Censored Skateboard

Took some scissor hand work with the code to get it working in my app but really not bad at all.

Now I just have to figure out how to rotate the board vs the "camera".

The sensor connection really needs to be ble for an easy setup.

I think ble makes more sense for this, better power use and no need for a common wifi connection.

But for now I got a better wifi connection. After going through most of the wifi example folders I was about to switch to python when I found a udpclient example that works with the pico.

Much faster connection than loading a webpage.

• anyways needed a model to mirror the sensor.
• I think the wheelbite cuts can be a bit more smooth.
• and the nose/tail should be round so they don't hook on something i guess...

I haven't been able to get the mpu to work with the esp8266 nodemcu. but this circuit would nice and tiny.

I think I'll ditch the distance sensor for v2. 

1. its just annoying how much space it takes. 
2. with the case its 2x the weight i estimated.

maybe i'll wire it in as an addon. with its own case.. 

the case style should be good for something that doesn't need to be as portable...

V1 case. 2aa batteries direct.

• 44x80x30mm (38 with sensors) 94grams...case has 4 loops 1.6mm walls.
• power use was about 40 idle and 80 peak on updates. so about 30 hours per pair...
• with about 10 ints per data point plus the date,  should be able to store about 1.5 minutes of data at 50hz.
• if i can use program space its more like 15minutes of data. but send out 2mB bursts might need a better connection.

tested this stl viewer demo app. will probably try to add this so I can create a Digital Board that mirrors the sensor data.

Then plotting some data might be useful once it has context.

https://github.com/dbrant/ModelViewer3D