I only have one type-c to micro-b cable
Yes it’s dumb that vescs use micro-b
Yes it’s dumb that I can’t use Type-A
you dont leave it you bridge it with your phone connection/internet
Ahh, yeah I can remote into it that way I guess.
Damnit I just packed up a mobile esk8 workbench and got a ride lol.
Good thinking though.
safest bet is your chromebook just hunt down another cable
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I know this might not be an immediate fix but if you’re using it for just vesc tool what about a PC stick, it’s like a super small nuc that just plug into a display via usb or hdmi and it boots from that
I’ve used them for slideshows and stuff at trade shows and they work well for what they are, I think they were like $30, and then a display could be anything as long as it has input, I think the older chromebooks can if you swap it to an ubuntu shell from chrome os, but it’s been awhile since i’ve done it.
That or a tv if you have one, or get a mini display for a couple bucks
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If I had that I could just use my desktop
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https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos/comments/ksfrtr/use_the_chromebook_as_a_hdmi_monitor/
Found this guide after ~90sec of googling. Or just buy an old shitty monitor. There are several on Craigslist around me right now for literally $10 (again, ~90 sec of search). Or dumpster dive at an office park. Monitors are so cheap.
These are solvable problems
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if you do dumpster dive please wear gloves cant afford to get sick these days
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Damnit this should be the case.
Sk8tan knows I’ve been trying to do this.
Literally no listings around me, I found one at a thrift shop that was way overpriced.
Idk what it is with this area. If I take the boat to the mainland people are literally throwing away perfectly good monitors every day.
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I feel for you, mate. If you lived near me I’d let you use my laptop and setup to fix your board.
Hopefully you can get it sorted soon.
I’m sure any diy esk8er would do the same, unfortunately I’m pretty sure I’m the only DIY guy this side of the ferry.
I found a place to do the work, I just forgot my soldering iron, it’s all ready to go beside my front door lmao.
The sun is shining. Things will go together tomorrow. I’m sure I make things out to be worse than they are.
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damnit this was the right move from the start, I should’ve listened
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Im my experience, very few would unless they’re being compensated in some way.
That’s the best attitude to have, mate. We all overthink at times, it comes with being human.
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can anyone hear their motors make sounds when the remote is off?
it sounds like the motors are trying to go 0.00000001 RPM but they can’t go that slowly, but the sounds of electricity still buzzez
FWIW I don’t have a loopkey yet, I’m out of XT90E-M
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Little update on the shoulder/wrist injury here:
The wrist is doing incredibly well despite my focus shifting away from getting physical therapy and towards getting my dental health in order.
My shoulder on the other hand had healed quite a bit and gave me the impression that it would get better until a couple weeks ago when it seemed to start getting worse. I talked to the doc and surgery is still an option. Fortunately as long as the surgery gets approved by insurance, it should be totally covered and they can drill some holes and throw some medical-grade rubber bands in my shoulder.
I am gonna miss my shoulder lump, it’s a fun conversation starter but it’ll certainly be nice to sleep on my right side again.
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I’ve been MIA over here for a bit because I’ve been busy with other stuff and mainly came on here while I was working and work is non existent over the summer, but wanted to throw this link over here
I don’t know the guy personally and just follow him on twitter but thought it wouldn’t hurt to see if anyone over here wants to help because I’m broke AF and can’t help by donating. It sucked when my oven died and took over a month to get replaced as a single human with no children to feed so I can only imagine it making things worse if you have kids to take care of.
To make up for being MIA here is a PSA: road rash on your scalp hurts more than on the rest of your body. dont be dumb like me and protect your heads. I got distracted and lost balance backwards and slid a bit on my back but aside from the burn my head is fine luckily. I don’t know how the fuck I lost balance aside from being pissed off, and distracted because of a missing medication
I had a friend of mine shave my head in highschool, and it just so happened to be the first snowfall of the winter that day and the snow made my scalp burn, so i can second this.
Protect your noggins folks
Are you sure its the motors? Every VESC I’ve ever owned made a coil whine (i think from an inductor) when its powered, no noise from motor though.
Are you sure it was a proper burn and not burning caused by Raynuad’s? asking because i have it too and didn’t know for too long that the burning from cold was not normal. If it was from the snow then that must have sucked to have to explain anytime someone noticed it
As for road rash, I’m legit just glad I lost balance during a left turn which I always take slow and that it was even slower than normal because some dick parked their raised truck on a corner that is illegal to park on. If it had happened at another time I likely would have gotten a concussion if not something worse 