WeatherPi Instructable Released – Solar Powered Raspberry Pi

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WeatherPi Instructable Released – Solar Powered IMG_3417Raspberry Pi

footer-robotSwitchDoc Labs is pleased to announce a new Instructable for building a Solar Powered Raspberry Pi Weather Station, called WeatherPi.

Instructables is featuring it on their homepage and also in the technology section.

What is in the Instructable?

The Instructable for WeatherPi is here.
In this Instructable you will learn:
  1. How to build a solar powered system
  2. How to design and size the panels and batteries
  3. How to gather data to analyze your system performance
  4. How to wire up a Raspberry Pi to a solar power system
  5. How to safely turn a Raspberry Pi on and off
  6. Building 3D Printed Parts for WeatherPi

And most importantly, have fun doing it!

What is WeatherPi?

WeatherPi is a solar powered Raspberry Pi WiFi connected weather station designed for Makers by SwitchDoc Labs. This is a great system to build and tinker with. All of it is modifiable and all source code is included. The most important functions are:

  • Senses 20 different environmental values
  • Completely Solar Powered
  • Has a full database containing history of the environment (MySQL)
  • Monitors and reports lots of data on the solar powered system – great for education!
  • Self contained and monitored for brownouts and power issues
  • Can be modified remotely
  • Download your data to crunch it on your PC
  • Can be modified to do SMS (Text) messaging, Twitters, webpages and more
  • Has an iPad Based Control Panel