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My wife and I are both using the  SON 28 Hub, an all-purpose hub dynamo which supports a Sinewave USB port on my stem and a front headlight. It is via the Sinewave that we charge our Voltaic V50s ....

Solar Powered License Plate Recognition The goal of this project was to power and operate the Einar License Plate Recognition (LPR) camera with Voltaic's new solar system, which integrates a LiFePO4 battery...

The Arribada Initiative strives to make conservation technology open, affordable, and accessible to all who need them. They designed an open-source, programmable, low-cost, time lapse camera for Penguin Watch...

Voltaic Systems presented recently at the Things Conference Embedded 2022. The Things Network launched the Generic Node at the conference and Voltaic used the opportunity to focus on the design process for a...

Rainforest Connection is a non-profit technology organization that creates acoustic monitoring systems to help end illegal deforestation and fight climate change. Voltaic Systems' engineering team worked with...

LoRa based air quality sensors powered by hybrid capacitors and solar. Sensedge, an IoT design and solutions company, wanted to be able to run their Senstick Outdoor Air Quality Sensor for ten years with a...

Optimizing the energy consumption of your solar-powered IoT device can be a daunting task.  We're here to help.  This blog post will walk you through testing your circuit to ensure that you are getting the...

  Introduction This tutorial will demonstrate how to make a simple direct drive solar chimes sculpture with a Voltaic mini solar panel. The solar chimes concept is based on an early solar power...

Blog Overview: IntroductionParts List and Arduino WiringArduino Code and Battery Charge TestsPython Code and Datalogging Battery Voltage OutputConclusion and Continuation Introduction Voltaic has added...

Solar Powered Edge AI Introduction This tutorial will introduce you to an object detection application for the Raspberry-Pi (R-Pi) running with Open CV that consumes very little power. The system is designed...

DIY Solar Powered Bristlebot There are lots of vibrabots and bristlebots out there, but we had trouble finding a solar powered version. In this post, we show you how to use Voltaic's mini solar panels to...

An autonomous, solar powered Raspberry Pi with camera and cellular connectivity is a useful application for timelapse photography and remote monitoring. In this post we will show you how to set up and program...

Many volunteers heading into the Peace Corps want a portable solar charger and ask us what products they should get to charge their laptop. Since laptops require a higher input than standard USB devices, you...

This post will show you how to schedule an off-grid lighting (or a fan, pump etc) to come on and off on a daily schedule without the hassle of programming an Arduino or other...

The Particle Boron is a new cellular modem for IoT. It is designed to consume less power than its predecessors, especially during data transmission. The Boron introduces Cat-M1 cellular technology, which is...

Solar Chargers for Drones This post details how to use our solar chargers for specific drones. We explain how to connect from our battery to each drone and set expectations for charge times. If you have...

In this post, we show how to design a solar-powered water quality monitor using readily available components. The device is designed to float in salt water and send temperature, dissolved oxygen and other...

I paired up with Voltaic Systems to create a cellular, solar-powered water quality monitor. For phase one one of the project, I configured an Adafruit FONA to a water temperature probe and publishes the...