Saturday, January 24, 2015

Idea: Directional and Brake signaling for bicycle

Brainstorm:

  • Directional signaling
    • A left/right switch on the left side of handlebars
    • Left thumb can control the swtich
    • Switch causes array lights on back to illuminate
  • Brake signaling
    • Red light
    • Illumination intensity proportional to braking intensity
    • How can it be connected to brakes?
    • Inertial sensor?



Idea: Raspberry Pi Spy Camera

adafruit sells this Raspberry Pi Spy Camera

We have a few Raspberry Pi boards and a few cameras for them.

Do we need an enclosure for hiding the camera?
Do we need a battery to power the Raspberry Pi?
Do we need Internet, or does the SD card have room?

Idea: Neopixel Strips, Fadecandy driver board

We bought these on Adafruit:

 NeoPixel LED Strip

FadeCandy Driver Board











Power distribution must be solved.  13.6A when 240 LEDs are at full brightness.

Ideas for a project?