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Floaty McFloatFace
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Last crawled date: 4 years, 3 months ago
This is Floaty McFloatFace.
To learn more about the project head to http://www.sparxcoreprojects.co.uk
IN experimenting with LoRa i wanted to create a floating buoy that would send back over LoRaWAN sensor information like, water, air, internal temperatures, gps and others.
FMFF I created in order to be a test bed for these experiments. In order to extend the operation outside of what batteries can attain I needed to use solar cells in order to keep the internal battery topped up.
Aside from the specifics of the hole spacing on the carrier the parts here should be able to be easily reused. For example the clamps are in different sizes to accommodate different PVC pipe diameters. the 110mm clam is designed to have 5 printed and bolted together, which gives you the ability to have 5 solar nacelles attached.
The nacelles are made to slide in 110x60mm solar cells. These are typically 6v nominal cells, which make them suited to LiPo charging with an appropriate charger.
The carrier accommodates:
1 TTGO or similar (HelTec dev boards)
1 Neo 6M GPS board
1 BME temperature and humidity sensor
1 27x25mm vero board as a power and voltage divider board
1 32x25mm vero board as a sensor breakout board
4 LiPo 18650 cells
I also made this stevenson screen : https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4166079 for use with the air temperature probe.
all this fits in a diameter of 46mm which makes it fit into a 50mm ID pipe (55mm OD) and allows any extra internal flanges and clearances. Its tight, but fits!
The carrier and top cap are designed to be fit into a 55mm pvc pipe access port screw cap. with a liberal application of silicone sealant where needed (like around the typeN connector.) The type i used has a thick rubber gasket which has provided great sealing in my tests.
PolyPipe make 55mm PVC pipe and all fittings found on ebay. The pipe is solvent welded to ensure watertight joints.
Also need to find a way of weighing this down if you are planning on floating this or it will be top heavy!
To learn more about the project head to http://www.sparxcoreprojects.co.uk
IN experimenting with LoRa i wanted to create a floating buoy that would send back over LoRaWAN sensor information like, water, air, internal temperatures, gps and others.
FMFF I created in order to be a test bed for these experiments. In order to extend the operation outside of what batteries can attain I needed to use solar cells in order to keep the internal battery topped up.
Aside from the specifics of the hole spacing on the carrier the parts here should be able to be easily reused. For example the clamps are in different sizes to accommodate different PVC pipe diameters. the 110mm clam is designed to have 5 printed and bolted together, which gives you the ability to have 5 solar nacelles attached.
The nacelles are made to slide in 110x60mm solar cells. These are typically 6v nominal cells, which make them suited to LiPo charging with an appropriate charger.
The carrier accommodates:
1 TTGO or similar (HelTec dev boards)
1 Neo 6M GPS board
1 BME temperature and humidity sensor
1 27x25mm vero board as a power and voltage divider board
1 32x25mm vero board as a sensor breakout board
4 LiPo 18650 cells
I also made this stevenson screen : https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4166079 for use with the air temperature probe.
all this fits in a diameter of 46mm which makes it fit into a 50mm ID pipe (55mm OD) and allows any extra internal flanges and clearances. Its tight, but fits!
The carrier and top cap are designed to be fit into a 55mm pvc pipe access port screw cap. with a liberal application of silicone sealant where needed (like around the typeN connector.) The type i used has a thick rubber gasket which has provided great sealing in my tests.
PolyPipe make 55mm PVC pipe and all fittings found on ebay. The pipe is solvent welded to ensure watertight joints.
Also need to find a way of weighing this down if you are planning on floating this or it will be top heavy!
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