Project Curacao – Environmental Subsystem What is Project Curacao? This article is part of a series discussing the design and building of Project Curacao, a sensor filled project that will hang on a radio tower on the island nation […]
Project Curacao – Solar Power Subsystem NOTE: The Solar Panel Charger Controller in this project has been replaced by a 3rd Generation Controller by SwitchDoc Labs called SunAir. The Subsystem The solar power subsystem consists of two solar panels, a […]
We have published the description and architecture of the software system used for Project Curacao. Check out our Project Curacao Software Description page above.
Our release software is done. It’s been in final test for the past week now. Here is the list of issues and latest additions.As of today (02/19/14), the current state of the software in Project Curacao is as follows:– Arduino Battery […]
We have made one more addition to the hardware on Project Curacao. We have added a BM017 / TCS34725 RGBC color sensor to the device. Here is the device attached to the back of the top of the box and […]
One of the things we are using the Raspberry Pi on Project Curacao for is to generate graphs. Yes, We know we could ship the data to another server and generate the graphs there, but since we have a nice […]
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). […]
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.
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 […]
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