What would (fill in name here) do!? This has been a lingering problem I’ve been chipping away at for the past 4 years. It’s the reason I choose to restudy electronics. It all started when I purchased a watt meter for my ebike setup. It displayed information about my battery voltage level, watts used, and amp hours used. The watt meter has large guage pigtails to patch into the power source and load. The problem was these wires were too…
My current helmet uses a Rayovac head lamp purchased at Home Depot for around $12. It’s been a good lamp, much better than the cheap head lamps I have used in the past. It’s tough and weather proof. The focal beam was too narrow, so I added hot glue to the lens for a diffused beam. The backing is similar to the head lamps I’ve used in the past. I tacked some velcro between the head lamp and helmet, with…
One of the sensors that I found recently is a wind sensor that could be useful. I’ve had several tracks that I’ve done and it would’ve been nice to know what the headwind was. This clever little sensor from ModernDevices looks like it would be up to the task. I’ve seen some mention of using Ultrasonic, peizo sensors, and even microphones. Here’s an online demo of a peizo setup. ModernDevices mentions this, “the sensor was glitchy, picked up sound and…