{"id":15802,"date":"2016-11-02T18:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T17:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15802"},"modified":"2016-11-02T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:23:49","slug":"diy-motorised-skateboard-controlled-by-raspberry-pi-zero-reaches-speeds-of-30kmh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15802","title":{"rendered":"DIY motorised skateboard controlled by Raspberry Pi Zero reaches speeds of 30km\/h"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DIY 30KM\/H ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD - RASPBERRY PI\/WIIMOTE POWERED\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2WLEur3M8Yk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Timmons-Brown (aka The Raspberry Pi Guy) has been around for ages, providing tutorial and other videos. Now, he has embarked upon his most ambitious project yet by building <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2WLEur3M8Yk\" target=\"_blank\">his own motorised skateboard<\/a>, controlled (of course) by a Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n<p>A Pi Zero sends a servo signal to a speed controller, which is powered by a 22V 8A battery. The control signal is then sent to the motor &#8211; a whopping 63mm <a href=\"http:\/\/alienpowersystem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alien Power System<\/a> brushless jobby that is\u00a0rated for 80A, 3200-watts and carries the skateboard at speeds of up to 30km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>The skateboard itself is rather nice and on the bottom are two boxes protecting the battery and the electronics. A Wiimote controller is used to control the amount of power applied to the motor over Bluetooth. Matt reckons the skateboard has a range of at least 10km, although he hasn&#8217;t yet tried it out over that distance.<\/p>\n<p>Matt has written just over 100 lines of object-orientated Python to drive the skateboard and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/the-raspberry-pi-guy\/skateboard\" target=\"_blank\">see his code here<\/a>. The skateboard itself was customised and put together\u00a0with help from the awesome guys over at <a href=\"http:\/\/makespace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cambridge Makespace<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2WLEur3M8Yk\" target=\"_blank\">Leave Matt a comment and a thumbs-up by visiting the YouTube video<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Timmons-Brown (aka The Raspberry Pi Guy) has been around for ages, providing tutorial and other videos. 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