Hello everyone me name is Astrid, and I come from Norway.
But unfortunately here in Norway we have a lot more restrictions than most other countries. So, building a board that would be legal using off the shelf parts is very hard. But then I realized I could buy a legal E-Scooter (Esk8’s and E-scooters follow the exact same laws). So by thinking a bit too hard I came up with a pair of basic designs.
After this design was created I started looking at MTB’s and altered this design to fit more of that style of board
The next thing I did was finding out how to control the E-scooter via a wireless hand controller.
After opening up the scooter I found the connector that controls the throttle I then tasked me dad to help me make a transmitter for the ESC and receiver for the hand controller
(Hand controller)
(ESC controller/Throttle control)
These two in total took 2 months to solder and make sure they works.
(finished results)
(bottom showing the screen motherboard, and the “throttle” [the red things])
(Side showing the pin out of controlling accelerate and brake, and the power in [fun fact this things gets it’s power from the light power source {I’m using something else than the light system that comes with the E-scooter}])
(side of the hand controller, showing the motherboard, button and the throttle)
(this thing doesn’t have a battery inside it yet so it’s powered by a powebank in my pocket)
Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures and film me creating a board and cutting apart the E-scooter and fitting the two pieces together. But I do have a video of what it looks like from a bit too far away.
(there isn’t a video in the privew so I’m just adding a IMGUR link https://imgur.com/a/nNjD04Q)
And another sad thing is that the first time I had everything working I decided to do a test ride after 100m the board stops pushing forwards. But me dad did capture the moment 5 seconds before it died.
(Keep in mind this is the first time I ever rode this board. https://imgur.com/a/V8RHXJd)
So after inspecting the damage it turns out the ESC is dead and I haven’t checked out the throttle receiver yet, so now the board looks like this in the middle of my room.
(the board would tip over if I don’t hold it [It is very back heavy with the box on the back]
So until the new ESC arrives and I get to repairing the new throttle controller this will stay for a bit.
Time for a new project
(Thank you for reading!)