Solar Powered Raspberry Pi Projects

This tutorial will show you how to use solar panels to power your Raspberry Pi. Using solar electricity to power
your Pi will allow you to create solar-powered green Pi projects. Your project can also run indefinitely if you use
the correct solar panel and battery.

1. Creating a mesh sensor network using Raspberry Pi and XBee radio modules
Introduction We live in uncertain times. The list of environmental problems seems to
grow, while the solutions feel increasingly out of reach. But daunting as it may be, it
is…

2. Design of Remote Datalogger Connection and Live Data Tweeting System

I. INTRODUCTION Global average temperatures have increased alongside increases
in population and consumption. These changes pose serious threats to the current
standard of living as weather events become less predictable and…

3. Implementation and Design of Webcam Systems for Traffic Monitoring in Acadia National Park
Abstract
Because traffic congestion often has impacts on safety, visitor experience,
resources, emergency response times, and park operations, reducing congestion is
an important management topic for Acadia National Park. This…

4. Design Applications for Girls on Raspberry Pi Platform

1.0 Background Millions of
girls in developing countries are still being denied an education. This issue
isworldwide and slow education progress for girls nowadays will have a huge impact
in…

5. Farmaid: Plant Disease Detection Robot

Robot that drives around autonomously in
greenhouse environment and identifies diseases. https://youtu.be/12BvNxfrQ7k
Inspired by the work of plantvillage.psu.edu and iita.org, we wanted to use the
DonkeyCar platform to build a…

6. Win10 IOT Irrigation Controller with Moisture Sensors

Using Win10 IOT, RPi2, and
XBee, measure lawn soil moisture, and automatically run irrigation as necessary.
Background Large portions of the US have suffered from low water or drought
conditions…

7. Low-Cost ECG Pathology Detection with Deep Neural Networks

We aim to bring
proper heart care to developing countries. An early detection of these pathologies
its vital for an effective treatment. The problem According to the World Health
Organization,…

8. Pool Fill Control

A system to monitor water level, temp, pH, ORP, filter pressure,
electrical usage, and pump operation. Refills pool when necessary. Story The Idea
Over the summer of 2015 my sons…

9. Solar-Powered Squirrel Kam (Pi Zero W) UPDATED

Combines basic woodworking
(house/feeder) with a Pi Zero W/cam powered by batteries/solar & turned on/off w/
an ATtiny85 and BH1750. Story Background I live half a mile above sea level…
10. Helium Air Quality Sensor
A Helium-based air quality sensor and solar setup.As
environmental concerns and awareness increase, I decided to build and deploy an
array of wireless, self-contained, weather-resistant, solar-powered air quality
sensors, also…

11. Transform a 25-Watt Semi-Flexible Panel into a Practical Battery Charger

Sunlight
may be free, but transforming it into usable electricity is not. I learned this back in
1965 when I bought some surplus silicon solar cells from dealer Herbach and…

12. How Much Power Does Raspberry Pi 3B+ Use? Power Measurements
Since the
original Pi came out I’ve been interested in how much power it consumes. It’s
become something of a launch week tradition to publish a new chart and some…

13. How To Hack An Apple Time Capsule With A Raspberry Pi

Introducing the "Pi
Capsule."  It's currently the only Apple Time Capsule you can plug into your TV...,does
this make it an Apple TV?  😉 Ok, ok, let's say you have…

14. Netbook Laptop Build for $ 160 – Raspberry Pi Powered.

Hey Everyone! I'm 13, and I
was inspired by online projects and cool computer builds to see if I could build a
laptop. This may not be the greatest tutorial…

15. Join the IOT with your Weather Station – CWOP

Do-Wop, Do-Wop the CWOP.... In
this New Instructable by SwitchDoc Labs you will learn What is CWOP (Citizens
Weather Observation Program) How to connect a Raspberry Pi based Weather
Station…

16. Build an arcade machine powered by raspberry pi for a low budget

So I was inspired
by the projects I saw online like the NaCade and the Porta-Pi, and wanted to build
somthing similar. Problem was, as a 13 year old kid,…

17. Solar Power, Weather and the Raspberry Pi

Solar Power, Weather and the Raspberry
Pi SwitchDoc Labs is in the process of building a Solar Powered Raspberry Pi Weather
Station.   The design will be released as a…

18. Solar Powering My Home!

My home has been solar powered since June 2013 and the
power system has proven its reliability. I'm a proud owner of an OFF GRID solar
power system. I decided…

19. Solar powering a Raspberry Pi for Bitcoin mining

Introduction: As a simple one-GPU
bitcoin miner, the recent growth in ASIC (Application specific integrated circuit)
bitcoin mining hardware has been a real gamechanger. In my case, there are some…

