SwitchDoc Products Archives - Page 14 of 36

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Sun Tracking for Solar Power – Part 2 – The Software

August 14, 2017

Sun Tracking for Solar Power – Part 2 – The Software 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 More Solar Power – Part 1 – The Hardware

August 14, 2017

Sun Tracking for More Solar Power – Part 1 – The Hardware 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 […]

Reliable Projects 4: Internal Versus External WatchDog Timers

August 11, 2017

Reliable Projects 4: Internal Versus External WatchDog Timers Summary: In Part 4 of this series we look at the differences between an Internal and External WatchDog Timer. We also review the issues with the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi Internal WatchDog explain why an External […]