I posted some photos of the electric motorcycle. We removed the engine from a 1987 Honda motorcycle and replaced it with 16 - 12 volt batteries and a 10 HP brushless electric motor.

Well, we finally ordered the hardware that will be controlling the GUI display and interact with the electronics on the motorcycle. We decided to go with the ALIX.1C.

The motherboard comes with the following features:

This school year starts my senior year at Oregon State and also is the beginning of my senior project. I was chosen to work on a team of students to make an electric motorcycle. The team consists of four electrical engineers, two mechanical engineers, and me the computer scientist. My part in this project is to create a user interface or the “dashboard” and provide an interface between the rider and the hardware. I also will be gathering data that can be later analyzed to aid in optimization.

School is just about out for the summer! I have a couple more finals to finish up and then I will have a week off before I head back to class for the summer. I need to get a couple of classes done this summer so I can take the Comp Sci Classes I need this fall. It feels weird to be starting my senior year. Almost as if it would never come, but now it’s here. I will be taking all computer science classes starting fall since I have pretty much all of the other classes I need taken care of. I hope I don’t get burned out not having any variety in my classes.