Building a Solar-Powered Remote Environmental Monitor With @Adafruit Materials
Over on the Adafruit forums, user biod101 shares the construction of weatherproof, solar powered monitoring boxes for use in the harsh environmental conditions of southern Arizona.
In the video above, he uses an Adafruit Feather FONA cellular enabled microcontroller https://www.adafruit.com/product/3027 along with
- Solar-LiPo Charger https://www.adafruit.com/product/390
- Large 6V 3.5W Solar Panel https://www.adafruit.com/product/500
- 2500 mAh Lithium Ion Battery https://www.adafruit.com/product/328
- Thermistor https://www.adafruit.com/product/372
- Feather Terminal Breakout https://www.adafruit.com/product/2926
- Perma-proto Quarter Sized PCB Board https://www.adafruit.com/product/1608
- Standoffs https://www.adafruit.com/product/3299
- Cable Gland https://www.adafruit.com/product/762
- Water Tight Fitting https://www.mcmaster.com/#75145k33/=1d49vt3
- Wrap-Around Conduit https://www.mcmaster.com/#8796t22/=1d49yvr
- Breadboard https://www.adafruit.com/product/64
- Ram Mounts https://www.rammount.com/part/RAP-B-104U
- Bud Industries NBF-32202 Economy Box https://www.amazon.com/BUD-Industries…
- Printable Electronics Baseplate under “Chapter 6”: http://www.biod101.com/arduino/part2.html
He modeled the build using the following guides in the Adafruit Learning System:
- Learning Section Links for Steps 1-4 Adafruit Lesson on Feather FONA: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-32u4-fona
- Adafruit Lesson on Solar LiPo Charger https://learn.adafruit.com/usb-dc-and-solar-lipoly-charger
Finally, he started a thread in the Adafruit forums for soliciting improvements from the Adafruit Community: https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=136455
This is an excellent example of using the educational materials available from Adafruit along with parts in the shop and forum support to complete a spectacular project build. Thank you for sharing!
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