brown-SSW / brown-solar-charger

This program monitors a solar power system and runs a physical and online dashboard.
https://brown-ssw.github.io/brown-solar-charger/
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plan physical dashboard (at least a basic version) #4

Open joshua-8 opened 3 years ago

joshua-8 commented 3 years ago

What data and status information do we want to show? What types of displays are the best for showing that

joshua-8 commented 3 years ago

Estimate how large some numbers might get and make sure displays will be able to show that. Think about what units will be best

joshua-8 commented 3 years ago

status light battery capacity - display or line of lights surplus-deficit - display C02 saved -display (possibly more digits or sci notation)

joshua-8 commented 3 years ago

image

sfsw-brown-solar-charger commented 3 years ago

make it clear that watt-hours generated is cumulative over the life of the station Make a nice QR code (maybe put our logo in the center?) One other display (could use some leds to indicate multiple values with one display)