Electric Bobby Car Build

This is the electric motor upgrade build log of a Bobby Car using two Hoverboard. The end result will have four motors, one per wheel, two Xbox 360 potentiometers as throttle and brake on the stock steering wheel, and two push buttons to turn on and off each controller separately (e.g. FWD, RWD, AWD). Inside the Bobby Car cavity, the controllers, battery, and cabling will reside.

The controllers will be flashed to a new firmware developed by Larsmm which is a fork of NiklasFauth original base.

References

• Larsm Allrad e-Bobby Car - great write up and custom firmware fork
• Niklas Fauth Hoverboard firmware hack - original firmware
  • CCC GPN18 HowTo: Moving Objects - great talk
  • Build Instruction: TranspOtter - Another build, lots of helpful pictures
• Fisch's detailed build guide - great documentation of the assembly
  • Fisch's trailer build - trailer for the Bobby Car
• Jan Henrik breakout boards - PCBs for easy connection to serial and Nunchuck