Monitoring Boreholes in Ethiopia
SweetSense is a Portland based company that builds remote monitoring for global development projects like water pumps, water filters, cookstoves and...
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Solar Powered Gardening Robot on Kickstarter
Franklin Robotics launched the Kickstarter campaign for Tertill, the solar powered gardening robot. Created by the inventor of the Roomba, Tertill...
Spoondrift Launches Solar Powered Ocean Monitor
Spoondrift just launched their Spotter, a real-time ocean monitoring device. The Spotter collects ocean wave and surface current data and reports it...
Water Quality Monitoring with Adafruit FONA and I/O
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...
Solar Bicycle Tracker Using Adafruit FONA
In this post, we show you how to build a solar-powered asset tracker for your bicycle or other important equipment using Adafruit FONA 808 and...
Solar for Beehive Monitoring | BroodMinder
Solar for beehive monitoring is just one of the many ways we've seen our solar charging systems successfully integrated into IoT projects. Founded by...
Solarcast Air Quality Monitor Launches
Congratulations to Safecast for launching their Solarcast radiation and air quality monitor. Safecast formed in response to the meltdown of the...
Water Quality Monitoring in Newtown Creek
This week Voltaic helped install a solar powered dissolved oxygen monitor built by HabitatMap at the Living Dock in Newtown Creek. Newtown Creek is a...
Solar Powered Bird Feeder for Biological Research
In this post, I will discuss how we are working to revolutionize bird research by creating a solar powered bird feeder with a range of data...
Voltage and Current Data Logger
We sometimes need a lightweight way to track power production of our panels in places that are far from an electrical outlet. In this post, we show...
Portable Charger for Microsoft Surface
How to Charge a Microsoft Surface from an External Battery Pack Microsoft Surface and Surface Pros use proprietary charging connectors, which make...
Solar Power for Raspberry Pi
Tutorial: Solar Power for Raspberry Pi This post will walk you though how to protect your Raspberry Pi while powering it from a solar-powered...
New Solar Backpacks: Array and OffGrid Now Available
A New Generation of Solar Backpacks We're starting off the new year with a new generation of solar backpacks, the Array and OffGrid by...
Solar Performance in Cloudy, Rainy and Sunny Conditions
Determining Solar Performance In this article we'll go over the differences in solar performance in cloudy, rainy, and sunny conditions. We put...
Solar Charger – Tutorial Part 4
How do you protect the battery? The goal of a charge circuit is to protect both the battery and your device. If you don't have charge protection,...
Solar Rooftop Farm at Brooklyn Grange
Solar for Rooftop Farms The Brooklyn Grange farms on rooftops all over New York City to promote sustainable living. We worked with them to bring...
Four Ways To Support Solar Energy
What actions can you take today to support solar energy? We spoke with the experts and here are four ideas: 1. Join Vote Solar Vote Solar...
Direct Solar Charging: A Competitive Review
Direct solar charging from a solar panel without any intermediate battery reduces complexity and weight of the system, but there are several...