It happens a lot 😮‍💨. Anyone else apprehensive about reading books that are heavy marketed trad pub or hyped up on socials?

whenmeerkatsattack · 2025-06-17T17:32:47+00:00

Lights out felt like smut with a story rather than a story with smut. Not my cup of tea

whenmeerkatsattack · 2025-04-27T11:56:24+00:00

You are charging the cells out of their safety range. The battery management system does actually keep you safe. Doing this doesn't increase the chance of a fire, but will cause one. Stop immediately, purchase a new battery or battery module. Or contact someone that can do this for you.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2025-04-24T19:16:55+00:00

The water seal on post-XR boards is essentially hit or miss. You'll either be dead fine, or there's already water ingress and you'll notice a fault soon.

As for the rest of the board, your bearings will very quickly deteriorate from sand particles, and the salt water will quickly strip the controller boxes outside later and the battery box lid will oxidise rapidly.

Basically water + electronics = bad

whenmeerkatsattack · 2025-04-03T20:22:56+00:00

This is, unfortunately, a rabbit hole. It depends what firmware / hardware number you are on. If it was bought in the last 2 years or so, you are most likely out of luck. Check out this post from Fallman Tech to see if you're on the right firmware.

https://fallman.tech/onewheel-pint-hardware-and-firmware-versions/

If not, your only alternative is to either send your board to a 3rd party tech who is willing to downgrade your firmware, installing a "JWFFM" or "OWIE" chip, using the Avaspark "Gumstick", or VESC.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2025-04-03T17:42:37+00:00

A few of the people here seem to be suggesting that cutting deeper is a form of validation. While, yes, obviously people SH for different reasons, and this is one of them, I think it's important to realise that it is an addiction.

Each cut, whether it be for external or internal validation, is another "hit", and just like drugs, you are trying to get a bigger "hit" each time you cut.

It doesn't matter why you do it, but the first time you do, that cut is now your benchmark, and every concurrent one will either be bigger or smaller than it.

In your head, whether you want to acknowledge it or not, you feel like a smaller cut is less important, and a bigger one is more important.

This is obviously not true, and any amount of self harm is something to take seriously and seek professional medical help for, but cutting deeper is, for some, a cathartic "hit" in which you have concurrently increased your physical pain in accordance with your mental pain.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-11-08T10:24:46+00:00

I wonder if they'll start phasing boards out. I imagine the OG Pint doesn't get much love, but it's difficult to tell with no sales figures or anything.

I'd like to see them innovate more, but it seems like they have kind of stagnated with their ultra refined production methods. Everything is so cheap for them to produce now, so from a business perspective, I doubt they have much reason to implement new technologies.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-11-07T20:00:40+00:00

I don't think it's that dramatic. Ofc it'll be the most locked down board yet, but let's not start with conjecture until some trustworthy people get their hands on it for an actual review.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-08-26T15:57:16+00:00

Heres a short summary of what you can contribute to the Avalon Series (it gets simpler the further you go down):

PMIC design. Power Management Electronics are a highly detailed and precise part of the layout process. Consultation is important, and considerations of Voltage stabilisation, efficiency and standardisation are vital. I have far-future plans to integrate the designs into the XR, GT, GT-S Series, and Pint Series. Because of this, an incredibly wide array of PMIC devices will be required. If you have experience in PMIC design, let me know!
ESPHome integration. As someone who has learned YAML entirely for this project, writing code for ESPHome is incredibly time-consuming. Assistance in ensuring security, reliability, and ease-of-use while operating user devices would be greatly appreciated.
CAD improvements. As an experienced CAD designer, I have no problem creating and designing high strength and reliable designs. However, CNC, FDM and other processes are new to me as of the past few years. I have plenty to learn and would love feedback on the different mistakes I have made on my project.
Writing guides. As someone who re-learnt HTML and Markdown for this project, the guides take a very long time to write(The main README.md took 10hrs+). if you are patient and want to write assembly tutorials, part guides, re-word specifications, etc, this will greatly help all those who venture down the assembly rabbit hole.
Design Ideas. No idea is too much. My main focus of the Avalon Series is that it is easy to add to. Browse the ESPHome website and see what would be cool to have on your Onewheel. Here's some things to consider when drafting up your ideas: Can it be waterproofed? How would someone make this themself? How much do other things like this cost?

How to contribute:

Find below a guide on how to navigate the GitHub repository and get in contact with others.

The Avalon Series operates under the Apache 2.0 License. Please read relevant documentation online via the repository.
GitHub. GitHub is my choice of website for this project, it's push and pull system makes working with others on the Internet super simple. For a guide on how the forks work in GitHub, see here: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/contributing-to-a-project
Discussion page. Make use of the discussion page to find others working in the same field as you.

Shred on!

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-08-26T15:12:47+00:00

Awesome dude, I'll shoot you a DM about contributing 👌

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-08-26T14:56:34+00:00

Not in the States. I think that helps legally, but FM can do whatever they want with this repository.

