TelTail Lights (TTL) - Interactive eSkate Lighting System

Im a beta tester… you should be. And its only getting better!!!

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@Bobby so am I! I’m testing the super high powered functionality of this system. Straight up off road lights for my trampa. :drooling_face:

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Lucky bastards

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Right! I was like hmm I wonder if there’s more space…

Ah. nope. Hopes crushed

Here’s a teaser :wink:

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Update: I’ve added support for GT2B remotes. The TTL system now supports 7 different input control methods:

  • Momentary (high when pressed, low when unpressed): TB Nano
  • Latched (state toggles with every button press): ?
  • Latched PWM (a pwm signal that toggles pulse width with every button press): GT2B
  • UART [Chuck Struct] C (UART remote mapping its button to C of the VESC chuck struct): Feather
  • UART [Chuck Struct] Z (UART remote mapping its button to Z of the VESC chuck struct): Feather
  • Throttle Up (gently tap the throttle forward): Any PPM (PWM) remote
  • Throttle Down (gently tap the throttle backwards): Any PPM (PWM) remote
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Here’s a video of me testing the “X-Accel Mode” of the TTL system. This mode takes the X axis accelerometer readings and tries to determine which way you are carving and how hard. The lights on the outer edge of the carve light up and the harder you carve, the brighter they get :smiley:

This mode can definitely use some tweaking, but this proof-of-concept implementation looks pretty promising :smile:

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For us noobs: will there be a ready-all-included-kit available in the future? (all included as in plug and play, lights and all, Solder gun is for heating my coffee and burning my fingers…aka im stupid)

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I believe Matt solders every component to the pcb’s himself before shipping them out. Hence why the beta had to be limited to some lucky members.

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@Gerrycorrado, That’s the plan. I think I’ll be offering 2 types of kits:

  • One would be the complete plug and play kit you are asking about which would include the SP version of the control module, headlights, tail lights, side lights, required cables, and a horn (optional).
  • The other would be for higher power lights. It would include the EP version of the control module, side lights, connectors with pre-crimped wires to add your own head and tail lights, and a horn (optional). This kit would require people to also buy a 12v buck converter and high power head and tail lights from somewhere like amazon.

Another idea I had is to have only one listing in my site’s shop for the kit, then allow for the customer to customize the contents (EP/SP control module, High/Low power headlights, High/Low power tail lights, horn or no horn).

@Flasher Yup that’s right, for now. I’ll be ordering them assembled once I start selling them. Here’s the solder paste and component placement steps of the process in case you’re curious :stuck_out_tongue:

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I have a 40w headlight, a triple horn and 154 pixels (more in the future) all waiting to work together for you. Just hope you’ll get a chance to implement addressable leds

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Don’t worry. It will be plug and play soon. I’ve found a couple things that are going to be addressed to make it as user friendly as possible.

As for now my high power system is functioning. Just gotta ride it a while and find more bugs to squash!

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Alright so after two extensive days of trouble shooting the ttl system will be displayed with a teaser set of functions tomorrow at the nyc esk8 festival. Just find me and you can see it in action

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@Ricco any updates on this marvel? When is it going to be in my board? To use my led strip, I’m currently using a 20v drill battery, a big buck converter and a bluetooth control module. Need the ttl to gain back that space :slight_smile:

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A drill battery for the led strips or the whole light assembly?

@Ace The strips are on the drill battery. Everything else is wired to the bms. Why do you ask?

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Why not use a smaller cell phone battery

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@Ace cus I had multiple drill batteries from drills I destroyed. I heatshrinked the entire battery and charger together so I can charge it without removing it from the case


Everything in blue could be replaced with a single ttl :heart_eyes:
Which in turn would allow me to add so much more useless shit :crazy_face:

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How does that work? I’m curious about that.

I was trying to make use of three different horns to make a train sound…but I found out that using a train horn synthesizer will be so much easier

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