Project feasibility and board advice.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:38 pm
Hi everyone,
I work for an engineering company and I've been asked to look into the feasibility of a remote monitoring station. The scope I've been given is that the end product will be attached to a building or structure and will measure the angle that the device is attached at. Each week the device checks its angle again, and using a sim connection, reports this angle back via SMS to someone/something.
I immediately thought of micropython, and the micropython board. Partially as I'm not a very experienced coder, having done some basic Python in university, and I do kind of have a crush on it, and the other reason was due to the low power consumption of the pyboard if I can put it into a low power state for 6 days. The power will be provided by a battery, and also a solar panel to recharge the battery. The SIM card board would be the one Damien used in a thread he wrote about sending SMS successfully from the pyboard.
The only part that I'm thinking might be too difficult for myself, well to be honest most of it would be difficult, but the bits that's I think would really kill me is the additional requirement to measure temp/humidity and wind speed. These would be accomplished using parts liberated from an arduino weather station which we have lying around.
So what do you guys/gals think? Is this project feasible for someone new to microelectronics?
Thanks
HLA91
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I work for an engineering company and I've been asked to look into the feasibility of a remote monitoring station. The scope I've been given is that the end product will be attached to a building or structure and will measure the angle that the device is attached at. Each week the device checks its angle again, and using a sim connection, reports this angle back via SMS to someone/something.
I immediately thought of micropython, and the micropython board. Partially as I'm not a very experienced coder, having done some basic Python in university, and I do kind of have a crush on it, and the other reason was due to the low power consumption of the pyboard if I can put it into a low power state for 6 days. The power will be provided by a battery, and also a solar panel to recharge the battery. The SIM card board would be the one Damien used in a thread he wrote about sending SMS successfully from the pyboard.
The only part that I'm thinking might be too difficult for myself, well to be honest most of it would be difficult, but the bits that's I think would really kill me is the additional requirement to measure temp/humidity and wind speed. These would be accomplished using parts liberated from an arduino weather station which we have lying around.
So what do you guys/gals think? Is this project feasible for someone new to microelectronics?
Thanks
HLA91
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