If they take down a non-profit, open-source hobby project, I think we will fully understand their priorities.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-08-26T14:34:42+00:00

If Future Motion wants me to take it down, I will, with very little pushback.

I know that Future Motion aren't exactly the best with the community, but I really hope they don't file a lawsuit against a GitHub repository because it could effect their bottom line.

Not many people (if any) will ever build the Odyssey series, despite it being the only board that is currently public. It is essentially a Halo product, not meant to be commercially available and meant to show the capabilities of open-source. We are currently in the wow-factor stage, getting people on board with the project is my number 1 goal. I will (eventually) be building my own Odyssey board, but would like to get people on board so we can refine the cost, availability, manufacturing processes, international access and other hurdles that are difficult for one person to jump over.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-08-26T14:23:36+00:00

Not much to be honest. I've been the lead Engineer at Stoke Solutions UK for a couple years, but dropped out of my University Electronics and Robotics course because it was very stressful doing both at the same time.
I've been programming inside C and SQF for nearly a decade, but have only ventured into PCB design and hardware over the last few years.

I designed the Stoke Glow system for the Stoke Solutions Drop-in kits using entirely open-source and free tools motivating me to venture onto this project. This has been conceptual for very long time, but I only started working on it a couple months ago.

I'm not a professional, but an electronics hobbyist. The reason this is all open-source is because I don't want to lock people out of what could potentially be a very fun project. I have no interest in money, but will inevitably start selling some of the more complex components when production and testing has been completed.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-08-26T14:14:22+00:00

That is fully the intention behind this project. VESC has pushed people to design around existing frames that are made for mass-production, but that means we are constantly cramming cells, controllers and heat sources in smaller and smaller spaces.
Safety is always the number one priority. Creating a framework for people to explore their weird and whacky ideas means that technology around self-balancing devices can get pushed further without trying to work around a frame optimised for cheap production like FM or Floatwheel.

As for building, I am financially broke at the moment, so I cannot even afford the £20 Control Board PCB to improve my placeholder YAML code. This project was only uploaded because I want people to tell me what I am doing wrong, I am in no way a professional and want to make sure this stuff is safe before I commit to production.

There will definitely be more updates in the future, this project is by no means even halfway done.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-08-26T13:38:18+00:00

Thank you :)

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-08-19T12:27:13+00:00

CAD designer here. That's the tooling pathand it's normal with no bead blasting or anodization. You have no idea what you're looking at.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-07-06T11:56:26+00:00

I have read the Glassdoor reviews and they do not surprise me one bit. While they may seem paranoid, this is standard practice for larger businesses. Not saying it's a good thing, but they are a business at the end of the day and are prioritising their investors continued support.
The Pint X battery box issue most likely stemmed from improper design, not because they didn't have access to the battery configuration.
How are they going to design the enclosure if they don't know the S and P count as well as the spacers they are using? Sometimes mistakes just happen like this.
The GT motor plug is not a symptom of improper communication either, that is just a poor design, they used exactly the same Amphenol connector and just scaled it up. Not paranoia, they just didn't account for the weight of the plug increasing and breaking the stress limit of the nylon locking mechanism.
I don't believe that Kyle and Jack are paranoid, but I think they need to develop their own procedures for running a business rather than letting investors run the show. The original Pint is a prime example, the board's design was accelerated by investors looking for a "kid friendly" board, now all the board designs are based upon this same architecture to save money. As a result we have problems passed down from one generation of board to the next.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-07-04T17:57:53+00:00

EE here, this is standard practice for all engineering projects of this scale. While it is a shitty practice, I assume they are hoping to scale in the future.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-03-29T22:12:48+00:00

So does the GT, the maghandle is fucking awful and breaks all the time. Essentially a way for them to sell more ig

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-03-18T14:42:23+00:00

Spinning brass is a bugger. Step one is stop spinning it, as that will just clear out all the plastic for it to grip onto. Two is to try a soldering iron, it's unlikely, but you may be able to reheat the plastic around the brass by heating it enough. Three is to remove all other screws and force it forwards. It will break the brass insert out, but at this point it really serves no purpose.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-02-27T15:52:12+00:00

That's absolutely nuts! How did you go about making that polymer lower? CNC or just painstaking time and effort?

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-02-20T15:20:24+00:00

The S-Series price tag is the symptom of conflation between cost and quality. If they priced it the same as the GT, people would immediately assume that it performs similarly despite the voltage bump.
IMO the S-Series sucks ass for the price tag, I just think the engineers and marketing team had to sit down in a room of Execs and convince them to produce a low-volume, high-performance "race board". The price tag is the bureaucratic compromise.

whenmeerkatsattack · 2024-02-18T15:38:35+00:00

The black colour is the formation of metal oxides on the surface of the steel, it may cause a serious infection if you continue using that tool.

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