DAVEGA X: Gauging interest

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I’m a beta tester for @Ricco. We’ve got a uart splitter in the works. It’s called usplit and allows up to three uart devices on one uart port. Coming soon!

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Literally seconds apart w the same answer

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I was almost a beta tester but I’m still putting the build together. Wouldn’t have been able to really test for him.

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It’s coming along well.

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How hard would it be to implement a clock on the board? I know we don’t like phantom power draw of course.

My watch band broke yesterday and stopping to check my phone while riding is hecka annoying.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

This is a very good idea :point_up: I often stop to check my phone for the time. I dont bring my watch since I dont want to ruin it in case of a crash.

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There’s no user friendly way of doing it with FW update only. The MCU is capable of measuring elapsed time while it’s running (you actually get the uptime and time riding) but there’s no way for it to know what time is it when you turn it on.

You would have to allow it to connect to Internet so that it can get the current time or set the current time manually. It would be able to show the time henceforth (until you turn it off). I could add a “sync time” menu item. It’s fairly easy to implement. It just seems user unfriendly. I wonder if anyone would use it on regular basis.

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Maybe my timer idea could be an easy solution. An elapsed “time riding” displayed would be comparable to a clock. Maybe have it reset along with the tripometer so a short power off doesn’t reset it. It could also be manually startes and stopped like a stop watch. Just shooting ideas around!

Shit I thought you were joking.

The FW v1.1.0 is out. It only has minor changes:

  • settings: Misc > voltage display: “avg cell” or “pack total” (@deckoz, @mackann)
  • settings: Misc > reset lifetime data
    • careful with it; there’s no undo :slight_smile:
  • FW downloads without the workaround described below

Unfortunately, the FW update isn’t completely without trouble. If you try to update in the standard way, it will likely fail with a memory error. The FW download is hungry for memory. In the earlier versions, davega would restart before performing the download in order to free up memory. I thought I optimized the code for memory enough to afford doing the download without the restart. Bad idea. Lesson learned.

Fortunately, there’s a workaround. Here’s how to do the update.

  • power off your board (and davega)
  • power the board on again while holding davega middle button
  • as soon as the menu shows up on davega, release the button (otherwise you will exit the menu; you don’t want that)
  • do the FW update

By entering the menu immediately after startup, no VESC communication will happen and enough memory will be saved to complete the FW update successfully.

Apologies for the inconvenience. As soon as you manage to install v1.1.0, you shouldn’t need any workarounds for FW updates henceforth.

Please let me know if the FW update has worked for you and also if you experience any problems. Good luck. :crossed_fingers:

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it works

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I want one so bad!

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I have! Just waiting

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Thank you for the clarification!:slightly_smiling_face:

Very good option but what about a GPS ? You could then have the time and record the position ! It’s my goal for the future, a Davega with screen, sdcard logging and GPS.

But simplier, just put a small clock on your board, next to the Davega and you can get it off when you want with an easy release support.

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