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My quest for a perfect hybrid vehicle
Indefinitely stalled :(
Seven months have passed since the last update, and I’ll try to summarize what happened. I got the Pi to work on the trike. I ported the Python code from the GTA02 very quickly and easily, and had a bit of fun soldering things to the header plug’s I/O signals. It worked out just fine. […]
Finally, someone does it!
October 16, 2012
It is nice to see the idea I had a few years ago become a reality, even if by someone else’s hand. It always seemed so obvious to me that I was finding it very strange that no one else would be trying to bring it to market. Let’s see if Middle Tennessee State University […]
Posted in: Add-On-HEV, Opinion
(Un)progress report, and a new toy
July 24, 2012
So, it’s been what? 3 months since our last update? I don’t know, I’m not counting. First it was NJay’s holidays, then it was mine, then we kinda got lost in what we were doing, then we picked it up and burned the power bridges once more, then we repaired them, then we burned them […]
Posted in: Controllers, DiffTrike
My stand on Patents
July 4, 2012
(I wrote this 4 years ago, while I was planning to innovate a lot in the field of electric motor engineering. The innovations aren’t here yet, but otherwise everything is still absolutely true and the issue merits discussion.) Patents give you the right to stop everybody else from making, selling, or using something you created […]
Posted in: Motivation, Opinion
It rolled!… a few meters.
April 5, 2012
And now, in an exclusive video report just for you the special readers of this blog, we have a very rare sighting of a differential tricycle in the wild… I’m sure you’ve never seen anything like it. It is a very dangerous beast, and if that fierce rotating luminous eye isn’t enough to put the […]
Nearly there!… :)
March 5, 2012
Yesterday we had a great hacking session. I had to completely rebuild the main controller, because I somehow bricked the board I was using, but it was worth it. After that was sorted out, the new board performed flawlessly! Yay! The new board has the smartphone display, I haven’t taken it out. Hmmm… what can […]
I-square-see you, or maybe not
February 21, 2012
Last weekend we had another nice development session, and we’ve finally got all the modules assembled on the SoapBox mark II. It is now sitting indoors, patiently awaiting the surgeons’ skills and attention to bring it to life. If you’ve been paying attention, you can see we’ve changed the battery pack. The 10Ah lithium-ion pack […]
March 1, 2013
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