Skateboards were organically developed in the 1940s and 1950s; 30 years would then pass before the development of the Ollie to unlock new areas for skaters that devote themselves to the art form. The emergence of powerful batteries and engines has made the electric skateboard a practical and (un-?) Fashion method of transport later in recent years. Now, [Ivan Miranda] Keep the cutting edge of the skateboard even with a completely strange structure of its own design.
The build was inspired by one wheels that [Ivan] Looking funny, but ultimately too dangerous. Above all, he fears to fall when the unicycle tips over a critical angle in which the engine can head it to a level. His concept was to create such a two-wheeler board, which is nevertheless checked with the leaning interface of a unicycle.
The frame comes from a combination of 3D printed brackets and aluminum extrusion. The driver stands on a platform that drives on the roller on the frame and sews it to control the direction of drive of the board. The recognition of the angle is treated by an Arduino with an MPU6050 IMU on board. The microcontroller is then responsible for the fact that the speed controller can move the board. The drive is carried out by a brushless DC motor, which is connected to one of the wheels via a toothed belt. The power is friendly with the kind permission of three power tool batteries.
Early tests showed that the design is a small death trap. With the refinement of the code of the control system and an improved battery setup, however, it was a little more graceful to drive. [Ivan] It is clear that more voices and refinements are necessary to make the thing safer than a one-wheel, which was the original goal. We saw some other great builds [Ivan] Before. Video after the break.