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Solar Soil Moisture Meter With ESP8266

“In this Instructable, we’re making a solar powered soil moisture monitor. It uses an ESP8266 wifi microcontroller running low power code, and everythings waterproof so it can be left outside. You can follow this recipe exactly, or take from …

Sunflower - Arduino Solar Tracker

“‘The Sunflower’ is an Arduino based solar tracker which will increase the efficiency of the solar panel while charging.In modern solar tracking systems, the solar panels are fixed on a structure that moves according to the position of the …

Building a Solar Projector

“All of the excitement surrounding 2017 solar eclipse was the catalyst I needed to motivate me to build my solar projector. I had always thought that it would make a neat project, but the up-coming eclipse gave me a reason …

Remote Controlled + Solar Powered Watering System

“Watering plants can be a hard task, especially for those who have a garden in their house. I have to do this every day and it will be taking forever to get this done daily. So I made this project …

Toshiba Achieves World’s Highest Conversion Efficiency in 5 cm X 5 cm Film-based Perovskite Solar Cell Mini-modules

“Toshiba has made a significant advance toward the realization of light, flexible solar modules that can be used in diverse locations by fabricating a perovskite solar cell mini module(Note 2) with the highest energy conversion rate yet achieved. Perovskite …

Outdoor Fish Feeder - Solar Powered

“Everyone with pet fish, either in a pond or an aquarium, has had the issue of not being able to feed them when on holiday. To solve this, I decided to make an automatic fish feeder. Since my fish are …

Imec Reports Record Conversion Efficiency of 23.9 Percent on a 4cm2 Perovskite/Silicon Solar Module

“Imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital technology, and partner in Solliance and EnergyVille, today announced an improvement of its 4cm2 perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaic module achieving a power conversion efficiency of 23.9 percent …

ESP32 Solar Weather Station

“Get the temperature, humidity and pressure, and display them over the internet; everything is powered by the sun. For my first IoT project I wanted to build a Weather Station and send the data to data.sparkfun.com. Small correction …

Temperature and Solar Sensor Using Arduinos

“These temperature and solar sensors are specifically designed to be used in the classroom. They are built using Arduinos, dallas temperature sensors, and homemade solar sensors produced by the QESST program at ASU.”

BLEWeather: a Portable Bluetooth Weather Station

“Imagine having the ability to collect information about your surroundings from the comfort of your own house! In the age of the internet, this may not seem quite so impressive, but trust me when I say it’s awesome. This …