Bike Suspension Tracker

I love mountain biking! Embarrassingly enough, when I got my last mountain bike, I did not check the full functionality of the front suspension. To my dismay, I found that the front lockout feature didn’t work. Of course, it was long outside the manufacturer’s warranty… On a good note, it got me thinking about how you could use a Raspberry …

GitHub Repository Up and Running

Thank you for so much good feedback. There have been people asking about a GitHub repository for the code to do the safe shutdown. https://github.com/JuiceBoxZero/LowBatteryShutdown There you go. Full instructions are in README.md for how to get the software. Of course, you may modify it, based on your needs/skill level, but the posted instructions should get it running on your …

Low Battery Shutdown Code

When JuiceBox Zero sees the battery voltage reach 3.2V the “LOW BATTERY” LED lights up and causes GPIO16 to go HIGH.  In order to perform a safe shutdown, do the following: Type: sudo nano LowBatteryShutdown.py This will create a python file in your current folder for the safe shutdown code. Copy and paste the following code into LowBatteryShutdown.py and save …