The Bike With 2 Brains

Website Updates

2008-Jun-19

• Home Page: I killed the Bike With 2 Brains.

2006-Jun-5

• Frame History
  • 2006-June-5: New back wheels

2005-Nov-6

• Exhibitions
  • 2005-August-29 to 2005-September-5: The Burning Man exhibition
  • 2005-August-9: Mom and Dad stop by [added photos]

2005-Aug-25

• Computer History
  • 2005-August-19 to 2005-August-21: Try to write cool software; settle for functionality
• Power Source History
  • 2005-August-20: Finishing up the generator
• Audio History
  • 2005-August-21: Just a picture of the sound board

Website Updates

2005-Aug-18

• Computer History
  • 2005-August-18: Rewrite demo program with interrupts, get clocks set up, build lighting connectivity
  • Power Source History
    • 2005-August-18: Generator dumb luck

  2005-Aug-17

  • Computer History
    • 2005-August-17: Get demo program working on computer
  • Audio History
    • 2005-August-17: Remote controlling the MP3 player

  2005-Aug-16

  • Frame History
    • 2005-August-15: Adding a little shade and finger/head protection
  • Lighting History
    • 2005-August-14: The light tubes are done
  • Audio History
    • 2005-August-16: Musicians of The Bike With 2 Brains
    • 2005-August-13: How to detect if the MP3 player is playing
  • Exhibitions
    • 2005-August-14: Demonstration for the musicians

  2005-Aug-12

  • Power Source History
    • 2005-August-12: Debugging the Dead Power Supply
    • 2005-August-9 to 2005-August-12: The Savonius Windmill Generator
    • 2005-August-5: The pretty-good 12V-5V DC-DC converter
  • Lighting History
    • 2005-August-11 to 2005-August-12: Almost 100% done with the light tubes
    • 2005-August-8: A quick note about emergency lighting
  • Audio History
    • 2005-August-8: Hacking the MP3 player
    • 2005-August-6 to 2005-August-9: Finally sounds like it's working
  • Exhibitions
    • 2005-August-9: Mom and Dad stop by

  2005-Aug-4

  • Power Source History
    • 2005-August-4: 5 volt success on the breadboard
    • 2005-August-1 to 2005-August-2: DC-DC converters via the 10-potentiometer method
  • Lighting History
    • 2005-July-30 to 2005-July-31: Making light tubes for real
    • 2005-July-28: Spiral bike and light test

  2005-Jul-27

  • Lighting History
    • 2005-July-26: Lights, camera, action
  • Audio History
    • 2005-July-26: Bought a new MP3 player

  2005-Jul-25

  • Frame History
    • 2005-July-15: Upholstering 101
    • 2005-July-6: Building a better, stronger, faster fork
    • 2005-June-30: Make a shipping crate for some of the parts
    • 2005-June-21: Assembling the painted frame
    • 2005-June-8 to 2005-June-14: The final paint job
    • 2005-June-2 to 2005-June-5: Getting started with paint
    • 2005-May-26 to 2005-June-1: More frame welding stuff
    • 2005-May-24: Buy paint
    • 2005-May-19 to 2005-May-21: First riding test
    • 2005-May-9 to 2005-May-12: Finish more frame parts except horizontal bars
  • Power Source History
    • 2005-July-14 to 2005-July-15: Better DC-DC converters
    • 2005-June-26 to 2005-July-1: Basic DC-DC converters
    • 2005-May-22: Trying the Joule Thief
    • 2005-May-15: Generators #6: Now With Stronger Magnets
  • Lighting History
    • 2005-July-24: I guess I can use bit-modulation
    • 2005-July-11: Current limiting the new LED's
    • 2005-June-23: LED's with bit modulation
    • 2005-June-19: Build the eye pupils
    • 2005-May-24 to 2005-May-31: Buy more miscellaneous parts
  • Audio History
    • 2005-July-25: Frying the stupid MP3 player
    • 2005-July-18 to 2005-July-22: Powering the stupid MP3 player
    • 2005-July-15 to 2005-July-17: Starting on the audio system
    • 2005-May-27: Contact local musicians
  • Exhibitions
    • 2005-July-10: More people in the back yard
    • 2005-July-4: Independence Day picnic
    • 2005-June-30: Video!
    • 2005-May-28: Friends ride at my house

  2005-May-23

  • I decided to add an Amazon Honor System box to the home page.

  2005-May-2

  • Power Source History
    • 2005-Apr-24: Generators #5: The Permanent Magnet Rotor
  • Frame History
    • 2005-May-2: Assemble front-end of bike; dry-run frame assembly

  2005-Apr-21

  • Frame History
    • 2005-Apr-21: Finish tack-welding all of rear-end components
    • 2005-Apr-12: Install diagonal supports to rear assemblies
    • 2005-Apr-11: Begin building rear frame; great dumpster find
    • 2005-Apr-10: Chop up bike frames
    • 2005-Apr-7: Find out about professional paint services
    • 2005-Apr-5: More rear-end redesigning; first welds
    • 2005-Mar-28: Notes on frame parts
  • Power Source History
    • 2005-Apr-2: Generators #4: A New Hope — AC generators
    • 2005-Apr-1: Generators #3: Experimentation
    • 2005-Mar-31: Generators #2: Stepper motors suck as generators
    • 2005-Mar-28: Method of mounting the rotor bearings; Generators #1: These generators suck
  • Computer History
    • 2005-Mar-25: Get electronic components
  • Lighting History
    • 2005-Apr-11: Order the LED's

  2005-Mar-22

  • Frame History
    • 2005-Mar-21: Redesign frame
    • 2005-Mar-17: Create full-scale eyes to test pipe bender
    • 2005-Mar-7: Frame disassembly brainstorm; unicycle lament
    • 2005-Mar-3: Original frame design and first copper wire model
  • Power Source History
    • 2005-Mar-3: Buy ball bearings
    • 2005-Feb-28: Survival calculations
    • 2005-Feb-18: Savonius rotor test
    • 2005-Feb-2: Computer hard drive windmill
  • Computer History
    • 2005-Mar-18: Select microcontroller
  • Lighting History
    • 2005-Mar-19: Ordering some of the parts
    • 2005-Mar-11: Complicated capacitor LED driver model test
    • 2005-Feb-28: Pulse-width modulated LED test
    • 2005-Feb-26: Test polyethylene tubing
  • Audio History
    • 2005-Mar-5: Buy MP3 player

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