Archive for April, 2009
First sketch of a test model for the electronics
Here are my quick thoughts on paper, for a scale model, a platform to understand the electronics of a basic electric vehicle. Even at a small scale, working on the main components will make a lot of the terms and specifications of the electronics more clear to understand. My goal with this exercise will be to build from scratch the electronics needed to accelerate the motor when a potentiometer is turned. For that I will choose one of the tiny motors Kees have given me.
For the controller, Kees also suggested me to use a building kit like the DC to pulse modulator K8004 from Velleman. But I know that the open source boards from Arduino could also do the job, i just don’t have clue which one of them. Does Anyone one know the Arduino board model that could be indicated for controlling this little model I want to build?
In order to hold everything together, I am thinking of making a little frame resembling a frame of a motorcycle, with the rear wheel turning. The frame shall be cnc lasered from a 2mm thick plexiglass/metal/wood sheet of about 200 by 300 milimeters (the exact measurements may vary slightly from that)
Any company willing to sponsor the laser cut parts?
Tiny Electric Motors
After watching the 24 Hours of Electricross video, I am so looking foward to starting the second phase of this project. I decided that it can be a really exercise to build test model with the main electronics components and get a better understanding of the electric terms that make up an electric vehicle dictionary.
In a conversation with Kees, a fellow engineer at Flex, I got some support on relevant information about building a small test model on the electric components. Yesterday he surprised me with these motors! saying I could use one of them for the test!
Thanks Kees, really nice incentive.
Zero Motorcycles lauches a street legal supermoto
With 31 Horse Power and a top speed of 100 km/h, the Zero S Electric Motorcycle is a good contestant on the electric motorcycle market race. At the Zero Motorcycle Website you can check a clip of it in Action. Price tag: 9950 Us DOllars.
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