{"id":2950,"date":"2010-11-17T15:48:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T20:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2010-11-17T15:48:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T20:48:48","slug":"niterider-pro-docking-station-internals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/17\/niterider-pro-docking-station-internals\/","title":{"rendered":"NiteRider Pro Docking Station Internals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the inside of the NiteRider Pro Docking Station (a dual-purpose battery charger \/ headlight programmer) that came with the NiteRider Pro 1400<\/a>. While using the programming software<\/a> to set up the brightness settings that I wanted (to avoid another way too bright ride<\/a>) I noticed that the base station appeared as USB VID 0403 and PID 6001, FTDI’s defaults<\/a>. This had me a bit curious, so I opened it up to look around.<\/p>\n

Beyond the charging circuitry, LEDs, lightpipes, custom connectors, and an unlabeled button (reset?) I found an FTDI FT232RL<\/a> (U1), Microchip PIC PIC24J32GA004<\/a> (U2), Atmel AT45DB011<\/a> (U4), and a National Semiconductor LMV344MT<\/a> (U6). I made no effort to trace out the board, but it’s pretty easy to tell that the FT232RL is used so the NiteRider D.I.Y.<\/em> software can just talk to a serial port which will make it very portable to different OSs.<\/p>\n

Perhaps later I’ll try and figure out just what the software sends to the base station for programming the light. Maybe then I could work up a Mac version of the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the inside of the NiteRider Pro Docking Station (a dual-purpose battery charger \/ headlight programmer) that came with the NiteRider Pro 1400. While…<\/p>\n

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