
Apex records on the device
GPS, IMU and CAN go to the Apex's own memory, over two hours per session. Leave the phone out of the car, or lose Bluetooth mid-session, and nothing is missed.
2. Back in the pits
The phone picks it up
Open the app and the session downloads over Bluetooth. The app rebuilds your laps, runs and CAN log from the raw recording.
3. Later, anywhere
Read it on DashCAN Cloud
Upload, and every lap, trace and channel is there to read on any device, whenever you have the time for it.
Setup in four steps
The full guide with pictures and the per-ECU settings is on the First Steps page.
1
Connect it to the car
Wire in switched 12 V, ground, CAN high and CAN low, then place the box where the GPS can see the sky. The placement guide is on the First Steps page.
2
Enable the CAN broadcast in your tuning software
Each ECU has a short guide with the exact settings and pins. Ignitron users import two ready-made files.
3
Install the free app and pair over Bluetooth
iOS or Android. Grant the permissions the app asks for, then pair the interface.
4
Pick your ECU in the app
The channels show up live. Build your layout, then drive.
- On the dash, near the windshield. As high as possible, with a clear view of the sky, so the GNSS receiver gets its 25 fixes a second.
- Fixed and level. The IMU measures the car, so the box must not wobble. Any fixed angle works, the app compensates, but level is best out of the box.
- Not in the glove box, not under metal. Metal surfaces and heated, metal-coated windshields block the GPS and weaken Bluetooth.
Works with
Ignitron ECU, ECU Master EMU, ECU Master EMU PRO, Emtron, Haltech, Hondata, MaxxECU, MegaSquirt, MoTeC, rusEFI, Speeduino, Syvecs, VEMS, and any other ECU that can broadcast custom CAN messages.
Which DashCAN is right for you?
Same app, same live data. Pick by how you connect, and whether you want lap timing built in.
You have an OBD portDashCAN OBDOBD connectorPlug in and drive. Moves between cars in seconds.
No OBD port, or a race loomDashCAN Wire-In4-pin screw terminalPermanent installs and custom looms, wired straight into the CAN bus.- You also want lap times and G-forcesDashCAN ApexThis pageTrackdays: lap times, G-forces and CAN data in one time-aligned log, analyzed on DashCAN Cloud.
Take it to the next trackday and bring the whole session home.
Closed-course use only. DashCAN products are intended solely for closed-course competition and motorsport use and are not type-approved or certified for use on public roads. Use them lawfully and safely, and do not operate the app while driving. See our Terms & Conditions for full details.