Insight Machines Lab-
Dial illumination test
10/29/2017 at 09:57 • 0 commentsTook the bicycle out yesterday evening for a windy test drive to see how the dial illumination performs. The results are satisfactory. See for yourselves:
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Testing the night light
09/28/2017 at 19:41 • 0 commentsVersion 2.0 of the gauges set will have a blue LED to illuminate the dial. Today, we've made a simple test to see whether a small 3mm LED, mounted at the bottom of the gauge, will be sufficient to light up the whole dial. The results are promising. See for yourself:
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New dials
09/27/2017 at 19:57 • 0 commentsWe printed a new version of the dials on a glossy sticker paper. They should prove more durable than the ones printed on regular paper and, of course, stick to the metal plates below them so they don't wrinkle or bend. We've also printed some dials in inverted colour scheme (visible on the left on the photo below) but that was not a very good idea so we'll just drop it.![]()
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New test drive video
08/28/2017 at 21:38 • 0 commentsShot a new test-drive video depicting the behaviour of both the speed and the cadence gauges. The video is available in the "Description" section as well as here:
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Changing the looks
08/28/2017 at 21:34 • 0 commentsTried to remove the plastic ring around the gauge today. Without a proper stand for a drill to cut a perfect circle with the diameter of 65mm, we opted for a more brute-force approach with the Proxxon Micromot 230 and a routing bit.
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The result wasn't perfect...
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Utterly Hipster Bicycle Speed & Cadence Gauges
Two analog voltage meters, ATtiny85s and some parts from a modern bike computer turned into speed and cadence gauges for a hipster's bicycle
... But it has to do.