HCF bike cinema code release at v1

Published by matthew venn on April 24, 2009 in news and projects. 1 Comment Tags: gpl code project.

For anyone interested, I’m releasing my charge controller and automation code for the Hackney City Farm bike cinema. Features include:

software simulated virtual battery (virtual battery makes the lead/acid chemistry more “intuitive” for the user)
charge controller protects battery from over charge and low voltage
voltage and current measured on load and charging circuits 20 times per second
16 LEDs showing rate of power in, rate of power out, and charge in the virtual battery
automation of 2 circuits (LCD&Sounds, DVD)
infra red remote control of the DVD (NEC pulse system)

Get it here release1.0.tar.gz. The code is released under the GPL license.