Cars That Think
MARCH 24, 2022
So, I set about building an open-source ice tracker from DIY components that not only proved to be much, much cheaper but also much more capable than the commercial options. This consumed around 350 milliamperes while running at 5 volts for about 1.7 V, making it more than 1,000 times as power efficient at approximately 1.7
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
I'd read about such friction-drive arrangements and had followed the work of a cyclist in Australia known as Kepler who had devised a clever articulated mount that allows the motor to retract from the wheel when not applying power. I next needed to decide on an electronic speed controller (ESC) to power the motor. James Provost.
DIY Electric Car
SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
If you want all the benefits of this great and robust power standard, google other projects, I skipped all those subtleties and got'r'done! I took the car to the nearest charging station and tested it at full power today. I didn't realize this and spent 10 minutes unsoldering/resoldering. This all went together in about an hour.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
I'd read about such friction-drive arrangements and had followed the work of a cyclist in Australia known as Kepler who had devised a clever articulated mount that allows the motor to retract from the wheel when not applying power. I next needed to decide on an electronic speed controller (ESC) to power the motor. James Provost.
Clean Fleet Report
MARCH 14, 2023
Tech: How to Troubleshoot Electrical Issues Tips for Diagnosing Power Issues in your Car This article may contain affiliate links. While the power source is indeed one of the most common sources of the problem, a car’s electrical system is much more omnipresent and all-encompassing than batteries alone.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Searching the interwebs, I found no shortage of leads about how to build a DIY seismometer. The problem is that the DIY seismometer designs I was seeing were large and ungainly contraptions. Investigating the cause, I discovered that the problem was the power adapter I was using, which couldn’t deliver enough current.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Fortunately, though, at wearables’ modest power budgets, energy is effectively everywhere. But we do actually need that energy to be generated,” says Alper Bozkurt, who with Veena Misra codirects the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University. milliwatts.
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