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Kickstarter Starts Tomorrow – The Thunder Board – Lightning Detection

November 15, 2017

Kickstarter Starts Tomorrow at 8am Pacific – The Thunder Board – Lightning Detection The Thunder Board Kickstarter is launching tomorrow! [callout size=”col-12″ title=”Checkout the ThunderBoard Kickstarter” button_title=”Go to Kickstarter” button_link=”https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sunair/1145113241?ref=382087&token=29e7e57c” button_size=”normal” button_rounded=”true” button_color=”red”] The ThunderBoard – Lightning Detection Made Easy […]

New Kickstarter – The Thunder Board – Lightning Detection for Arduino and Raspberry Pi

November 14, 2017

New Kickstarter Coming in Two Days! – The Thunder Board – Lightning Detection for Raspberry Pi and Arduino Projects The Thunder Board Kickstarter is launching soon!. [callout size=”col-12″ title=”Checkout the ThunderBoard Kickstarter” button_title=”Go to Kickstarter” button_link=”https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sunair/1145113241?ref=382087&token=29e7e57c” button_size=”normal” button_rounded=”true” button_color=”red”] The […]

Guest Post – Artificial Intelligence Techniques applied to Robotic Vision

November 10, 2017

Guest Post – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Techniques applied to Robotic Vision Editors Note: We are pleased to have Adrian Beehner as our guest blogger today. He has written a great introduction to the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques […]

Tutorial: Using Grove Adaptors on Pin Header Sensors on the Raspberry Pi

November 6, 2017

Tutorial: Using Grove Adaptors on Pin Header Sensors on the Raspberry Pi Grove connectors are appearing everywhere. They are on sensors, computers, shields and hats. There are multiple manufactures using this ubiquitous 4 pin plugs, including SwitchDoc Labs. Grove […]

Project Curacao2 – Results! Five Months Down in Paradise

October 15, 2017

Project Curacao2 – Results! Five Months Down in Paradise Project Curacao2 has been down and operating solo down in the Caribbean now for over 5 month. We have been getting nice pictures and data on an hourly basis. Project […]

Tutorial – Guest Blog – Using SunControl WatchDog Timer on OurWeather

September 26, 2017

Tutorial – Guest Blog – Using SunControl WatchDog Timer on OurWeather Editors Note: We were tickled to receive another guest blog by Larry Bonnette. He did a great job on building this Solar Powered OurWeather Kit and by adapting the […]

Dupré Family SwitchDoc Labs OurWeather STEM Station Build

September 10, 2017

The OurWeather STEM kit is a good example of the use of Grove connectors in STEM projects. Editors Note: We were tickled to receive this guest blog by the Dupre family. The Dupre family did a great job. Thank you, […]

Measuring the Solar Eclipse – A Raspberry Pi Project

August 22, 2017

Measuring the Solar Eclipse – A Raspberry Pi Project On August 21, 2017 we had a total solar eclipse in the United States. In eastern Washington State, where SwitchDoc Labs is located, we had a 92% coverage of the […]

Sun Tracking for Solar Power – Part 4 – The Video

August 14, 2017

Sun Tracking for Solar Power – Part 4 – The Video SwitchDoc Labs has built a lot of solar power systems over the past few years. SunControl, Project Curacao2, Project Curacao, SunAirPlus, WeatherPi and the recent Solar Powered ESP8266. We have fooled around with […]

Sun Tracking for Solar Power – Part 3 – The Results

August 14, 2017

Sun Tracking for More Solar Power – Part 3 – The Results SwitchDoc Labs has built a lot of solar power systems over the past few years. SunControl, Project Curacao2, Project Curacao, SunAirPlus, WeatherPi and the recent Solar Powered ESP8266. We have fooled around […]