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Lithium Ion Capacitors (LICs) are a great alternative to traditional lithium ion batteries in many LPWAN applications. While less power dense, they have a very broad temperature range and a very high amount...

We now recommend the 25 Watt CORE Solar System with the 5V MicroUSB output for most locations. Upgrade to the 50 Watt panel for the Pacific Northwest and high northern...

Why Use Deep Sleep in the ESP32 When IoT devices are plugged in, power consumption is often not a primary engineering consideration. However, in remote, battery or solar-powered solutions the power...

It is amazing how many times we suggest 3M VHB and other high bonding tapes as a method to attach a small solar panel to an enclosure. At first look, you think this is just double sided tape, but it is really...

Voltaic first met Sebastian Kennerknecht at an International League of Conservation Photographers event several years ago. He is a wildlife and conservation photographer with a specific focus on wild cats and...

Fellow New Lab Member FOAM implemented their first Zone for Proof of Location in the Brooklyn Navy Yard this year, and its powered by Voltaic solar panels and IoT battery packs. FOAM builds tools to...

Designed to address the fragility of communications networks after natural disasters and blackouts, Project OWL brings together software and hardware to create a solar-powered emergency mobile network. The...

Yes, it is possible to make a solar panel in a custom shape. At Voltaic, we manufacture custom and standard small solar panels and while most are rectangular, we have experience designing and deploying a full...

Sentient Things is using their IoT platform to measure and report tides in real time. Robert Mawrey provides a detailed tutorial on how to build your own solar-powered weather and tide monitoring system on...

Tips for Traveling with Solar One of the biggest questions we get from customers is regarding the safety of traveling with solar chargers and lithium ion battery packs. Whether you're flying domestically or...

StreamBeam a community funded, volunteer run organization has built some beautiful stream monitoring gauges using ultrasonic sensors, Particle Boron and Voltaic solar panels. The monitors are placed on bridges...

Most IoT projects include a number of the same components including a real time clock, data logging and power management. Robert Mawrey, founder and CEO of Sentient Things, built the IoT Node to shorten the...

This contest is closed. Congrats to all the winners! Great to see all the exciting projects in the works including weather, water, garden monitoring, sound art and water fountains. We're getting in the...

FieldKit, a core project of Conservify, was recently awarded the Grand Prize of the 2019 Hackaday Prize. Conservify works to build and develop tools and technologies that make it easy for communities to...

Emergency Solar Power: A Guide to Being Prepared At Voltaic we know the importance of having access to a reliable power source. When disasters strike, one of the first things to go is the electrical power...

We recently caught up with Anne Dangerfield, project manager & field coordinator at Arribada Initiative, to discuss the organization's goal of building a better camera trap. Anne recently became a...

Lots of manufacturers make small solar panels with PET coating. We do not recommend it for any industrial or for any case where you want to frequently use the panels outside. The reason is that PET has...

Thinking about getting your hands on a solar backpack? The crew at BuzzFeed's Worth It recently stopped by our offices to check out the features of our powerful (and popular) OffGrid Solar...