DSAIL Power Management Board: Powering the Raspberry Pi autonomously off the grid.
Description
The files in this repository are the requirements for reproducing a power supply board to power the Raspberry Pi autonomously off-grid. The Raspberry Pi is a single board computer that runs on a complete Operating System. Its high processing capabilities and the ability to be interfaced with a lot of sensors makes it an ideal board for data collection and processing. When collecting data in the wild, away from the grid, we need to come up with ways to power the Raspberry Pi. The fact that the Raspberry Pi is a single board computer means that care needs to be taken when powering it. At the Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, we have designed an autonomous power supply to power the Raspberry Pi in the field. The design files and software to run the system are contained in this repository. The file are divided into hardware and software. The 'Hardware' folder contains KiCad design files. The 'Software' folder contains setup instructions and programs to run the system. .