Following my recent fun with tearing knee ligaments I have decided to add a deadman’s switch to my mini remote…
I’m thinking of a hand grenade style leaf, activating a micro switch, in series with the power switch and reducing my remote timeout to 0.1 seconds. I’ll be adding a Lipo and charging circuit at the same time.
Before I start on the cad modelling does anyone have any opinions I need to hear?
I’ve found that a dead mans switch is actually dangerous for me. It means I can’t switch my hand position or I risk activating the switch (releasing the button/lever). This causes hand fatigue and if it fails at 30 mphs your screwed.
I personally don’t see the need for a dead mans switch unless it’s going to slowly brake. Because if you say dropped the remote, it’s going to stop itself anyway
I have my deadman switch only operating on acceleration (DIY remote, encoder-style). If switch is released then the throttle goes back to 0.
this is how my firefly works too 
if only I could speed the building process up 
It’s also if you accidentally accelerate. Say you’re holding the remote and try to put the remote down or in your pocket but forget to turn either off. If the wheel (on the remote) is pushed forward, you’ll go flying or your board might to into the street.
This is unrelated, but is there a way to know when the torqueboards mini remote is near the end of its battery life? I would like to avoid it cutting out on me all at once.
Are you in the USA? You profile does not say
An easy way would be to just add a momentary switch on the power cable to the battery in the remote
I’m in the U.K. the current behaviour of my vesc is ackmaniak timeout braking which is progressive. When I’ve tested it it works well at not killing me even at high speed. The style of dead man I’m considering would need a full letting go of the remote to deactivate…
@Trdolan03 that’s exactly what I was thinking…
@tardyparty7 and that’s exactly how I’ve destroyed 2 ligaments on the outside of my left knee…
Only works if your remote magically binds properly in milliseconds.
My mini remote does…
I guess, I just think it’s safer. hope u get better
You could interrupt one potentiometer with a mini switch 
The R2 style deadman switch that only activates below a certain speed (2mph?) seems like the way to go from an accidental “launch my board into traffic” perspective.
It won’t interfere with your riding but it’ll stop stand still activation by bumping the trigger.
The Mini Remote:
And finally
BE GENTLE WITH THE POWER SWITCH
That’s the first part that will fail due to use.
It’s a bummer the power switch is so weak considering how reliable the rest of the remote is.
Yea that is a real bummer. Especially considering that I have to turn the power switch on and off more than 5 times per day, because once I ride to school, I ride it between classes. Haha. I wonder how long that will last.
Sorry to bring this topic back to life but, do dead man switches work the same way on DIY boards as they donon Boosted?
On Boosted if you release the deadman at any point it just kind of goes into ‘neutral,’ if you will.
It sounds like on DIY boards that releasing the switch on a diy board will throw you from the board?? Why??
