Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Five years ago I built the Openwheel. It's an open-source, DIY self-balancing board and I’ve decided it’s finally time to revive this project. In my last update, I did a teardown of a four-kilowatt hub motor just to see how it works, but if we’re going to make the Openwheel better, we need to actually understand how hub motors work, and more importantly, we need to be able to test them. So today, I’m building the first tool I need: a hub motor dynamometer.
DigiKey blog post: digikey.com/en/maker/blogs/2026/building-a-dynamometer-for-the-openwheel-project-part-1
Visit bit.ly/DigiKeyByteSized for the best selection of electronic components.
Five years ago I built the Openwheel. It's an open-source, DIY self-balancing board and I’ve decided it’s finally time to revive this project. In my last update, I did a teardown of a four-kilowatt hub motor just to see how it works, but if we’re going to make the Openwheel better, we need to actually understand how hub motors work, and more importantly, we need to be able to test them. So today, I’m building the first tool I need: a hub motor dynamometer.
DigiKey blog post: digikey.com/en/maker/blogs/2026/building-a-dynamometer-for-the-openwheel-project-part-1
Visit bit.ly/DigiKeyByteSized for the best selection of electronic components.
