Hello! I’ve got a fun little Bluetooth LE project here… anyone out there know Nordic’s nRF51822 pretty well?
Looking for some help with an algorithm that’s pretty cool. YC-alum here working on a new endeavor starting-up in Portland. Love to share more! My best, Brian > On Mar 24, 2015, at 10:28 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of dorkbotpdx-blabber digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: how to read a vehichle's EDR? (Sova) > 2. Re: how to read a vehichle's EDR? (Mike Payson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:23:22 -0700 > From: Sova <[email protected]> > To: "'A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx \(portland, or\)'" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] how to read a vehichle's EDR? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I can read the data from my EDR in my Toyota with the Toyota OEM Service > software and cable. However, I could never use the data in court because > technically, I am not licensed to have the software or tool. Only Toyota is > supposed to have it or licensed shops (and I?m guessing insurance companies). > The software is about $2000 a year and the cable is about $400. So a low > cost shady company probably doesn?t have or want to spend the money for these > tools. > > > > That said? I?d see about taking your insurance company to small claims court. > I?ve never heard of anyone being blamed for being at fault while they were > struck from behind. You can also file a claim with the State Insurance > agency that oversees the company?s license. This will DEFINITELY get your > insurance company?s attention and make them reconsider going after the other > party. > > > > Sova > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brandon > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 9:32 PM > To: A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or) > Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] how to read a vehichle's EDR? > > > > Yes to all of this. Assumptions aside, my insurance company has always gone > to bat for me (especially when I provided copies of all of my personal > documentation of the scene pre/post 'event'). > > Shady low-rate insurance vs shady low-rate insurance...both looking for an > easy out to stick one or both of the drivers with the tab. > > Sorry for your bad situation. Lots of scum up there looking for a quick buck. > > > > > > > Brandon Mathis > KD7INF > [email protected] > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Jerry Biehler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Straying from the topic of the EDR, what is your insurance company doing > about it? They are the ones who need to go after the other company, not you. > That is their responsibility and why you pay insurance. It is basically > unheard of for the person in behind to be not at fault. > > -Jerry > > >> On Mar 24, 2015, at 7:36 PM, Jason Plumb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Wait, did you say TRUCK or MOBILE_HOT_TUB_SOAKING_UNIT_#1? >> >> If it's the latter, then clearly we need a more calculated/tactical >> community response. >> >> -jason >> >> On 03/24/2015 07:25 PM, Mykle Hansen wrote: >>> HI all, >>> >>> Here?s an interesting one: my truck recently got rear-ended by a lady >>> driving a 2008 car >>> that apparently contains an Event Data Recorder ? an EDR, aka ?black box? >>> that is >>> supposed to detect collisions and record pertinent information, such as the >>> speed the driver >>> was traveling when the collision happened. >>> >>> That would be a really interesting piece of information to know, because >>> apparently >>> the lady who rear-ended my truck told her insurance company that my >>> truck front-ended her, somehow. (A bald-faced lie.) And her insurance >>> company says it?s >>> her word against mine, so they?re refusing to pay for damages! >>> >>> I?m working on the legal front, but the lack of witnesses was making it an >>> iffy case ? >>> until I realized that her car probably recorded her velocity at the time of >>> the crash, which >>> would provide the evidence I need to win in a court case. >>> >>> Seeing as my truck is probably not worth $10,000, I may not be able to get >>> a lawyer interested >>> in this case, in which case I may go to small claims court, in which case I >>> may actually >>> subpoena the data in her car?s EDR as evidence. However, I?m really not >>> sure who extracts >>> that data, or how it?s done. I?m sure that as a plaintiff in a case I >>> can?t read it myself; there?s >>> got to be some credible third-party who reads these things. >>> >>> What?s funny is, I read online about how this data is ?very complicated to >>> interpret? and >>> ?requires specialized equipment costing $10,000 - $20,000?, but I also read >>> about how >>> the fifteen data points it stores are standardized values and is readable >>> through your car?s >>> data port. Which of those things is true, I wonder? >>> >>> Anybody had any experience reading a car?s EDR, or know anyone who has? >>> >>> -m- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotpdx-blabber/attachments/20150324/c9d2fd11/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:27:59 -0500 > From: Mike Payson <[email protected]> > To: "A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] how to read a vehichle's EDR? > Message-ID: > <cao2dmfpxcdq5odden21lb-nbcrpv9196zsznjdgbacbsgqa...