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Re:Hacking a $200 Under Desk Exercise Bike by lfowles on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:47PM (#26753641)
Great writeup! I did something similar for the (much dumber) DeskCycle which has a simple odometer. Conveniently I was just able to plug it into Aux In and track pulses.

https://github.com/lfowles/deskcycle

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Re:Hacking a $200 Under Desk Exercise Bike by slantyyz on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:59PM (#26753780)
Nice Work!

I have a MagneTrainer, which is made by the same manufacturer as the DeskCycle, and uses the same "trip computer" as the DeskCycle.

When I bought the Magnetrainer years ago, they had some Windows games they could link to using the Aux connection, but the connection kit was overpriced, and the games that were available looked "meh".

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Re:Hacking a $200 Under Desk Exercise Bike by thereddevil on Friday April 09, 2021 @07:04PM (#26757273)
What did you plug into aux? And what does this app do?
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Re:Hacking a $200 Under Desk Exercise Bike by lfowles on Friday April 09, 2021 @07:31PM (#26757450)
The deskcycle has a port for its own odometer that's just connected with a regular 3.5mm audio cable. I don't remember 100% what the app does. I think I got as far as translating pulses to the same "speed" measurement as their odometer, but ran out of steam after that.
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