[Hackability] Hello and welcome!

[Ian Smith]

Cc'ing hackability@, since I think you meant to.  (Won't be out there tonight, but I look forward to meeting in person.)  

--  
Ian Smith


On Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Zach wrote:

> Hah, I like Liz's slides.
>  
> Ian, I will be at NB later tonight if you want to talk about that USB charging (or anything else). As I was telling Liz, if you have the XLR charging connecter the pinout for scooters I've found is:
>  
> 1) +24v
> 2) Ground
> 3) Sense (to keep chair from moving when charging- connects to Ground)
>  
> The charge port is wires directly to the battery so it can be used to power anything...just make sure to put fuses :)
>  
>  
> Here's more info on that charging chip btw:
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autooo.net%2Futf8-classid164-id69036.html
>  
>  
> and for that remote idea-- I would personally keep it on. My garage door opener (and IR stuff in general) runs off a 3v CR2032...for ages. So the power draw is miniscule. You can check yours but I bet it's ok.
>  
> Im down to meet during the week if anyone wants to too.
>  
> Zach
>  
> --- On Sat, 8/18/12, Ian Smith <ismith at metaforgotten.org (mailto:ismith at metaforgotten.org)> wrote:
>  
> > From: Ian Smith <ismith at metaforgotten.org (mailto:ismith at metaforgotten.org)>
> > Subject: Re: [Hackability] Hello and welcome!
> > To: "Zach" <organic_unity at yahoo.com (mailto:organic_unity at yahoo.com)>
> > Cc: "hackability at lists.noisebridge.net (mailto:hackability at lists.noisebridge.net)" <hackability at lists.noisebridge.net (mailto:hackability at lists.noisebridge.net)>
> > Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 9:04 PM
> > > Can't wait to see your blog with
> >  
> >  
> > all those pics and to start documenting on the internets
> > some real scooter hacks! Can you believe no one is doing
> > this stuff ANYWHERE and putting it online?? It's hard to
> > believe, but I guess we will have to pioneer this important
> > step in making life easier for our bretheren!
> > To quote from the Hearing Aid Hacking livejournal: "We're
> > frustrated that we're behind the technology curve and pay
> > huge dollars/pounds/euros for good hearing aids that are
> > unaware of and incompatible with anything resembling recent
> > advances in consumer audio tech.
> >  
> > We're willing to blaze our own path because no one will do
> > it for us until they realize there is money in them thar
> > hills."
> >  
> > (Relatedly: I'm new to Noisebridge. Is it common to
> > document projects centrally, on the wiki or something, at
> > least as a link to one's personal web presence?  
> > Documenting these sorts of hacks on our personal blogs is
> > all well and good, but having a central resource of "here
> > are places to look for things that people have done and
> > tried and learned" is even better.)
> >  
> > > http://www.ti.com/product/bq2013h
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > That looks really neat - I'd be interested in working on
> > that, maybe getting it into kit form? My chair can
> > display the current voltage (in a diagnostic menu), which
> > seems to be standard on powerchairs but ~unheard of on
> > scooters … but it'd be nice to have even more information,
> > and maybe do some basic logging and tracking over
> > time.  
> >  
> > (Switching to Liz' email)  
> > > I'd love to see us have a meetup and fix or hack
> >  
> >  
> > something in the next
> > > month, maybe on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon.
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > I'm hosed next weekend, but I'd be very excited about doing
> > this another time. (Or even making it a semi-regular
> > thing, if there's sufficient interest.)
> >  
> > Intro time:
> >  
> > I have three-ish projects in various stages of planning:
> > - USB charging from my powerchair (24v power supply.  
> > Although the plug may have the wrong polarity, checking that
> > is my next step.)
> >  
> > - The door to my building is triggered by a remote
> > transmitter; I've found the points to short to activate it,
> > and replacing the battery with DC from my chair will be
> > simple. But I'm still undecided if I should have it
> > constantly on (and rely on the fact that it's short range)
> > or just wire a more discreet button into my chair. (Or
> > a happy medium: a toggle switch such that it can be disabled
> > when I'm staying in the lobby rather than just passing
> > through.) Either way, I'd like to stop carrying this
> > bulky remote in my bag.
> >  
> > - A Raspberry Pi. My hearing aid and cochlear implant
> > can both take audio input through an induction loop; the
> > idea of putting having my chair be an audio routing
> > mechanism (music? Phone? Laptop? Maybe an
> > interface to navigation or other data?) is intriguing.
> >  
> > Ian