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New Kickstarter – The Thunder Board – Lightning Detection for Arduino and Raspberry Pi

November 14, 2017

New Kickstarter Coming in Two Days! – The Thunder Board – Lightning Detection for Raspberry Pi and Arduino Projects The Thunder Board Kickstarter is launching soon!. [callout size=”col-12″ title=”Checkout the ThunderBoard Kickstarter” button_title=”Go to Kickstarter” button_link=”https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sunair/1145113241?ref=382087&token=29e7e57c” button_size=”normal” button_rounded=”true” button_color=”red”] The […]

Project Curacao2 – Results! Five Months Down in Paradise

October 15, 2017

Project Curacao2 – Results! Five Months Down in Paradise Project Curacao2 has been down and operating solo down in the Caribbean now for over 5 month. We have been getting nice pictures and data on an hourly basis. Project […]

Sun Tracking for Solar Power – Part 4 – The Video

August 14, 2017

Sun Tracking for Solar Power – Part 4 – The Video SwitchDoc Labs has built a lot of solar power systems over the past few years. SunControl, Project Curacao2, Project Curacao, SunAirPlus, WeatherPi and the recent Solar Powered ESP8266. We have fooled around with […]

Reliable Projects 5: External WatchDog Timers for Raspberry Pi/Arduino Systems

August 11, 2017

Reliable Projects 5: External WatchDog Timers for Raspberry Pi/Arduino Systems Summary: In Part 5 of this series we look at setting up an External WatchDog Timer with the Arduino and also with the Raspberry Pi. We use the SwitchDoc Labs Dual WatchDog Timer, which is […]

Project Curacao2 – Part 12: Results! First Month Down in Paradise

July 16, 2017

Project Curacao2 – Part 12: Results! First Month Down in Paradise Project Curacao2 has been down and operating solo down in the Caribbean now for over 1 month. It has been a very busy month here at SwitchDoc Labs […]

Project Curacao2 – Part 11: It Lives! Deployment and Initial Results

June 19, 2017

Project Curacao2 – Part 11: It Lives! Deployment and Initial Results We have now deployed all three parts of Project Curacao2 on the island and Dr. John has reluctantly returned to SwitchDoc Labs. The system is working and reporting data […]

SmartPlantPi – RaspberryPi Based Watering Kit – Advanced Manual Released

May 18, 2017

SmartPlantPi – RaspberryPi Based Watering Kit – Advanced Manual Released SwitchDoc Labs is pleased to announce the release of the Advanced Features Manual for SmartPlantPi, the first Raspberry Pi based No Soldering Plant Monitoring and Watering Kit. It is available […]

Project Curacao2 – Part 8: Solar Power Management / Raspberry Pi

May 16, 2017

Project Curacao2 – Part 8: Solar Power Management / Raspberry Pi In the posting, we will be discussing the power management system in Project Curacao2. But first, we will give a current status of the project. Status Two Weeks […]

Project Curacao2 – Part 7: Flame On! Initial Raspberry Pi Base Unit Tests

May 1, 2017

Project Curacao2 – Part 7: Flame On! Initial Raspberry Pi Base Unit Tests Time to power up the base unit! We have carefully checked all the connections in Project Curacao2 to insure that we actually don’t cause any […]

New OurWeather Software Released – WXLink and Solar Support

March 3, 2017

New OurWeather Software Released – WXLink and Solar Support SwitchDoc Labs has now released a new version of the OurWeather software (Version 021) that supports the SwitchDoc WXLink/Solar WXLink and also the new OurWeather Solar Power Extender Kit. This […]