Electrek

JULY 28, 2023

Bike campers were once novelties, often thrown together as simple DIY affairs , but recent models are bringing a new level of quality and professionalism to these quirky trailers. more… The post Solar-powered towable electric bike camper includes bedroom and dinette appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2020

Customers can now order Swindon Powertrain’s High Power Density (HPD) EV system with deliveries starting in August. The package size is now just 441mm x 384mm x 228mm, making it the highest power/volume unit for automotive applications on sale. Weighing only 49.9

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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. V, making it more than 1,000 times as power efficient at approximately 1.7 This consumed around 350 milliamperes while running at 5 volts for about 1.7 microwatts.

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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.

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Electrek

AUGUST 21, 2021

Two of my passions are electric bicycle projects and DIY solar powered projects. more… The post Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: Solar-powered 2-seat e-bike with infinite range appeared first on Electrek. In fact I’ve written the book on both topics.

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Solar energy is reshaping the way we power our homes, appliances, and vehicles. With companies like Setec Power launching innovative products like their Home EV Charging Solar Carport System, the horizon for solar applications is broadening. Why Opt for Solar in Your Shed? A shed often transcends its role as just a storage space.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

A Tesla Model Y owner has created what is arguably one of the most useful DIY accessories ever designed for a mainstream electric car. Using some clever DIY strategies and conventional solar panels, the Model Y owner was able to design a system that allows his all-electric crossover to charge from the sun while it’s parked outside.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Using a I2C expansion board [top middle], the IMUs feed data into a Raspberry Pi [bottom middle] powered by a USB battery pack [left]. Although the Pi is bigger and has a higher power draw than, say, a Teensy board , we chose it because it was easy to stream data wirelessly from the Pi and monitor it during testing and calibration.

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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.

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Electrek

MARCH 27, 2023

As one of America’s largest DIY tool brands, there’s a real possibility you have some RYOBI 18V tools already at home. more… The post Finally switch to a battery-powered string trimmer with RYOBI’s 18V 15-inch kit at $139 in New Green Deals appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

AUGUST 25, 2022

DIY solar power projects have always been fascinating to me. And so with a pair of solar panels and one afternoon to kill, I rigged up a simple solar-powered electric bicycle setup that is easy to build. I kind of on the subject.

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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.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

To help more students experience robots and start learning about robotics and programming at a young age, Elephant Robotics has upgraded its AI Kit to make it more powerful and even easier to use. There are two kits in the DIY series: the Drawing Kit and Laser Engraving Kit.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Air-powered actuators that open or break down the camper with the flip of a switch. Compatibility with the Cybertruck’s battery for accessory add-ons and DIY builds. A Murphy-style bed that sleeps two and flips up for 8 feet of standing room.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

For power, I guess you run your throttle back to the new controller, though that’s another reason just to start this build from scratch. I feel like any self-respecting DIY electric snowmobile should cost significantly more than this. That’s kind of where I’m sitting with this DIY snowmobile kit.

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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.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

meter-tall Nexø II rocket was powered by a bipropellant engine designed and constructed by the Copenhagen Suborbitals team. That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. Even more important, it came back down in one piece.

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2021

If there's one specific device that you'd like to automate in one specific, many cheaper alternatives may be available (like connected power switches), or it could even be cheaper to buy an entirely new device. But doing so is wasteful, whereas the MHD potentially gives a smart new life to many old things.

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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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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

MicroAPRS , which is an open-source and Arduino-compatible firmware package for DIY packet radio modems. It would need a lot of power, and there's a risk of corrupting the filesystem if you don't do a controlled shutdown, a problem if the battery dies. Rechargeable batteries with a battery-management board would provide the power.