20. Solar Power on the Raspberry Pi – SunAir

designed to charge LiPo batteries from
Solar Panels and power your Pi. First SunAir Kickstarter Update (Dec 7,
2014) Published here. An earlier generation of this project was used in Project
Curacao.…
21. WeatherPiArduino Weather Board
WeatherPiArduino is a weather station controller
board designed to interface to Arduino and Raspberry Pi computers.  It is an
interface board developed by SwitchDoc Labs to allow the user to…

22. PiGI – Raspberry Pi Geiger-Müller Interface

Geiger counters are basically just devices
which enable us to measure ionizing radiation. In the context of human activity we
have to deal with natural radiation sources and artificial ones.…

23. Raspberry Pi and Arduino: Building Reliable Systems with WatchDog Timers
Summary: In this Instructable we look at how to build more reliable computer
systems using WatchDog timers. We show how to set up and use the Raspberry Pi
and Arduino…

24. Raspberry Pi and 1-Wire

In this article by Jack Creasey, author of Raspberry Pi
Essentials, we will learn about the remote input/output technology and devices that
can be used with the Raspberry Pi. We will…

25. X100/105/200/300 Function Expansion Board for Raspberry Pi B/B+

The X100
expansion board designed for use on the Raspberry Pi (RPi) computer platform. The
board supplies RPi with a regulated +5V from a wide-range voltage source and also
contains…

26. BeaconAir On Raspberry Pi / iBeacons

BeaconAir is a Raspberry Pi based project that
reads the advertising packets coming from iBeacons and roughly calculates the
physical position of BeaconAir by Trilateration.  This is an application that uses my…

27. MoPi is mobile, hot-swap and 24/7 power for the Raspberry Pi.
I want one! (how to
order) Something not working? Raise an issue. (In early 2014 we ran a Kickstarter
campaign to fund the first production version, which is due for…

28. Powering a Raspberry Pi with a 5W solar panel

My plan was to make a solar powered
raspberry pi. To run a Facebook AIML chat bot written in c#. (In the daytime) What
you will need: 1 x Raspberry…

29. X105 EXPANSION BOARD

KEY FEATURES Input Voltage - 6V to 23Vdc converted to 5V, 3A via step-down
DC/DC converter to power the Raspberry Pi VGA output  - HDMI to VGA converter supporting up…

30. Solar Powered Raspberry Pi

Step 1: What You need A raspberry pi A solar panel (with
built in charger controller or a Solar Charging Regulator) A car power socket A usb
car power adapter A battery…
31. Raspberry Pi Irrigation Controller
Gardening improves health and quality of life,
connecting us to our local environment. Plus, you can eat organic fruits and veggies
at very little cost. Yet for all these fantastic…

32. All Weather Solar Powered Raspberry Pi

Here I am going to show you how to set up a
solar panel, buck convertors and batteries to create a solar power solution that will
keep your pi powered…

33. Weather station based on Raspberry Pi

This is a simple project for a weather station.
Initially it reads temperature, pressure and humidity. Next step is to measure wind
direction and after that wind speed. The base…

34. Lightning! The Lightning Detector for Raspberry Pi Weather Station

In this
Instructable you will learn: How to a connect a Lightning Detector to a Solar
Powered Weather Station How to design and position the lightning detector for best
perfomance…

35. Totally Wireless Bird House

Making of DIY bird house project with Raspberry Pi and
Arduino Here is a detailed explanation how to make a totally wireless surveillance
style bird house. About the design The…

36. Raspoulette Prototype

Hi guys, When i see a raspberry pi contest i decide to make a
prototype of an idea i had for few time, let me present my Raspoulette! I will…

37. NaCade – The Naked Raspberry Pi Arcade Machine

The brains of this setup is the
Raspberry Pi computer. It's not overly powerful by today's standards but it can run
early style games and systems pretty well. It's small…

38. Raspberry Pi Emulator Console for the Backseat

Scope of project: After building a
Bar-Top Raspberry Pi retro gaming machine I determined that while cool I cant take
it around easily as it weighs about 40 lbs and…

39. Control outdoor lights that come on automatically when it gets darks
What you’ll need 1.2 k resistor 2.2 k
resistor Light dependent resistor 1 μF capacitor Breadboard and wires You’ve
probably all seen those cheap, solar-powered lamps that you can stick into…

40. USB PowerControl for Raspberry Pi and Arduino

Within United States: SwitchDoc
Labs Store – Powered by Amazon (Now with Amazon Prime!) Outside of United
States: Tindie.com The USB PowerControl board is a USB to USB solid state relay.
 It…