Here's Other Chris and Mike at BuildBrighton Hackspace, testing the Scalexercise racing cars for the Dublin Mini MakerFaire.
A few tweaks here and there may be needed for the final version, but as a proof-of-concept, it's looking really exciting. Pedal faster and the car zooms around the track.
Braking is proving a bit of a sore point, at the onboard mcu effectively has to wait for a timeout from the exercise machine before reducing speed which is why there's a delay between stopping pedalling and the car stopping.
Perhaps it's time someone fitted a brake to an exercise machine?
There is already code for braking, just need to add the buttons to the machines!
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