slicks 0.3.0

The home baked data pipeline for Western Formula Racing

Slicks

The home baked data pipeline for Western Formula Racing.

This package handles:

1. Data Ingestion: Reliable fetching from TimescaleDB 3.0 in wide (columnar) or narrow (legacy EAV) format.
2. Data Writing: WideWriter encodes CAN frames directly to TimescaleDB wide format line protocol.
3. Movement Detection: Smart filtering of "Moving" vs "Idle" car states.
4. Sensor Discovery: Tools to explore available sensors on any given race day.

Documentation

• Full Documentation
• Getting Started: Installation and your first script.
• API Reference: Detailed function documentation.
• Advanced Usage: Configuration, Discovery, and Bulk Exports.

Installation

Now available on PyPI!

pip install slicks

Quick Example

import slicks
from datetime import datetime

# 1. Connect (auto-configured from env vars or explicit)
slicks.connect_timescaledb(table="WFR26")

# 2. Fetch Data — wide format (columnar, preferred)
df = slicks.fetch_telemetry(
    datetime(2025, 9, 28),
    datetime(2025, 9, 30),
    "INV_Motor_Speed",
    schema="wide",
)

print(df.describe())

See Getting Started for more details.