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+title: "Real-Time Pilot Data Synchronization for Research Platforms"
+categories: [Open Source, Research Infrastructure, Simulation, iMotions]
+author: Vamsi Bramhadevi
+date: 2025-12-07
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+The **Pilot Data Synchronization** project is an open-source research infrastructure initiative designed to enable real-time data transfer from flight simulation environments into behavioral research platforms such as **iMotions**. This system bridges the gap between technical simulation data and applied human-subject research by allowing synchronized physiological and environmental measurements.
+
+Originally developed to support aviation-focused behavioral studies, the platform has evolved into a modular, cross-platform telemetry relay suitable for a wide range of real-time human-in-the-loop research applications.
+
+
+## The Problem
+
+In many research environments, behavioral datasets and simulation-based telemetry operate in isolation. Researchers conducting experiments in simulated environments often lack:
+
+- Reliable real-time data pipelines  
+- Cross-platform simulation compatibility  
+- Automated data validation and delivery  
+- Integration with commercial research platforms  
+
+This limits reproducibility, introduces manual data handling overhead, and significantly delays experimental analysis.
+
+
+
+## The Solution
+
+The **Pilot Data Synchronization system** solves this problem through an open, modular data pipeline composed of:
+
+- **X-Plane Plugin** – extracts live simulation telemetry  
+- **Baton IPC Layer** – handles local inter-process communication  
+- **Relay Server (Rust)** – normalizes and transmits data streams  
+- **iMotions Platform** – consumes synchronized research events  
+
+The system currently supports continuous real-time transmission of:
+
+- Altitude  
+- Airspeed  
+- Vertical Speed  
+- Heading  
+
+Data is streamed at millisecond resolution with verified stability across Mac and Windows environments.
+
+
+
+## System Architecture
+
+The data flow follows a layered safety and validation model:
+
+1. **X-Plane Plugin** captures flight telemetry  
+2. **Baton IPC** transports structured payloads locally  
+3. **Rust Relay** performs normalization, safety checks, and transmission  
+4. **iMotions** receives validated research events  
+
+By isolating concurrency and memory safety inside the Rust relay, the system ensures high reliability even under sustained telemetry loads.
+
+
+
+## Technical Achievements
+
+This iteration achieved several critical milestones:
+
+- Full real-time transmission of four synchronized flight metrics into iMotions  
+- Cross-platform build validation for Mac and Windows systems  
+- Rust-based network relay hardening with structured packet validation  
+- CI pipeline modernization with pinned toolchains and test automation  
+- Dynamic data visualization support for research validation  
+
+Most importantly, the system now enables **live experimental workflows** where researchers can observe simulation conditions and behavioral responses simultaneously.
+
+
+
+## Research Impact
+
+This integration directly enabled the completion of a long-running research workflow that had previously been blocked due to infrastructure limitations. By providing a stable, real-time data pipeline, researchers can now:
+
+- Focus on behavioral analysis instead of data engineering  
+- Conduct reproducible, synchronized experiments  
+- Expand into multi-modal physiological and simulator-based studies  
+
+The system is now serving as active research infrastructure rather than a proof-of-concept prototype.
+
+
+
+## Open Source and Community Value
+
+The project emphasizes:
+
+- Open modular architecture  
+- Strong documentation for onboarding  
+- Contributor-friendly issue tracking  
+- Cross-platform compatibility  
+- Research-driven product design  
+
+This makes the project suitable for future student teams, external open-source contributors, and interdisciplinary researchers.
+
+
+
+## Future Direction
+
+Planned next steps include:
+
+- Dynamic IP handling for multi-host laboratory environments  
+- Automated device discovery  
+- Research-grade data loss detection  
+- Expanded real-time metrics pipeline  
+- Public API for additional simulation sources  
+
+
+
+## Conclusion
+
+Pilot Data Synchronization demonstrates how open-source infrastructure can directly enable scientific research. By integrating flight simulation telemetry with behavioral research platforms, the project removes a significant technical barrier and creates new possibilities for human-simulation hybrid experiments.
+
+This work highlights the value of sustainable, community-driven research software as a foundation for long-term experimental innovation.
+
+
+
+## Project Links
+
+- GitHub Repository:  
+  https://github.com/oss-slu/PilotDataSynchronization  
+
+
+
+
+*This project is part of the Open Source with SLU initiative supporting sustainable research software and collaborative engineering education.*