Hi all,
will the Particle Mesh devices be suitable for solar power supply ?
Thanks
Massimiliano
If you mean, can the by powerd via a solar panel, then yes.
The existing Electron does already bring the required charging circuits and the mesh devices will have some charging circuitry too.
While the Boron (cellular) will have a more involved charge controller the two other devices will “only” feature a “slim solution”.
However, power consumption of the new devices will be considerably less compared to the existing ones.
For the Boron, can I please confirm that the solar +ve input should be connected to the VUSB pin? According to the block diagram (https://docs.particle.io/assets/images/boron/boron-block-diagram.png) this pin is connected to BQ24195 power management IC VIN. I’m checking because the Boron datasheet only talks about the VUSB pin being an output pin (https://docs.particle.io/datasheets/cellular/boron-datasheet/#vusb-pin).
Also, the datasheet for the BQ24195 indicates a VIN range of 3.9 to 17V which is quite generous. Could this range cause any problems elsewhere in the Boron?
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