[lug] Bicycle Computers

[Stephen Queen]

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Brennen Bearnes <bbearnes at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've had good intentions for a while now of building an Arduino-based bike
> computer. I've got all the components, pretty much - solar panel, battery
> charger, battery, weather-proof case, pile of LEDs - but so far haven't
> mustered the ambition to do more than rig up the case to attach to the rack.
>
> I've thought seriously about using a BeagleBoard or gutting one of the old
> netbooks I have laying around, just to say hey, my bike runs Linux, but I
> worry about power requirements (and possibly weight). It seems like I can
> pretty well keep an Arduino going indefinitely on solar, at least for the
> two hours or so I ride in a day.
>
> -- Brennen
>
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I wasn't familiar with the Arduino so looked it up real quick. This
sounds like it could be a fun project. I could see connecting it to
one of the GPS modules that sparkfun sells to make a complete system.
Unfortunately for me, I have a fairly full stack of projects that are
sitting uncompleted, both computer and non-computer related. My wife
would not appreciate me starting a new one.

Wasn't it Einstein that showed that time was money, and the faster you
tried to complete a task, the more expensive it became, and it tended
to warp.

Steve