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Setec Powerr

APRIL 10, 2023

Unauthorized Installations: DIY or unauthorized installations can lead to improper setup, posing safety hazards and potentially voiding warranties on your charging equipment or vehicle. The post Home Charging Installation Risks and Advice appeared first on SETEC POWER. Section 1: Identifying Potential Risks 1.1

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

Th electronic controls experts at Moog Construction have launched the ZQuip Modular Battery System as a lower cost electrification option that enables fleets to convert their diesel-powered heavy equipment into zero-emissions vehicles at a lower cost than buying all-new machines. as shown, below.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 22, 2022

Not only does the RP2040 have lots of compute power, it hasn’t suffered the kind of shortages afflicting other chips. A Raspberry Pi Pico [left] provides both compute power and the gamma-ray spectrometer’s analog-to-digital converter. This article appears in the July 2022 print issue as “DIY Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy.”.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

These audio amplifiers combine a preamplifier for boosting the sound signal and a power amplifier for driving the loudspeakers. November 2018 Hands On article, “DIY Pro Audio ” in IEEE Spectrum , and it convinced me it was possible, although I wanted to go beyond just a power amplifier to something more like my lamented Sansui.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard. According to Howard, Rickard’s YouTube channel EVTV Motor Werks has received over 3 million hits, a majority on 507 DIY electric vehicle (EV) and other EV-related videos that Rickard produced over the 12 years he ran the company.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 27, 2023

On the downside, both off-the-shelf and DIY pinhole cameras use film or photographic paper. Another would be to add an LCD screen so that you could view exactly what the camera is seeing in real time—the ESP32 controller has more than enough spare compute power to drive a small display.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Be the tiny DIY robot cat you’ve always wanted to be! The leg uses motors, processors, and advanced artificial intelligence that all work together to give amputees more power to walk, stand-up, sit-down, and ascend and descend stairs and ramps. Swiss-Mile ] Thanks, Marko! at the link below. Petoi ] Thanks, Rz!

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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.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 26, 2022

Power comes from an external USB battery. I’ve not used my DIY magnetometer to search for any submarines or alien monoliths, but I did test it using a steel hammer, which affects the readings in an obvious way when placed within about a meter of the sensor board. The third sensor would thus track the total-field value.

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

I added a DIY solder squid—a block with four flexible arms that I use to hold components in place while soldering—with a concrete base and an automatic solder fume extractor. I normally keep it plugged into a USB port that provides power, but there is also a battery inside for when a USB port isn't available. James Provost.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

Between my electric bikes, e-motorcycles, e-ATVs, electric tractors, and a few other things I’m probably forgetting, having a weather-sealed, solar-powered off-grid charging shed would be a big benefit. There are many ways to skin a cat, and even more ways to add solar power to a shipping container. Here’s how I did it.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2009

Building materials retailer Grange Builders Providers, of Baldoyle, Dublin, has purchased a Smith Newton truck for deliveries of building and DIY products. Designed for city and town center use, the Smith Newton is powered by an 80 kWh Li-ion battery pack and a 120 kW electric motor. Based in Tullamore, Co.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2023

She recalls that when she was about 5 years old, a friend of her mother’s, who worked as an electrical engineer at a company that built power transformers, handed her some old schematics from her job to use as drawing paper. He was a DIY enthusiast willing to try his hand at just about anything, from electronics to plumbing.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

You can get a sense of the power and scope of the site by visiting EV Driven and clicking a keyword on the left. In addition to Creative Greenius you’ll find these great EV Driven blogs: DIY Electric Car. The power is now in your hands. And we intend to stimulate and grow new connections - a whole lot of them.

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EVolution

APRIL 30, 2021

Imagine the power of an old ford muscle car or the utility of a Volkswagen camper van but entirely electric. When undertaking a DIY conversion, the NUMBER ONE thing to keep in mind is safety. EV Conversion demand is booming in Australia and for good reason.

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DIY Electric Car

JUNE 15, 2010

m heavily looking toward my counselors at DIY t help me here as I am quite mathematically and electronically challenged. m still planning on using # 12 gp 27 deep cycle batts as my power pack I hope that gets me at least 40 mi. This will conclude what I term phase 2, the mechanical refit of the EV. As I have a charging station at work.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2024

In the past, OCXOs were power hungry and bulky or expensive, but in the last few years miniature versions have appeared that are much cheaper and draw way less power. The whole device is powered through the Nano’s USB-C port. The Raltron OCXO I chose for my clock costs $58, operates at 3.3

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