What is the science behind the smart self balancing e-scooter, popularly known as the hoverboard? What makes it “smart”? Self-balancing e-scooters are an incredibly intuitive device, a new age personal transportation equipment that makes walking look a bit pedestrian. It is able to detect your movement and sense even the slightest motion. If you are not careful, you might find yourself falling onto your back or flat on your face as you operate your smart self balancing hoverboard. Smart it is that it will not take off without you. Your hoveboard have infrared pressure sensors on the rubber foot pads that start working once you step on the self-balancing e-scooter with both feet. Indeed, no feet …show more content…
The inside of your wheels houses both the electric motor and the tilt/speed sensor. The sensors detect the RPM or revolution per minute (rate of revolution of a mechanical component) of each wheel, and transmit the said information to the gyroscope and motor control boards, which then relay it to the logic board.
Each component in a smart self balancing hoverboard carries out specific tasks, just like how the different parts of the human body perform. The logic board or motherboard is somewhat the brain or central processing unit (CPU) of your hoverboard. It processes the information transmitted by the microprocessors in the gyroscope boards, motor control boards, and tilt/speed sensors. The logic board tells the electric motors how fast to run, which direction to turn, etc.
The microprocessors work as an inner ear balancing system. This inner ear is what helps the smart self balancing e-scooter maintain balance while it is in motion. The devices “knows” when you are going to lean forward or backward.
As you may already know by now, the smart self balancing hoverboard detects movement through the rubber foot pads that have some sort of switches underneath. The switches trigger an infrared LED light, which triggers an infrared sensor. As long as the infrared sensor detects the LED light, the logic board will tell the electric motors not to …show more content…
To stop, lean back slightly and get off one foot at a time, and you might want to do this carefully because if you move backward too fast, you might get thrown off your hoverboard, so move backward slowly.
Safety reminders when using a hoverboard
If you are trying to learn how to ride a smart self balancing e-scooter, start out very slowly or else you fall face down on the ground.
To start, step onto your hoverboard one foot at a time. Get the feel of the device before proceeding with the other foot.
Don't jump onto your device.
Have your feet touch the sides to get better control and balance.
Stand evenly. Apply equal ammount of pressure on both sides of your hoverboard.
Before you master the art of speed, learn how to stop and get off the smart self balancing e-scooter first. This is where many riders make a mistake.
When getting off, step off backwards, not forwards. Stepping off going forward will cause you to slip and fall.
If you are driving too fast, don't stop too quickly or else you risk being thrown off your device. Operate at an appropriate speed, especially when in public.
Try not to freak out when getting onto your smart self balancing e-scooter. Be confident. Just relax.
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