• Lime skates

    From Rich D@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 14 13:46:10 2020
    I looked at one of those Lime electric skateboards.
    It has a QR code sticker, and no other user interface,
    that I noticed.

    I never rented one, and wonder how the system works,
    the network stuff. It looks complicated. Customer reads
    it with his phone camera... then what? I guess he runs a
    Lime app, but how how does it start the unit? The phone
    dials a Lime number, and a server responds, activating
    the scooter? It has a cell phone line built in?

    There's also the question of how Lime gets paid, another
    network software question.

    Also, the hardware... what telemetry dos it use?
    Communicates with the user through a Bluetooth connection?

    Anybody here have experience with suchlike consumer products?
    Thanks,

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    Rich

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  • From Nife Sima@21:1/5 to Rich D on Mon Sep 14 23:46:03 2020
    On 14.09.2020 22:46, Rich D wrote:
    I looked at one of those Lime electric skateboards.
    It has a QR code sticker, and no other user interface,
    that I noticed.

    I never rented one, and wonder how the system works,
    the network stuff. It looks complicated. Customer reads
    it with his phone camera... then what? I guess he runs a
    Lime app, but how how does it start the unit? The phone
    dials a Lime number, and a server responds, activating
    the scooter? It has a cell phone line built in?

    There's also the question of how Lime gets paid, another
    network software question.

    Also, the hardware... what telemetry dos it use?
    Communicates with the user through a Bluetooth connection?

    Anybody here have experience with suchlike consumer products?
    Thanks,

    --
    Rich

    The Lime app reads the QR code and sends that to a server.
    The control module inside the skateboard has a cellular
    modem with. It either receives a text or keeps a constant
    internet connection with the server. When it gets the signal it
    activates the power to the skateboard.

    Billing is done via the app, there are APIs for that for all
    major mobile OSes.

    I don't think it directly communicates with the user's phone, all
    goes through the server.

    Why not grab one and take it apart to see for yourself :^)
    ofc i'm kidding. dont do that.


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