Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
As a final video for the week, let's get off the grid and go Solar with battery backup..and I will show you that "Size does Matter"
This is Day 7 and the final day of Celebrating TI IoT week, This is the conclusion to building an IoT node that will monitor the Temperature of wherever you place it and control a fan in order to cool things down if so desired. It is also monitor and control from a smart device and supports manual control of the fan
TI products will be used for this project as much as possible with the heart being a TI Launchpad CC3200.
SMART control, "Cloud" enabled, LCD Display, Temperature sensing and Fan control has been added to our node and today we add the ability to remote control our sensor node using any smart device running a modern browser.
Today is the last day of the project, we will have a fully working IoT node that will post the data upto an MQTT server (The Cloud) and provide you with the means to subscribe to that data and present it in a useful way on a Smart device via an HTML5 browser and if all goes well, it will be solar powered with a battery to last the night. It has a SMART interface and now will have unlimited power n the form of SOLAR and a Lipo battery backup.
In this video we will look at adding a battery backup to our node and also a charger based on using a Solar Panel. You will see that contrary to popular belief... Size does matter.
If you want to replicate this project, it should not cost you more than 50-80$ depending on your current parts and options you choose. + a Solar charge system
The launchpad selected for this project is the CC3200. ti.com/ww/en/launchpad/launchpads-connected-cc3200-launchxl.html#tabs
TI Temperature sensor selected for the project is the TMP275
TMP275 ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tmp275.pdf
The Display is the 430BOOST-SHARP96 ti.com/lit/ug/slau553/slau553.pdf and purchased from here ti.com/tool/430boost-sharp96 or other vendors of your choice
MQTT Libraries are included with the Energia download but for more information you can go here mqtt.org and here iot.eclipse.org/. If you want to set up your own local MQTT server then refer to this resource:- mosquitto.org
Node-Red can be downloaded for most Linux systems, just google the board and Node-Red. for help with it, see my other videos or look here :- nodered.org and for plugins see here:- flows.nodered.org
Chips used int he final Video can be found here:
Battery Booster (Obsolete) ti.com/lit/ug/slvua32/slvua32.pdf
LIPO Charger ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq24210.pdf
BUCK/Boost Regulators http://www.ti.com.cn/cn/lit/ds/symlink/tps63000.pdf
Gas Gauge ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq27510-g3.pdf,
MSP 430G Launchpad pinout http://energia.nu/Guide_MSP430LaunchPad.html
FuelTank Booster Pinout http://energia.nu/pin-maps/guide_fueltankboosterpack/
I would like to thank Texas Instruments for their support and sponsorship with this project
Other videos for this series can be found here:-
Day 1 youtu.be/im-ip8ZAXjY
Day 2 youtu.be/QfE8kPg5cWk
Day 3 youtu.be/feak2L_gM_w
Day 4 youtu.be/AwO9qjMBsiE
Day 5 youtu.be/5RdPFRs1cAc
Day 6 youtu.be/f48pHgzB6VE
As a final video for the week, let's get off the grid and go Solar with battery backup..and I will show you that "Size does Matter"
This is Day 7 and the final day of Celebrating TI IoT week, This is the conclusion to building an IoT node that will monitor the Temperature of wherever you place it and control a fan in order to cool things down if so desired. It is also monitor and control from a smart device and supports manual control of the fan
TI products will be used for this project as much as possible with the heart being a TI Launchpad CC3200.
SMART control, "Cloud" enabled, LCD Display, Temperature sensing and Fan control has been added to our node and today we add the ability to remote control our sensor node using any smart device running a modern browser.
Today is the last day of the project, we will have a fully working IoT node that will post the data upto an MQTT server (The Cloud) and provide you with the means to subscribe to that data and present it in a useful way on a Smart device via an HTML5 browser and if all goes well, it will be solar powered with a battery to last the night. It has a SMART interface and now will have unlimited power n the form of SOLAR and a Lipo battery backup.
In this video we will look at adding a battery backup to our node and also a charger based on using a Solar Panel. You will see that contrary to popular belief... Size does matter.
If you want to replicate this project, it should not cost you more than 50-80$ depending on your current parts and options you choose. + a Solar charge system
The launchpad selected for this project is the CC3200. ti.com/ww/en/launchpad/launchpads-connected-cc3200-launchxl.html#tabs
TI Temperature sensor selected for the project is the TMP275
TMP275 ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tmp275.pdf
The Display is the 430BOOST-SHARP96 ti.com/lit/ug/slau553/slau553.pdf and purchased from here ti.com/tool/430boost-sharp96 or other vendors of your choice
MQTT Libraries are included with the Energia download but for more information you can go here mqtt.org and here iot.eclipse.org/. If you want to set up your own local MQTT server then refer to this resource:- mosquitto.org
Node-Red can be downloaded for most Linux systems, just google the board and Node-Red. for help with it, see my other videos or look here :- nodered.org and for plugins see here:- flows.nodered.org
Chips used int he final Video can be found here:
Battery Booster (Obsolete) ti.com/lit/ug/slvua32/slvua32.pdf
LIPO Charger ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq24210.pdf
BUCK/Boost Regulators http://www.ti.com.cn/cn/lit/ds/symlink/tps63000.pdf
Gas Gauge ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq27510-g3.pdf,
MSP 430G Launchpad pinout http://energia.nu/Guide_MSP430LaunchPad.html
FuelTank Booster Pinout http://energia.nu/pin-maps/guide_fueltankboosterpack/
I would like to thank Texas Instruments for their support and sponsorship with this project
Other videos for this series can be found here:-
Day 1 youtu.be/im-ip8ZAXjY
Day 2 youtu.be/QfE8kPg5cWk
Day 3 youtu.be/feak2L_gM_w
Day 4 youtu.be/AwO9qjMBsiE
Day 5 youtu.be/5RdPFRs1cAc
Day 6 youtu.be/f48pHgzB6VE
