http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:40:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_202" align="alignnone" width="458" caption="Modularity Sketch - 11th of June, 2009"][/caption] One of the strongest concepts that are coming up from the discussion of the first phase of this project is modularity. "In an electric vehicle, modularity can also help owners, to upgrade their vehicles once new technologies come to the market, ... http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/06/11/modularity/ [caption id="attachment_192" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Final Electronics Configuration"][/caption] I just finished correcting the configuration of the electronic components for our scale model. I am very glad that it worked out! The motor accelerates when we turn the potentiometer and comes back to a stop when the "pot-meter" returns to "position zero". emoped-20090526-Electonics Test 01 ... http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/05/26/testing-the-velleman-controller-part-2-video/ Quick update: Soldering was ok! Kees helped me with the wiring, we found out that the throttle Potentiometer (C) has to be placed between A and B. Back to soldering! http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/05/18/testing-the-velleman-controller/ [caption id="attachment_172" align="aligncenter" width="470" caption="...."][/caption] Last weekend I started building the Velleman K8004 DC to pulse Width Modulator which will act as the speed controller board for the throttle and the electric motor for the first test model. It's my first soldered circuit board! I am very happy with =) It ... http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/05/15/soldering-up-the-speed-controller-board/ Just got all I need to start building the DC to Pulse Board and to measure things for the Laser-cut part I will design to hold all the components together. http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/05/10/new-tools-slowly-but-surely/ Just bought yesterday what we need for the first tests on the electronics. 1. Cut pliers 2. Battery connectors 3. 9V Battery 4. DC to Pulse Width Modulator 5. Soldering Iron Set 6. 0,70mm Solder 7. Potentiometer and 8. 2 meters of wire. Total damage: 68,50 Euros. http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/04/19/new-tools-on-the-block/ 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 ... http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/04/15/first-sketch-of-a-test-model-for-the-electronics/ 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 ... http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/04/10/tiny-electric-motors/ 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. via Hell For Leather Magazine http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2009/04/08/zero-motorcycles-lauches-a-street-legal-supermoto/ Here is another initiative that may pave the way for more electric scooters on the streets. Arjanna van der Plas sent me a link of a project she is doing together with others students from the Technical University of Delft in Holland. She explains: A team of six TU Delft students ... http://www.lets-evo.net/emoped/2008/11/24/ecomovement-a-project-from-students-from-the-technical-university-of-delft/