Primer on Solar Ebike Systems

There is increasing interest in solar ebike systems among our customers so we hope this provides a handy starting point to see what's involved in building one. We review key components of a solar charged electric bicycle, show how to hook them up, and go over the custom Solar Cycle Analyst firmware. The parts mentioned in the video are generally available from this page here:
https://ebikes.ca/shop/electric-bicyc...

For massive inspiration on what can be done with solar ebikes take a look at the official Suntrip page and pictures / descriptions / videos of all the previous race events
https://www.thesuntrip.com/en/

And read some details about our own participation in the 2018 event here:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/vie...

Tilting panel footage courtesy of Mark Havran, who has written quite a comprehensive treaty on solar bike setups from his website:
https://solare.bike/

0:00 - Intro to Key Components
3:32 - Solar Cycle Analyst
4:33 - Installation
7:00 - Configuring CA for Solar Firmare
14:07 - Setting Up MPPT
15:20 - Solar Capture and Panel Angle
18:00 - Data Results from Loop Around the Block