Schlagwort: skateboard

  • Track your speed and distance while skateboarding

    Track your speed and distance while skateboarding

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    Fight the urge to chant the Avril Lavigne song as you cruise the streets on Pieter Thomas’s speed- and distance-tracking skateboard.

    Speed and distance tracking Raspberry Pi skateboard

    Instant approval

    “That is sweet!” exclaimed Ben Nuttall when I shared this project on the Raspberry Pi Slack channel. And indeed it is — a simple idea, perfectly executed, resulting in a final product that actually managed to coax a genuine and positive response from Ben!

    Prove your worth ☑

    Project creator Pieter Thomas, a student at Howest Kortrijk University, needed to show off his skills by building a ‘something’ for his course. His inspiration?

    I came up with this idea because I like to skate and cruise around. While I’m cruising, it would be handy to see how much distance I’ve travelled and see my speed.

    So he decided to incorporate an odometer, a speedometer, and an RFID reader into a skateboard to produce this neat build.

    Make and skate

    While Pieter has an Arduino manage the onboard RFID reader, he’s put a Raspberry Pi 3 in charge of everything else, including the speed and distance readings taken with the help of a hall effect sensor (a transducer that uses magnetic fields to manage voltage output).

    Speed and distance tracking Raspberry Pi skateboard

    Pieter added the RFID reader to identify different users, with databases allowing for session data collection — perfect for time and speed challenges among friends!

    Home-brew casing

    All the electronics live in a Tupperware-like container that Pieter screwed to the bottom of the board. Holes in the deck display an LCD screen, a potentiometer, and a buzzer.

    Speed and distance tracking Raspberry Pi skateboard

    To allow speed and distance calculations, Pieter drilled a hole into one of the wheels and inserted a magnet. Once per wheel rotation, the hall effect sensor recognises the passing magnet. The build records the time taken between passes, computes the speed and distance covered, and shows them on the LCD screen.

    Pieter’s Instructables project page goes into a lot more detail of how to build your own skate-o-meter. If you’ve used a Pi for your skateboarding project, make sure to let us know!

    Skateboard + Pi

    Other impressive Raspberry Pi–based board builds include Tim Maier’s motorised skateboard, aka the first blog post I ever wrote for Raspberry Pi, and Matt ‘The Raspberry Pi Guy’ Timmons-Brown’s 30kmph longboard, aka the project that resulted in this video of Raspberry Pi’s Director of Software Engineering:

    Sk8r Pi ft. The Raspberry Pi Guy… and Gordon

    The Raspberry Pi Guy popped into Pi Towers to show off his new creation. While skating up and down the office on his Pi-powered skateboard, our Director of Software Engineering, Gordon Hollingworth, decided to have a go.

    Website: LINK

  • Cruisin with the Wheelman, Gas Powered Skateboard!!

    Cruisin with the Wheelman, Gas Powered Skateboard!!

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    Cruisin with the Wheelman! (aka Bushpig, G-Wheel, Excite Board, Wheelman, Gas Skateboard)

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    If you’re looking for something more exciting than a regular old skateboard, look no further than Wheelman. Boasting a center-mounted engine supported by spokeless wheels, it’s powered by a two-stroke 50cc engine that enables riders to hit 25mph, with a 30-mile range. Riders can easily accelerate or decelerate by squeezing of a handle-like controller. Tricks are possible, but may take lots of practice.

    Source: YouTube

     

     

  • Self-Balancing Onewheel Electric Skateboard Becomes a Reality

    Self-Balancing Onewheel Electric Skateboard Becomes a Reality

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    There’s the Segway, and then the awesome self-balancing Onewheel. A hoverboard-like experience is probably the best way to describe the ride. Best of all, there’s only one moving part: a hub motor. It has a top speed of 12mph, and a 6-mile range when the 48v Lithium iron-phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries are fully charged. Gyro and accelerometer sensors keep the board balanced so you don’t fall off.

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    According to its creators, „There are no hand controls, just lean forward to accelerate, lean backward to slow down and stop. The Onewheel iPhone + Android apps enable Digital Shaping: much like a surfboard is shaped for a particular rider and conditions, Onewheel can adjust to meet your needs and ability.“

     

  • Real Hoverboard Skateboard spotted

    Real Hoverboard Skateboard spotted

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    A friend of ours ‚DJ MOSAKEN‚ , who’s also a famous DJ in Vienna AUSTRIA managed to get one of those!

    Check the pictures out below, and don’t forget to follow him and his crazy music:

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    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=760101937349369&set=a.110534125639490.15515.109558392403730&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

    Quote from the producer:

    It’s not 2015 and no I didn’t figure out antigravity… But I did make the ultimate Back to the future 2 fan made replica Hoverboard skateboard! Custom movie correct hero board artwork top and bottom, clear griptape, aluminum trucks, abec 9 bearings and clear gel wheels for a smooth ride.

    Here’s the original E-Bay Auction, thanks for the links: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321252900824

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  • 7 Fun and Cool Gadgets, Accessories Every Geek Should Have

    7 Fun and Cool Gadgets, Accessories Every Geek Should Have

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    The holiday shopping season is right around the corner, and you know what that means: new gadgets galore. Before heading out to your favorite store (online or offline), here are a few fun and cool gadgets / accessories that you should keep an eye out for.

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