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I'm really confused about what happened... I know it is off topic, but if > she rear ended you, how on earth is she arguing instead that you rear-ended > her? It would seem that the damage to the cars would make the reality > pretty clear cut. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes to all of this. Assumptions aside, my insurance company has always >> gone to bat for me (especially when I provided copies of all of my personal >> documentation of the scene pre/post 'event'). >> >> Shady low-rate insurance vs shady low-rate insurance...both looking for an >> easy out to stick one or both of the drivers with the tab. >> >> Sorry for your bad situation. Lots of scum up there looking for a quick >> buck. >> >> >> >> Brandon Mathis >> KD7INF >> [email protected] >> >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Jerry Biehler <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Straying from the topic of the EDR, what is your insurance company doing >>> about it? They are the ones who need to go after the other company, not >>> you. That is their responsibility and why you pay insurance. It is >>> basically unheard of for the person in behind to be not at fault. >>> >>> -Jerry >>> >>>> On Mar 24, 2015, at 7:36 PM, Jason Plumb <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Wait, did you say TRUCK or MOBILE_HOT_TUB_SOAKING_UNIT_#1? >>>> >>>> If it's the latter, then clearly we need a more calculated/tactical >>> community response. >>>> >>>> -jason >>>> >>>> On 03/24/2015 07:25 PM, Mykle Hansen wrote: >>>>> HI all, >>>>> >>>>> Here?s an interesting one: my truck recently got rear-ended by a lady >>> driving a 2008 car >>>>> that apparently contains an Event Data Recorder ? an EDR, aka ?black >>> box? that is >>>>> supposed to detect collisions and record pertinent information, such >>> as the speed the driver >>>>> was traveling when the collision happened. >>>>> >>>>> That would be a really interesting piece of information to know, >>> because apparently >>>>> the lady who rear-ended my truck told her insurance company that my >>>>> truck front-ended her, somehow. (A bald-faced lie.) And her >>> insurance company says it?s >>>>> her word against mine, so they?re refusing to pay for damages! >>>>> >>>>> I?m working on the legal front, but the lack of witnesses was making >>> it an iffy case ? >>>>> until I realized that her car probably recorded her velocity at the >>> time of the crash, which >>>>> would provide the evidence I need to win in a court case. >>>>> >>>>> Seeing as my truck is probably not worth $10,000, I may not be able to >>> get a lawyer interested >>>>> in this case, in which case I may go to small claims court, in which >>> case I may actually >>>>> subpoena the data in her car?s EDR as evidence. However, I?m really >>> not sure who extracts >>>>> that data, or how it?s done. I?m sure that as a plaintiff in a case I >>> can?t read it myself; there?s >>>>> got to be some credible third-party who reads these things. >>>>> >>>>> What?s funny is, I read online about how this data is ?very >>> complicated to interpret? and >>>>> ?requires specialized equipment costing $10,000 - $20,000?, but I also >>> read about how >>>>> the fifteen data points it stores are standardized values and is >>> readable through your car?s >>>>> data port. Which of those things is true, I wonder? >>>>> >>>>> Anybody had any experience reading a car?s EDR, or know anyone who has? >>>>> >>>>> -m- >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >> > > > > -- > www.MakersToolWorks.com - Tools for Makers > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotpdx-blabber/attachments/20150325/ed87db5d/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ......................... http://dorkbot.org ........................... > ........................................................................ > > End of dorkbotpdx-blabber Digest, Vol 105, Issue 35 > *************************************************** _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
