The first ever PSoC Challenge contest askedย Makers to design Internet of Thingsย projects using the newly released PSoC 4 BLE Pioneer Kit. Ten Maker projectsย competed for aย grand prize of $2,500 of travel expenses to come out to Maker Faire here in the Bay Area.
We spoke toย Charles “Chuck” Swiger, the grand prize winner who modified an existing electric bike project
A homemade electric bike made from new, obsolete laptop lithium ion batteries, has a commercial dashboard called the Cycle Analyst, that displays the battery state of charge โ amp hours or watt hours used since last charge, essentially how much โgasโ is left in the tank โ as well as voltage, amps being used at the moment, bike speed and cumulative distance traveled on a charge.
The PSoC board he connected to the commercial dashboard meant that the data it reported could be sent via Bluetooth LE to his phone for display, but logged and stored for later analysis.
Starting withย no experience with PSoC at all, he added data logging capabilities using the PSoC 4 BLEย for his eBike, going from getting an LED to flash to a fully functional connected product in just a few weeks.
Congratulations again to Charles on his great project, and we hope he enjoyed the faire.
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