So about a month ago, 3 friends think it would be a cool hackathon project for an electric longboard. We made our first version using 3D printed parts designed in Pro/E and an Arduino compatible board.

The main controller was a Punchthrough Bean Arduino BLE board. We made an simple iOS app to control the throttle.

We also got to borrow 3 x 3D printers from a hackerspace nearby. They printed overnight for our wheel and fixture.

Before presentation

And it worked!

and first place! (we ‘acqui-hired’ another team during hackathon :D)