Read the full details on my personal blog! https://barenakedembedded.com/diy-electric-kayak/ Phase one of the project was the proof of concept. It showed I could build an e-kayak for under $1,000 that could travel at a walking pace with a...
Yesterday and today we conducted some EMI testing on the LipSync to see if modifications to the PCB or circuitry might be necessary.@Charles Gallagher and I fit the prototype LipSync electronics into the 3-D printed housing. When printing the housing...
20 years ago when everyone was driving around Toyota Priuses & they weren't catalytic converter bait, a hybrid airplane would have been the big thing instead of the purely electric airplanes they're trying & failing to build. The idea is an airplane...
Here is a picture of the test apparatus I set up to make some measurements of the FLAG output. You can see my electric field meter near the center which I bought off ebay many years ago (and I have great doubts about its calibration and accuracy). ...
Well August and the Stage 2 deadline is upon us! It has been a very busy month, but exciting and successful. The System Design Document is now ready and all components have arrived in time for prototyping for Stage 2. My goal was to...
DAY 1Goal Create a low-cost power wheelchair from an existing manual wheelchair motorizing it with an electric scooter. User study To specify needs regarding this project, we made an audit of 4 disabled people using wheelchair who were...
Goliath will be on display at the Portland Maker Faire at OMSI on Sept. 15th and 16th. The vehicle has a full set of #EVPR: Electric Variable Pitch Rotor installed. In addition to the Mk. II vehicle, we'll also have the Mk. I frame...
It has been a while since I did a bucket project. I was trying to thoroughly clean an object (remove n-1 paint layers, where n was the total number of layers) And I remembered I had a broken electric toothbrush lying around as 'project to be', which...
So I pulled the trigger and purchased a brushless motor with an ESC. This one to be specific. This one "should" be able to spin at 30k with a 2S LiPo under the weight of the rotors. So now I'm designing and printing the mounts and stands for the compressor...
I printed a 90 tooth pulley, improved the alignment, and the motor spins faster with the 11.25:1 ratio down from 15:1 previously.The power consumption increased to 120 watts which is barely more than a single solar panel. The boat speed 2...
Small scale, electric, Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been extremely popular in robotics, and roboticists prefer such vehicles because they integrate sophisticated small electric sensors, complex control algorithms,...
01/04/2023, Saturday, 20:19 Before anything, this is not a joke-log or any kind of prank, just hear me out. So, I was thinking about a lot of things and I finally understood that I was making a huge mistake when thinking that "making mech/exosuit...
While helping family level a pergola I watched as decided to shoo away a wasp/fly/mosquito/horse fly/ with no luck for at least 20 minutes. Another hour and a few beers had passed when it was decided we needed an electric swatters to rid...
Use this video till 2:30 to teardown(should apply for both LG gas and electric dryers). Looks like its alot but only takes about 10 min to teardown.You can do this lightbulb mod when tearing down to save a little energy(totally optional)Internal Mods...
First, I need to thank Youtube user "You Can Fit It" for saving me a couple hundred dollars this week. My electric dryer stopped heating and after watching a video for my specific dryer on how to diagnose all the different components I was able to find...