Sam is to be a smart solar charge monitor and controller with extras.
SAM will:
-monitor the voltage and current on my solar panels
-monitor the voltage and current on my batteries
-monitor the temperature of the panels and system
-monitor the light levels of the sun
-move the panels to stay in the sun
-charge the battery with an arduino mppt charger if time permits.
-turn on devices like garden lights, water pumps, lawn ornaments, or even model rockets.
-Store all the sensor data to sd card
-Upload data sets to solar.pxn.ca via wifi.
-Display the current status on an lcd
Where am I at today:
Much of the rough hardware is now completed, I need to put it all together and finish work on the software.
SAM consists of:
- Arduino Mega
- cc3000 wifi shield
- 12V 8x Relay board
- Sunforce Charge Controller
- Voltage & Current sensors
- Temp Sensors
- Alarm
- Lcd Display
- Solar panels and batteries
- Linear actuator
- Sun tracker module
What code can be open sourced will be open sourced as it becomes polished.
The current online instance at http://solar.pxn.ca is just for testing/proof of concept, (though is mostly functional)
Arduino libraries will be used for wifi c30000 , lcd display and possible more.
A database abstraction library might be used on the web side to ease database interaction.
More will be known about the software license compatibility as it's developed.
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