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CitiCar: Vintage EV Rebuild – part 4 (electrical)

I finally have the electrical systems finished, both the 72v Motor Controls and the 12v system. MOTOR CONTROLS I started by gutting all of the original wiring, circuits, relays, contactors,…
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CitiCar: Vintage EV Rebuild – part 3 (dash)

The new dash is done: vinyl wrapped, new switches, restored dash lights, and I mounted an lcd battery monitor (see image below for what it looked like before). Just needs…
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New Hydrogen Maser Facility

We finally cut the ribbon on our new maser facility. The building is impressive and will allow us to increase our manufacturing capability. For months, I personally bubble wrapped and…
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CitiCar: Vintage EV Rebuild – part 1 (purchase)

I have always wanted a CitiCar and I finally found one: The first commercially produced street-legal electric car. These were made In Florida in the 1970s-1980s and ran off lead-acid…
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GPSDO Frequency Reference

I needed a precise frequency reference in my lab. I’ve played around with Rubidium standards before, but I wanted to try GPSDO (GPS disciplined oscillator) this time. I installed a…
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RB5X Service Robot Build – part 2

It moves! Not autonomous yet, but it can be controlled via Bluetooth. I used an Arduino Uno, a XBee Bluetooth module, and a HW-095 motor controller. I can send it…