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  • Blog 4 - Wildlife Monitor Project - Software Development

    Software Development Starting new projects with new hardware and new software is always an interesting journey and this challenge has not been the exception. In this context, new means new to me though not necessarily to the world in general. I've used…

  • Final Blog - Wildlife Monitor Project

    Wildlife Monitor Introduction The purpose of this design challenge is to test the performance of a Hammond IP68 enclosure housing an electronic project in an extreme or harsh environment - "Experimenting with Extreme Environments" . The inspiration…

  • Blog 5 - Wildlife Monitor Project - Project Integration

    This is my last extra credit blog. Solar Module Assembly I've had all of the solar panel components hooked up and running with the exception of operating with the actual load of the CM4 and sensor assemblies. The two final integration steps are to…

  • Blog 2 - Wildlife Monitor Project - Unboxing and Parts Description

    My challenge hardware kit arrived via UPS on April 2. Thanks E14 and Hammond for sponsoring the challenge. This blog will cover the unboxing of the kit, a detailed description of the components and how I plan to use them. I'll also cover other additional…

  • Blog 1 - Wildlife Monitor Project - Introduction

    Introduction This is my initial blog for the Experimenting with Extreme Environments challenge. For Christmas last year I received a 115W bifacial solar panel. I had mentioned to my family that I wanted to build a portable DC solar module that could…

  • Wishlist - What do you need for DIY Solar Energy?

    For the Summer of Green Technology, we're focusing on renewable energy, like solar and wind power. In this wishlist, we'll go over some of the components that you might need when putting together your own solar power system. Since there are so many different…

  • 18650, charge and supply at the same time.

    I am planning to use a NodeMCU with a couple of encoders to determine the position a telescope is pointing at. While running, the device will be connected to wifi all the time since it needs to interact with an app (or maybe on AP mode so a tablet/phone…

  • Solar Panel system to keep seldom-used truck battery charged

    Hello all! I have a pickup truck that I only drive maybe once or twice a week. Sometimes a week will pass between uses. I bought a NOCO 2.5W solar panel kit to keep it topped off and it does OK, but during this cloudy and cold winter I had to charge the…