An Interview with Dean Pick

Welcome Dean Pick, founder of Biperformance Development, Kinitics Automation and ShiftFX!

• Linear actuator tech
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• Hydrolic and pneumatics actuators
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• Voice coils and piezo actuators
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• Electric screw linear actuators
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• Shape memory alloys
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• Nickel and titanium wires
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• Hysteresis
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• Material creates a crystal lattice
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• Current not related to the power output
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• Don't actually sense temperature
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• Can have a very small cross section
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• Introduced by past guest of The Amp Hour John Davis
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• Process of getting to Kinitics
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• Biperformance Development Corporation
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• Pushing or pulling a lever to engage a clutch
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• How a clutch works
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• Transfer function for delivering torque
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• ShiftFX
  • 0h 33m 54s
• 6 axis IMU
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• CAN bus devices know about bike positioning
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• This technology makes riding bikes more accessiblle
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• eBikes are another way more people will start riding motorcycles.
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• started bikes in 2002
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• Formula SAE
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• Starting from bare metal
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• Have an RTOS for board
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• 8 and 16 bit processors
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• Running physics engines
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• CAN bus protocols
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• We talked about can bus previously with Earl from Macchina
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• Another aspect of Biperformance.ca was consulting on biomass generation projects
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• Powerboilers
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• Fluidized bed
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• Giant industrial sandbox
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• Use sand to envelope the fuel.
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• Pulp and paper plants consume their own power
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• More recently they have started putting control of the plant on a tablet
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• Sawmill residuals
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• They did a project that was a "dam brush"
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• Need to run autonomously
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• Biperformance is looking to hire someone for firmware! Email [email protected]
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