Remember the eXKateDB (drill battery) hack?:
I shoulda seen it coming, but see those little connectors? They can be plugged in backwards...yeah...bad stuff happened. Turns out the Exkate controller doesn't have reverse polarity protection. I actually found this out the hard way at the end of the class this summer. I plugged the battery in backwards and it fried some components. Luckily, Shane was there to help me fix it. This time (wasn't me) however, more things fried:
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| Blown up transistor and resistor. Another transistor is fried on the board. |
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| You can see the diode we replaced before. It was fine, but the transistor below it wasn't too happy. |
Assuming more stuff wasn't burnt, we probably could have fixed it, but the whole thing was turning into a hack at this point. So....new controller! Brushed Kelly Controller to be specific. It has better specs than the Exkate controller, for a lot less. However, it doesn't have a built in radio system. So....new radio system! A Hobbyking 2 channel 2.4GHz radio was purchased ($17). We'll have to figure out some way to translate the PWM servo signal to a 0-5VDC signal for the Kelly throttle input, but that shouldn't be too difficult. Hmm...what to do with the extra channel.
A new set of Lipos are here (I need to find time to install them :/ ). To prevent what ultimately caused all of this trouble in the first place, a keyed battery selector will also be added. After that, the longboard should pretty much be set and idiot-
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