Author Lizabeth Arum

Bee Friendly's Insector is a solar-powered, cost-effective, site-specific data collection and AI processing system that tracks biodiversity and ecosystem health. It analyzes data essential for compliance with...

The Teltonika RUT241 is one of the most popular WiFi routers among our customer base. They are using it to connect WiFi-based IoT devices to the network. We built a demo waterproof system powered by our 50...

Blues provides an ecosystem of hardware and software to simplify wireless connectivity for IoT devices. Voltaic uses Blues’ Notecard and Notecarrier in our battery health monitoring module for our solar...

This hands-on tutorial guides you through the following steps to create an energy-efficient, wireless sensor system with on-device machine learning and seamless data transfer.  Implement Edge Impulse...

Voltaic's customers power their industrial IoT applications with our solar panels and solar power systems, and many of these products have a positive climate impact by: Reducing fuel consumption...

Voltaic recently collaborated with one of our customers, Hohonu, a company dedicated to real-time water monitoring, and the not-for-profit Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, which manages the Brooklyn Bridge...

A public art installation called Hedgework was recently deployed outside of Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is a biodiverse habitat for birds and bees that listens to the environment and engages with...

Power consumption for Machine Learning applications have dropped to the point where they can run off batteries and relatively small solar panels. We show you how to run a simple audio recognition project...

NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) is a two-year graduate program that has been described as both an art school for engineers and an engineering school for artists.  Voltaic Systems has...

Overview This blog post is a step-by-step walkthrough to run a Nano 33 IoT application from solar power. You will learn about: Managing power consumption on an Arduino Nano 33 IoT Converting RS485...

The first 100% solar-powered boathouse has recently deployed a first of its kind highly visible solar-powered channel marker lights!  The Marin Rowing Association (MRA), a world-class rowing facility on Corte...

Project Overview Solar powered asset trackers present a number of interesting design challenges. You have a device with variable power consumption moving across geographic regions with an inconsistent...

Project Overview We deployed a solar powered water level monitor in New York Harbor on Governors Island using Particle’s Monitor One Developer Edition. Similar to the Tracker One, the Monitor One is a code...

Overview: Learn how to create a LoRa wireless networked device with an Adafruit Feather M0 RFM95 LoRa Radio 900MHz connected to a sensor and powered by a e-Peas energy harvester and a Lithium Ion Capacitor...

Overview: Learn how to create a cloud-connected IoT device using an ESP32 connected to a DS18B20 temperature sensor temperature probe. In this tutorial, you will: Program your board using the Arduino IDE...

In discussions with customers, we often suggest they purchase a solar irradiance meter. We believe it is critical to testing any solar panel or, more importantly, the performance of a solar panel in...

Knowing the electrical IV characteristics of your solar panel is critical in determining your panel’s performance in real world conditions and understanding how it will interact with your charge...

This Q4, we are launching a family of new solar power systems for gateways and edge AI cameras. Last year, we deployed a solar-powered LoRaWAN Gateway for The Things Network in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The...