Skate One is a one wheeled balancing skateboard project I've thought about idly about for several years. Back in 2007 I saw a reference to Ben Smither's one wheeled skateboard on engadget. After recently looking around the garage, I realized that I had a lot of the expensive items already laying around as spares from other dead robotics projects.

I used the following components:

• Magmotor A28-400 (3,000+ watts)
• MC1 electronic speed controller (400 amps continuous)
• Netduino micro-controller
• 6 degree of freedom IMU board from SparkFun
• 2 5000 mAh LiPoly batteries (300 amps continuous)

These components are higher-end than those typically used for projects like this. This equates to a lighter, faster skateboard. The current version weighs just over 30 pounds, and has a theoretical top speed of over 25 mph!

Project Notes:

• Netduino / 6 DOF IMU
• Netduino / OSMC/MC1
• Filtering
• Wheel Setup
• Chasis Design
• Contruction
• Wrap Up