@RunPlayBack is that gonna be you and your skateboards night light? 
You guys should be old enough to sleep in the dark 
Itās kind of like 40% night light and 60% wanting to put a USB port in my enclosure. 
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Hahahā¦
@RunPlayBack (Next Post): Iām trying to put a 200 watt sound 
system on my boardā¦
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Why not run some LEDs off the +5 on the receiver channel directly? Thereās enough juice on there to power your receiver and some ultrabright 5 volt LEDs Iām sure.
But it is about thE USB tho huh lol
@RunPlayBack wants to charge his phone ā¦ So he donāt miss a call from all the honeys calling him while heās riding lol
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@longhairedboy I thought of that but then I want the option to shut it off so Iād have to install a switch. Then I got my hands on these usb lights and I remembered one of the things I dug about the Yuneec EGO was the USB port which I used for some LED strip lighting a few times. I want a non permanent system basically and the easiest plug and play solution I could think of was a USB port.
@Michaelinvegas itās to connect a USB desk fan for those hot summer nights
Ic @RunPlayBack ā¦when ur chillinā with the view of the city 
ā¦ No breezeā¦hey whatās this? A USB! And Just so happen to have a nice fan to plug intoā¦
Boy Scout lol
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for the usb boards i would get this
with a 1A port and a 2.1A port you could do the following
*charge two phones *fast charge your samsung phone *charge your ipad *charge your 3ds *power a raspberry pi and the official touch screen so that you can have live updates on everything your vesc is doingā¦
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Am I missing something here, the eBay auctions of these usb modules are all 5v-5v modules. I understand you guys want to use the voltage output from the gt2b but what about something like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-DC-Converter-Step-Down-Power-Module9V-12V-24V-36Vto5V-Dual-USB-Output-adapter-/331697728675?hash=item4d3ab9aca3:g:P~cAAOSw0HVWBPw9
this way thereās no possibility of ruining the receiver?
Alā¦
Yeah that would work too but I already got that USB module servo splitter that I listed above which hopefully doesnāt interfere with the receiver channel. Itās cheap enough to experiment so Iāll update this thread once I install it.
mines 3.7(single 18650) so i was just going to wire it in parallel with all my cells to make a 100AH battery to charge my phone an RPI3
Check out my buddyās new invention from Japan itās not a skateboard but ā¦ We could apply itā¦so he says 
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Hereās a simple solution to light your way by the guys and girls at Block Riserā¦
Rechargeable and itās a GoPro mount 
In pretty colors too
https://www.blockrisers.com/collections/all/products/goblock-mounted-light
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im curious to see how long those block mounts would lastā¦ my go pro mounted light didnāt last too long.
Dunnoā¦itās made for skateboardsā¦but we ride for miles with teeth shattering vibrations under our feetā¦
Iāve toyed with metal brackets for lightsā¦No Bueno ā¦ Plastic cracks or the actual metal bracket will just snapā¦
At $29 bucksā¦I may give it a tryā¦
But your rightā¦I do hold a little doubt that these would survive a monthā¦but could be wrongā¦
Block lights like these arenāt idealā¦too much mass vibrating ā¦ The case or the actual lights inside will break or dislodge ā¦ 1.5w quadcopter lights, wired through a truck riser is almost the perfect solution in my eyeā¦they are smallā¦tucked in the cornerā¦can be super clean look if you wire it rightā¦itās cheapā¦simple and brightā¦they weigh nothing and stay in place and donāt jiggle around when I ride at night no matter what type of road ā¦and since they are tucked in the conter of the truckā¦it will be less likely you smash something with itā¦I broke my mounted light so many timesā¦it was annoying ā¦ Hit the curbā¦hit another boardā¦and the light would end up smashed or bent for the ride back homeā¦
Iād like to find something like the little metal bubble shaped lights you see on the tip of a boat, the red and green nav lights. just something you can mount with one bolt under the nose and each side under the tail. Iād also like to see pink classic Cadillac fins on the back of a board, but thatās beyond my fabrication abilities currently.
EDIT: This is what iām currently using. Seriously, theyāre not cheapos but they are 1/2" risers. Iām going to attempt to make them shorter soon, possibly angled. http://cncskateboards.com/led_skateboard_lights.htm
Iād say they work @thisrealhumanā¦
Iām thinking of adding them to my next build ā¦ But not sure yet ā¦ Your board looks great (see below)
ā¦no one ever could sayā¦āI didnāt see him coming!ā Lol
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Those are some cool shots. Really digging the different light shows from each of your boards.
Whatās your opinion on EL wire? I know itās not as bright as LEDās, but I have about 150ā of this stuff in 5 different colors that I want to try something with.
A little off topic, but what kind of box/enclosure do you have on the board on the right?
EL wire huhā¦that would require some fasteners or routing of the board for them to be attached I would thinkā¦but thanks ā¦that just gave me an idea 
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@thisrealhuman is using an enclosure made by one of the best enclosure makers out thereā¦Rubber Maid (edit: Pelican Cases)