Tag: Arduino board
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A No‑Compromise Solar Power LiFePO4 Solution for Arduino Projects
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I have been designing and building a weather station to put in my garden at home. It will be a one-off project so I don’t need to compromise on cost – instead, I want something that will be reliable and, if anything, slightly over-engineered. This particularly applies to the power source – it has to be exclusively solar powered and there must be minimal risk of battery fire as it will be located close to a…
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Selecting the right Arduino board for battery powered operation
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I had a fairly simple objective – to build a battery powered outdoor weather station using an Arduino. The very first step, choosing which Arduino board to use, proved to be more complex than I expected. In fact, the array of parameters in my selection matrix kept growing over time as my knowledge increased during the design and build process. High on my list of needs was that the weather station should be able to run…
