ESK8 Controller Mk2

ESK8 Controller Mk2

It's been an age since I logged in to Thingyverse... I really should complete some of my unfinished posts some time.

Today I present for your collective delectation a Mk2 version of the electric skateboard controller I did a while ago. I wasn't that satisfied with the lat one as it was:
-Over complicated
-A bit bulky
-A SOB to print nicely

...this one is better.

In a nut-shell I bought a Meepo electric skateboard as at the time it was the best one you could get for the money if you were too lazy to build you own. No doubt things have moved on (ho, ho) but as I'm quite happy with it I haven't kept up with developments.

If there was one thing I didn't like it was the controller:
-Not enough range in the throttle made the skateboard twitchy to use
-The battery tended to run out before the skateboard did!

...so I did an update using the same electronics but replacing the throttle with a wheel and an larger potentiometer. This thing is more of the