Drag strip project

[Rez]

Hey guys, I'm working on a project to build a drag strip. It's just in the planning stages so far and will remain as such untill I can save up the money for the hardware.

I needed a drag strip with a tree and beams for finish and foul. I was unable to find an existing product that either had the features I wanted or was within a reasonable price range. So I started designing my own.

The plans call for a basic stamp 2px microcontroller, so I decided to elaborate on the features in order to better make use of the processor. I added in the ability to dial in a handicap for either lane, an LCD panel to deplay average speed, elapsed time, reaction time, total time for each lane, and stage and prestage lights and beams.

I would like to know if people would be interested in using such a system. If so, what additional features would you like to see in the system? Are there any features that should be cut out?

The schematic is very alpha. I need to do some math still to make sure all the tidbits are correct, but I'm pretty sure it's all kosher. I could do away with the seven segment displays and pipe the handicap to the LCD instead. Can't think of anything to do with the additional LEDs the driver IC has open though. Any ideas? The processor has one more IO pin free. With one more IO I could add an RFID reader to the staging area.

After I get the hardware, I can start writing the program.