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New source for RPi 4 boards: Spin Scooters
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globoy:
And as a bonus you get a big battery, motor and motor controller...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/raspberry-pis-found-in-abandoned-spin-scooters-in-seattle/ar-AA1eSd3K

Lotta compute power for a scooter...
thm_w:
Looks like:
- Cellular or GPS module - to track the scooter if its lost or for locating one to rent
- Camera module - scan QR code
- DC/DC board - convert the main battery voltage of ~48V to 5V
- Left and right speakers?

The newest model has probably gotten rid of the raspi:
https://www.spin.app/rides/spin-6
globoy:
I suppose they used the RPi 4 to get a product out quickly.  It's just amusing to me as an embedded systems guy.  Probably had people known about this last year then a lot of these scooters would have been raided for parts.
tom66:

--- Quote from: thm_w on August 08, 2023, 09:32:33 pm ---Looks like:
- Cellular or GPS module - to track the scooter if its lost or for locating one to rent
- Camera module - scan QR code
- DC/DC board - convert the main battery voltage of ~48V to 5V
- Left and right speakers?

The newest model has probably gotten rid of the raspi:
https://www.spin.app/rides/spin-6

--- End quote ---

Hmm, why would they have a code scanner on the scooter, when every phone in the last decade has a camera?  Around here, the codes are just printed on the scooter, and you scan the code with the phone.  There's no way to rent them without the phone, I guess, but I'm not sure how having the camera on the scooter helps...  can you buy tickets somewhere?
thm_w:

--- Quote from: tom66 on August 10, 2023, 09:09:54 am ---Hmm, why would they have a code scanner on the scooter, when every phone in the last decade has a camera?  Around here, the codes are just printed on the scooter, and you scan the code with the phone.  There's no way to rent them without the phone, I guess, but I'm not sure how having the camera on the scooter helps...  can you buy tickets somewhere?

--- End quote ---

Yeah that seems to be how it works now, you use the phone to scan.
Maybe they never used the ability, I can't see what else you'd want the camera for. Unless it records a few seconds of a crash or something.
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