Custom rear and front lights

kntzn · January 29, 2020, 8:28pm

Hi there
I have just finished my custom rear light for my esk8
Basically it is the 3d-printed box with indent for LEDs PCB. I`ve made it because I want to control lights of my board from my diy RX PCB. Also, this model is not that perfect but fits well on “Pairs Style” 7.25" trucks from AliExpress

So here is the way it looks like:

And here is the PCB for 8 5mm LEDs:

So that is the way it looks like with 4/8 leds:

In order to make it somewhat waterproof (and it is definitely reasonable with Moscow’s climate) I’ve covered the PCB with nail polish (yeah, shitty DIY style but it works so well)

PCB is fixed in it’s place with glue which improves both shock resistance and makes it more waterproof also)

Also, this box contais special pass for Hall sensor that measures speed, and the lightbox (that’s the way I’m going to call it ) itself is fixed on the truck with M5 10mm bolt.

So, there is the result, due to the lenses on the leds light density is pretty high, so I`am satisfied with the result:

So there are models and PCB:
BackLightBoxCoverV5.1.stl (116 KB)
BackLightBoxV5.stl (682.6 KB)
PCB_PCB_2020-01-28 01_23_04_20200128152207.pdf (11.3 KB)

Front lighs are on the way as well as build thread about my board
Post your ideas and thoughts

(Sry for so much edits, i`m just used to type Ctrl+Enter instead of single Enter )

mmaner · January 29, 2020, 8:36pm

Post some pics, a model, something to let us know what you are doing.

EDIT: Thanks for posting more info, much better

mynamesmatt · January 29, 2020, 9:34pm

how are you powering the lights?

kntzn · January 29, 2020, 9:36pm

They are 5V-powered, I get power from my DIY RX unit that has pwm outputs for rear and front lights

sleepless · January 25, 2021, 7:18am

How are you controlling your brake lights?
very compact! nice job

kntzn · January 25, 2021, 4:24pm

As I said earlier, vesc is controlled by diy rx unit, as well as break lights

sleepless · January 25, 2021, 4:32pm

Great. Can you say more than “diy rx unit”?

kntzn · January 26, 2021, 8:24am

Yep

Sonic · March 6, 2021, 6:53pm

Hi mate, I’m keen to get brake lights on my mountain board. I’m using a flipsky Vx2, so it’s UART. Any idea how to get an arduino detecting a braking input from that please? Or is there another way, monitoring a voltage somewhere else, using CAN bus, etc.? Many thanks

sleepless · March 7, 2021, 9:17am

The most straightforward method is to tap the tx and rx lines to the remote bluetooth dongle. Add wires to the Arduino and use one of the existing UART-VESC libraries.

Sonic · March 8, 2021, 10:53am

I’ve tapped into the Rx of the receiver, but as it’s not PWM it’s a bit harder. From what I’ve read in here, UART is a lot more tricky as you need to understand the package structure the remote uses. Hoping to find someone who’s got the code working to read that…

kntzn · March 12, 2021, 4:57pm

There is another tread exactly about this

Sonic · March 15, 2021, 8:44am

There is, yep, thanks. But it’s a bit of a tease as it draws no conclusion, so I thought I’d raise the question here!