Arduino/Raspberry Pi User’s Group

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"Arduino Low Power Techniques"

This month we will be discussing low power techniques in Arduinos. There are a variety of methods available to reduce power consumption in microcontroller circuits such as the Arduino. The goal of power reduction is to allow us to power these circuits as long as possible from batteries or maybe solar cells. We will discuss what factors govern power consumption in a circuit then we'll look at each of these factors to see what we can do to reduce their influence on the overall energy usage. We'll also look at some real-world examples of what can be done to minimize consumption and extend battery life.This discussion will build on previous discussions of solar powering your projects with the ultimate goal being the creation of solar powered weather stations using the abundance of free solar panels available to us. There will be giveaways and also free solar panels to take home.  This talk is open to anyone interested!

It will be held on Monday, June 5th from 7-9pm at Decatur Makers.

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Although it’s called the Arduino/Raspberry Pi group, it consists of anyone interested in using or learning about what Charles aptly coined as “Tiny Computers”. That could be an Arduino to make a doggy treat dispenser, ESP32’s for home automation or even image recognition on a Pi to identify and then discourage the neighbor’s cat from chasing birds. Anything you can imagine that uses a tiny computer that you build and program…

We hope to have a monthly talk/presentation on topics of interest to the group. Might be a demonstration of a cool new project or maybe an educational talk on some technology such as options for powering your projects (solar? battery?) or low power techniques.

Come join us and see what’s happening in the world of tiny computers.