Our bikes are used quite hard at times, and the electrical system is mostly homemade, so we can expect a few problems occasionally. This week I have not done well at all! It started on Monday morning, I had just …
The big order of Arduino related products has started to arrive, the key components, the Arduino mega 2560 clone and the TFT LCD screen arrived two days ago, along with some of the voltage sensors, and most of the jumper …
Exciting times – a new project, bringing together Electric Bikes, Computers and Programming! During my troubles with batteries (which are pretty much sorted now) I realised I needed a way of looking at the voltage of all the 12 cells, …
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What is it with suppliers of e-bike parts? If I can pick a part off a web based catalogue, order it and pay for it, the part arrives, works and all is good. If I try to communicate via email, …
I realised this morning that I have cycled to and from the shop everyday this week, so I will probably do more kms on the bike than in the car! It’s been a while since the weather allowed me to …
Despite it being wonderful, some issues are starting to be noticed. I have seen two so far. The first affects Outlook 2010 in Windows 10, in particular sending new emails. Sending replies and forwards is no issue, just new emails. …
With very little fanfare, Windows 10 has been released onto the world. Most people will not see it for a while, as Microsoft are “phasing” the roll out to save the internet from dying under the extra load. However, the …
Yes, just over a year after the first ride to the coffee cart at lunchtime on 6th June 2014, the odometre on the bike ticked over to 3000 kms, just as I got back from a lunchtime trip to the …
Over and over again I read statements from very enthusiastic e-bike riders, retailers, manufacturers and advocates that e-bikes are THE way of the future. This is absolute nonsense of course, they are A way of the future, but many other …
Last week I downloaded and installed the latest release of the insider preview of Windows 10, possibly the last release on the “slow ring” before the final release on 29th July 2015. As you would expect it corrected the couple …