Solar for BirdWeather BioAcoustic Platform Voltaic Systems April 2, 2024 All This is a quick demonstration on how to power the BirdWeather PUC from solar power. The PUC listens to the sounds around it and is able to identify...
Battery Health Monitoring for Core Solar Systems Voltaic Systems April 2, 2024 All Overview Voltaic’s Core Solar Systems were designed to provide easy to deploy, scalable power for a range of industrial IoT devices including: IP...
Solar Powered Nano 33 IoT Soil Moisture Tutorial Lizabeth Arum March 13, 2024 All 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...
License Plate Recognition with Solar, PoE and EINAR Conlon Meek February 26, 2024 All Overview The goal of this project was to power and operate the Einar License Plate Recognition (LPR) camera with Voltaic's new solar system, which...
Better Boater Safety: MRA Unveils Innovative Channel Marker Lights Lizabeth Arum February 23, 2024 All The first 100% solar-powered boathouse has recently deployed a first of its kind highly visible solar-powered channel marker lights! The Marin...
Solar-powered Asset Tracker Tutorial with Actinius Lizabeth Arum February 7, 2024 All Project Overview Solar powered asset trackers present a number of interesting design challenges. You have a device with variable power consumption...
Tide Monitoring Tutorial with Particle Monitor One Lizabeth Arum January 17, 2024 All 1 Comment Project Overview We deployed a solar powered water level monitor in New York Harbor on Governors Island using Particle’s Monitor One Developer...
Updated USB-C PD and Always On for V25, V50, V75 Batteries Voltaic Systems January 17, 2024 All Voltaic will soon be updating our V25, V50, and V75 batteries to a faster charging standard, bringing them in line with the newest consumer power...
Solar Powered LoRa Radio Barometric Pressure and Altimeter Tutorial Lizabeth Arum December 22, 2023 All 1 Comment Overview: Learn how to create a LoRa wireless networked device with an Adafruit Feather M0 RFM95 LoRa Radio 900MHz connected to a sensor and...
Solar Powered ESP32 over WiFi Application Tutorial Lizabeth Arum December 15, 2023 All Overview: Learn how to create a cloud-connected IoT device using an ESP32 connected to a DS18B20 temperature sensor temperature probe. In this...
Why a solar irradiance meter is a must for designing solar applications Lizabeth Arum October 11, 2023 All 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...
How to Assess Panel Performance Using the Qoitech Otii Ace Pro Lizabeth Arum September 29, 2023 All, Tutorial 1 Comment Knowing the electrical IV characteristics of your solar panel is critical in determining your panel’s performance in real world conditions and...
Announcing Solar Power Systems for Gateways and Edge AI Cameras Lizabeth Arum September 18, 2023 All This Q4, we are launching a family of new solar power systems for cellular and LoRaWAN gateways and edge AI cameras. Last year, we deployed a...
Solar Powered LoRaWAN Node + Lithium Capacitor Voltaic Systems March 10, 2023 DIY We recently deployed a solar-powered Things Industries' Generic Node in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It connects via LoRa to a Things Network Gateway...
Solar Powered LoRa Gateway on The Things Network Voltaic Systems November 20, 2022 DIY, Tutorial We recently launched a solar-powered LoRaWAN Gateway for The Things Network in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. While The Things Network is open to everyone...
Open-Source Air Quality Monitor Voltaic Systems November 15, 2022 All, DIY, Sustainability Poor air quality causes a range of very bad health outcomes, but we still know relatively little about the air we breathe. To address this problem,...
Lithium Ion Capacitor Based Solar Charger with e-peas Voltaic Systems September 22, 2022 All Lithium Ion Capacitors (LICs) are a great alternative to traditional lithium ion batteries in many LPWAN applications. While less power dense, they...
Power Purple Air Quality Monitor From Solar Voltaic Systems September 20, 2022 Sustainability The Purple Air Outdoor Air Quality Monitor is a popular device for measuring PM2.5 concentrations. In some cases, a grid connected power supply is...