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Wrapping up the Remote Power Sensor

Posted on July 12, 2026July 12, 2026 by smayze

In this post I bring together three previous projects into a finished solar-powered wireless sensor network for the garden shed — gateway, end node, and battery monitor, talking over XBee. It's a long one, covering the design decisions and lessons learned, plus a technique I picked up from a KiCon 2024 talk: using KiCad to … Continue reading Wrapping up the Remote Power Sensor

Trying out the INA219

Posted on September 29, 2020 by smayze

I have been looking into developing a device to monitor a solar charging unit. This would be a remote sensor and relay the information back to a base to be presented on a user interface. There are a lot of elements to this type of project and one problem I have been thinking about was … Continue reading Trying out the INA219