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  • Smart Garden Tarp is Off!

  • With the tarp off, The Smart Garden is starting to show its form! As previously stated, this project is aiming to mimic the science of a car engine. For any mechanics out there, think of the Smart Garden components like this:Root System = Car Engine...
  • Revisiting the Smart motor

  • So as you know from thoroughly reading each one of my blog posts to date... Just kidding, no one does that. I'll just tell you.I've TEMPORARILY set aside my smart car motor and controller until the software hack is complete. In the meantime I am using...
  • The Controller (Smart Controller)

  • It is clear by now that this project will consist of three hardware components. One of them is the Smart Controller that communicates with Control Center via XBee DigiMesh network.It would be great if this controller could control our custom designed...
  • Smart Lighting Stage

  • It is time to upgrade the current setup with a smart lighting system!! The aim here is to use one of the batteries to power up a headlight and a rear light. One of the three Light Dependant Resistors (LDRs) will be used to sense the environment. The...
  • Progress Report

  • I am two months into this project. I have completed most of the physical repairs to the car. I am well on my way with funding from grants and benefactors. I am working on the drivetrain and deciding which batteries to use right now. The future holds...
  • Day 14 - 5/24/2014

  • Long Story:Well I took a look at the design size and shape I first posted for you all to see and realized that I don't want a smart car. (The width is 4ft. wide) After a week of driving the dually truck for my father in-law and his nice turbo diesel...
  • Project Updates 12/1/2020

  • As winter settles into New England, a home-built electric car is going to need a heated garage. But that's not happening, so a battery heating system will have to do! I have a liquid heater from a smart car I bought from EV West along with...
  • Repo updated, miniaturization process completed

  • I finally have a product which is a bit more manageable. The first pass of working drive train code is in the repo. You can see the rolling chassis as well as the top and side view below. Now the board is powered by an Arduino Micro. The whole setup...
  • Progress & Overview

  • Work continues on TKIRV! At this very moment, preliminary work on the Raspberry Pi control system for the car has commenced. We're running things with Python which is a fantastic language in which to build things quickly and efficiently. So far we've...
  • Next steps #2

  • Since launching the project at Hackaday.io it got great publicity. It was featured on Instructables, it got covered on Hackaday.com and it was shared on some Arduino Facebook groups (including the official group). I got a lot of feedback and here are...
  • connecting Deye SUN800 PV-Inverters

  • I recently installed a 4kWp PV-System ( 10 Panels connected to 5 Microinverters) Naturally, I wanted to connect it all to my Smarthome. But the Modbus-TCP Interface of the Inverters (Deye SUN800) is not working for me. After browsing GitHub, I stumbled...
  • Adapter Plate

  • I've created the plastic prototype of my motor to transmission adapter plate with rudimentary technology. I think I will CNC the next one on the mill. This time I worked slowly and accurately but there might need to be a little bit of revision before...