What are you doing for water protection?
Still working on the hardware. That will come in time.
ColoPaul mentioned adding an on/off switch for safety when working on the bike with the fob in his pocket. There already is one on the right handlebar.
I don't think I want to integrate with the kill switch because there may be scenarios where you want the bike powered up but still disengaged, so there should be a separate power kill switch, which you can see I have already integrated. The thought process behind powered up but disengaged would be diagnostics near or remote.
Actually there is; I just didn't think ahead enough. As several have pointed out, with a 3-foot range, having this in your pocket, and a controller/dash power enable switch on the bike, would be highly convenient. I suppose you could use the existing red one on the handlebar, if you wired it to bring up dash/controller power rather than just enabling the throttle. I think you'd need something to keep the computer from getting schizophrenic when you were lashing things onto the seat or something, as you walked into and out of range.
I think the functionality gained by a more powerful RFID key fob isn't really worth the cost or potential issues at the moment. Maybe later on, but for now my goal is to not need a key fob, and integrate the RFID with jackets and gloves. This I think would be far more convenient. The longer range key fobs need power to transmit, and you also have to remember them just like a key. I am mainly concerned with safety and useability right now, and havent gotten past what happens if your key fob flys away on a corner in a canyon with a 1000 ft drop off the edge.
So what I am doing instead is having the hard switch be an off only switch, and the jacket or gloves be the on switch.
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