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The concepts and intended use of active systems seemed to vary according to who used them and when.The early systems were supposed to maintain constant ride height and aerodynamic performance at all states of fuel load.Later versions had enough associated input from GPS and other location devices that they would be optimised over a day's sessions as a result of self analysis.Basically they seemed to be slightly different each time round and compared times for each very small sector to determine which settings were faster.They then strung together the best settings to achieve the ideal settings for the fastest lap and if the input parameters changed there was a default setting which remained in use until normality returned.
It would save an awful lot of time and money if the system was in use now as inerters and dozens of hours of simulator time could be eliminated.The topic sometimes attracts comments about the time and cost of writing software.The actual software is pretty basic and a lot of it worked just fine on a computer that shared an epoch with the long defunct 286 family from Intel.Given the frequency rates of suspension you would easily find something capable of processing the information and I suggested a year or two back on another thread that mandating something like a Raspberry Pi and allowing active might be a way to attract younger interest.It also would indicate that ingenuity could prevail.You can pick up accelerometers and GPS modules for pennies now and a pump and accumulator wouldn't cost a fraction of a set of custom dampers and inerters.A few Moog valves and off you go.
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