Hi there, Is there a reason the Solar shield is no longer available for purchase? Is it simply not necessary if you want to deploy the Electron powered by battery and solar panel charging it? EDIT: Wanted to add a few more questions: Voltaic’s panels seem to be fairly popular, but I can’t help …

Which solar panel are you using in the image you posted above (on 3/17)? I don’t see any panels that look like that on Voltaic’s site.

It’s a special 3w panel I had made for some other projects a few years ago. The Voltaic panels are better suited for outdoor use so I would go with those for best long-term reliability.

Thanks for the info. Do you have any problems with your method of keeping the solar panel from supplying the charger if its voltage drops below 4.8? I would think that as soon as the panel is no longer supplying any current, that its voltage would go back up above your cutoff, causing the pmic to on…

[image] Ric: Do you have any problems with your method of keeping the solar panel from supplying the charger if its voltage drops below 4.8? The PMIC basically just starts limiting the charging current if the panel starts to drop below 4.8v this keeps the voltage of the solar panel from dropp…

For what it’s worth, eBay sellers have a great deal on 6V/6W semi-rugged solar panels for about $12 ea. They are designed to line the bottom of a bike basket. [image] 6V 6W Solar Panel With Junction Box For Bike Share DC System Public Rental Bi B3... Power: 6W. New mini Solar panel. PET M…

Thanks for posting this. I was looking to add the watchdog to my project and was looking for a good example of the code to use. This was looks great. Cheers, Tom

RWB, I know this is not a very recent post of yours but I'm wondering how you have dealt with the blocking of code execution caused by Cellular.connect. With recent firmware and SYSTEM_MODE(SEMI_AUTOMATIC); the Cellular.connect command blocks any further code execution. I know one can use SYSTEM…

Hi Ryan ( @RWB ) - I have read quite a bit of your posts and wanted to reach out for some guidance. I ordered Boron and looking for someone to help with Code and Battery suggestions for a project I am working on that requires 1-2 years battery life (indoor), sending basic inputs to MYSQL DB about 10 t…

@mjw I am waiting on my new Mesh stuff to be shipped like everyone else but the PMIC on the Boron is the same as the Electron so we should be able to treat the Boron the same as the Electron as far as solar charging goes. The code for solar charging should work the same for the Boron as the Electro…

@colemanjj Honestly I’ve never had a problem with this. I’m using system thread enabled on photons right now without any issues. I have not been playing with the Electron much the last year to be honest. I would reach out to @scruffr or @rickkas7 for the most recent best practices on how to deal wi…

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Thanks @RWB

So I should ignore the docs?

I’ve got a healthy collection of Voltaic 6V 6W panels.

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