Solar Power

Solar PV and Solar Thermal projects, generating our own energy

Raspberry Pi I2C Microchip MCP9800123 Temperature Sensor Photo

Raspberry Pi I2C Microchip MCP9800123 Temperature Sensor

06 July 2012 2 min read

Using a Microchip MCP9800123 temperature sensor with a Raspberry Pi

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IOIO Android I2C Light Levels using TSL2561 Logging Code Photo

IOIO Android I2C Light Levels using TSL2561 Logging Code

26 June 2012 7 min read

Measuring Light Levels using TSL2561 and IOIO Android board via I2C

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IOIO Android I2C Temperature Logging Code Photo

IOIO Android I2C Temperature Logging Code

26 June 2012 5 min read

IOIO Android I2C Temperature Logging Code

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Thermal Panel fitting Photo

Thermal Panel fitting

31 May 2012 2 min read

Fitting solar thermal panels to our house.

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Arduino Solar Logging Installed Photo

Arduino Solar Logging Installed

26 May 2012 2 min read

Our new Arduino based solar PV data logger is installed

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Arduino Solar Logging Update Photo

Arduino Solar Logging Update

13 May 2012 3 min read

Arduino solar PV logging system update

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Arduino Mains Water Pump Logging Photo

Arduino Mains Water Pump Logging

13 May 2012 2 min read

Arduino mains water pump logger

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Arduino Mains Voltage and Current Logging Photo

Arduino Mains Voltage and Current Logging

13 May 2012 1 min read

Measuring mains voltage and current using an Arduino

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Solar Hot Water Install Dual Coil Cylinder Photo

Solar Hot Water Install Dual Coil Cylinder

13 May 2012 2 min read

Solar Hot Water Install Dual Coil Cylinder

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Solar Hot Water Install Stage One  Photo

Solar Hot Water Install Stage One

02 May 2012 1 min read

Starting the installation of our new solar hot water system

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Arduino based Solar PV and Hot water monitoring and logging Photo

Arduino based Solar PV and Hot water monitoring and logging

29 April 2012 3 min read

Using an Arduino to add monitoring and logging to the Solar PV and Hot water

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Mk2 DIY Solar Panels Photo

Mk2 DIY Solar Panels

09 May 2009 7 min read

Making new DIY Solar Panels with plywood backing

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