We are approaching the final testing deadline (February 1st). As of today (01/22/14), the current state of the software in Project Curacao is as follows: – Arduino Battery Watchdog: Control of the wind turbine (selection between solar and turbine). […]
Yesterday, we installed all the new updates and upgrades to the Raspberry Pi in preparation for the trip to Curacao (we leave at the end of February). When we looked at the power system display this morning, we were surprised […]
The folks over at Milocreek.com (Authors of the RasPiConnect App) asked us to put together a short video of Project Curacao focusing on the control panel (done in RasPiConnect).Here it is:
Update (03/26/2014): We have finished the characterization and deployed the $80 50W wind turbine. The model and characterization was close. See the blog posting about the 50W Loaded Characterization and the Project Curacao Operational Blog posting) We decided a while […]
We are now doing system testing on the control software. We have tested battery voltage shutdowns/startups, watchdog shutdown/startups, and alarm based shutdowns/startups. Next, we have to test the deadman switch and add the 15W Wind Turbine. Then the final testing […]
We have been asked where to find the most current software that has been released for ProjectCuracao. This software is hosted at github. https://github.com/projectcuracao There will be a new release this weekend.
We have been asked to put together tables showing the i2c and GPIO mappings for both the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino Battery Watchdog in Project Curacao. While you can figure it out from the software and comments, it would […]
March 7th, 2014 has been set as the Project Curacao deployment date in Curacao. The box will fly down with us in checked luggage with the batteries removed. We will provide the TSA with a description of the box (it […]
As of today, the current state of the software in Project Curacao is as follows: – Arduino Battery Watchdog: The watchdog is reading and reporting data back to the main software in the Pi via a serial link through level […]
Bootloader Issues with Arduino Mega 2560 If you are interested in using Solar Power on the Arduino, check out SunAir. Hit a significant roadblock on the Battery Watchdog last week. During one development session, the Arduino Mega 2560 we are […]
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