wraggster
July 25th, 2012, 22:08
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[Brian Dorey] has been adding green power solutions to his home for some time now, and as things have progressed, he has experimented with several different iterations of data loggers. The latest system watching over his solar power setup is a Raspberry Pi armed with a custom-built I2C analog/digital converter. (http://www.briandorey.com/post/Raspberry-Pi-Solar-Data-Logger.aspx)
The Rasp Pi is responsible for monitoring several different temperature sensors related to his solar water heating and storage system, but that’s just the beginning. It also keeps watch over his roof-mounted solar electric panels, his battery bank, and its charge controller. For good measure, he also monitors his home’s temperature and his water tank’s recirculation pump because, why the heck not?
All of the collected data is relayed to his web server where it is handsomely displayed for his perusal and analysis. [Brian] has made his code available here (https://github.com/briandorey/RaspberryPiSolarLogger), so you can monitor your home in the same fashion with little fuss.
http://hackaday.com/2012/07/25/raspberry-pi-keeps-tabs-on-your-solar-power-setup/
[Brian Dorey] has been adding green power solutions to his home for some time now, and as things have progressed, he has experimented with several different iterations of data loggers. The latest system watching over his solar power setup is a Raspberry Pi armed with a custom-built I2C analog/digital converter. (http://www.briandorey.com/post/Raspberry-Pi-Solar-Data-Logger.aspx)
The Rasp Pi is responsible for monitoring several different temperature sensors related to his solar water heating and storage system, but that’s just the beginning. It also keeps watch over his roof-mounted solar electric panels, his battery bank, and its charge controller. For good measure, he also monitors his home’s temperature and his water tank’s recirculation pump because, why the heck not?
All of the collected data is relayed to his web server where it is handsomely displayed for his perusal and analysis. [Brian] has made his code available here (https://github.com/briandorey/RaspberryPiSolarLogger), so you can monitor your home in the same fashion with little fuss.
http://hackaday.com/2012/07/25/raspberry-pi-keeps-tabs-on-your-solar-power-setup/