The Control Box contains all the hardware required to drive the antenna mats and record the race ID and time of competitors. The Control Box is a hard-wearing waterproof Pelican case containing the TIRIS modules and Palm Pilot computer.

One of the reasons the RFID Race Timing System is so affordable is because of the introduction of Palm technology to drive the TIRIS modules and record the vital timing information.

The Palm pilot uses very simple hardware and software architecture to produce a very robust platform for controlling the various timing functions.