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16-11-15, 01:10 PM | #11 | |
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It works by detecting infra red light waves emitted by the object it is pointed at. Therefore wind should not be an issue, after all your vision of an object is not affected by the wind blowing between you and it. At least that is my understanding! At the rear, the sensor will probably be further away if I clip it to the small shock guard that the SV comes with. I have seen that when you vary the distance of the sensor to an object, it does make the sensor read varying temperatures. This may be due to its field of view changing to see past the object you want to read (By reading past the sides of the tyre) or something else I'm unaware of. I have added an offset value so that I can tune the sensor to its mounting position and by using a known calibrated device to compare, I can "setup" the sensor to match what it should be reading.
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18-11-15, 07:52 PM | #12 |
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Some more progress today:
The plastic parts I designed and had printed arrived from shapeways.com It was great to see that they work great, the fit is close enough to provide a very good friction fit around both the sensor itself and the cable. No glue required. However, to make them waterproof I will pour some epoxy resin around the sensor and along the joins. Assembly: Ready to mount: Into the shed to find the front fender.....
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18-11-15, 10:10 PM | #13 |
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I managed to install the system on the bike in my shed!
The front sensor overhangs the front fender / mudguard. The rear sensor looks thru the shock guard plastic piece. I tried a static test without the engine running: (Ignore the whitenoise before each value, it is telling me 7 and 8 degrees but I forgot to program for single digit numbers and it is giving us giberish for the first character) So front = 7 and rear = 8. Lets check front: Lets check rear: Looking good so far....... .
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Today I road tested the system, hey presto it works!
Obviously need to try it out on a nice warm day too!
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20-11-15, 08:02 AM | #15 |
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This is coming along quite well, I still would like to have a set on my R6 just to see what tyres get to when out on a blast, they always feel really hot and it'd be nice to see them changing in real-time on a ride.
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20-11-15, 09:17 AM | #16 |
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I'm going to be really interested to see how or if temperatures vary across they tyre once you start running multiple sensors. My feelings are that the majority of the heat in the tyre is retained within the carcass so the surface temp on the shoulders should only drop marginally if you ride in a straight line for a period of time, but it would be nice to see if that's right.
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20-11-15, 09:41 AM | #17 |
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Although it's interesting to be able to see the temperature read out, it might be worth adding/replacing it with a traffic light system, which may be more useful on the track.
So Red/Amber/Green lights which you could preset, so that Red is less than 60% of the target temperature, Amber 80%, Green 100% or more. That way, it's easier to see quickly if the tires are at the temp you're after. Just a thought |
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Sadly the first one that got delivered was cracked so just waiting on the replacement.
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I hope I can combine both simplicity and good looks, we will see. There are a few settings which I think it is nice for the operator of the system to be able to change. Using LEDs only will not allow this so the screen gives me that functionality.
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