jerabaul29 / LoggerWavesInIce_InSituWithIridium

A repository with all the information necessary to build an instrument for in-situ measurements in remote environments
MIT License
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TODO: add a 'solar power energy dissipation' mechanism #13

Closed jerabaul29 closed 2 years ago

jerabaul29 commented 4 years ago

It is stupid / sad to waste electrical energy produced in excess by the solar panel by simply disconnecting it when the battery is cold. This energy would better be used to simply add a bit of heat inside the pelican case. TODO: add a MOSFET-controlled dissipation resistance on the power management module, so as to be able to switch on dissipation of up to around 5W of electrical power when the battery is full and the solar panel productive.