Monday, August 31, 2009

30/08/2009 Progress

Kart itself
  • On Saturday morning (yesterday) finished the steering, and Kart done (except brakes).
  • On Saturday afternoon, connected it up (Jury Rigged for power) and ran it. Superb !
  • Sunday morning, added the brakes.

Battery protection circuit

  • Sunday ... worked on the controller box.
  • Realised that I'd made a mistake with the controller box. There is a slight leakage of power back through some of the components (transistor ? 555 ? more likely capacitor !)
  • Worked out how to fix it.