Saturday, September 14, 2013

Squid Run

Squid Run!  Vets park, Redondo Beach.  September, 2013

STEP 1

STEP 2

 STEP 3


Friday, August 23, 2013

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Friday, August 16, 2013

Now for something completely different...

...Light!
50W of LED light sticks:
These can be chained together in custom configurations and features dimmer modules as well.










Ring 3 alignment


Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Spin Start


The motor control works...

...and that means construction of the third ring begins tonight.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Smoke emitting MOSFET


...Burning.

Day 53


Wireless.  Brushless.  Sensorless.   

Working.

Friday, July 26, 2013

Progress!

Progress has been hard to come by since I started trying to write the motor controller myself.  I've been working on it almost every night for the past month.  But this is it...this is sensorless brushless commutation detection!


Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Two rings spinning


two rings spinning now!

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Day 20 (approximate)

Let's be honest, I can't keep track of the days anymore...


But, counting problems aside, I still have all my fingers!

Monday, June 24, 2013

Day 18-19


First cut...here comes another one!

Friday, June 21, 2013

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Day 14


5 VOLTS!

Day 13




and, it even kinda works!