The Photon Power Zero project aims to build an ecosystem of electronics, code, BoM and 3D printable parts that make it as easy as possible to go from a Raspberry Pi Zero proof of concept, sitting on someone's desk, to an outdoor deployment. The first 50 boards sold out through this Kickstarter and you can purchase boards avaliable after the kickstarter at Packets2Photons
You can find the user docs, showing you how to get started with the Photon Power Zero, and the design decisions around the board here:
- USERDOCS
- 6W SOLAR BUILD
- 10W SOLAR BUILD
- REDUCING_ENERGY_CONSUMPTION
- DESIGN_AND_DECISIONS
- LIPO_PURCHASING
Photon Power Zero Board
The project is more than just the Photon Power Zero board. I want to create and share all components to make deploying a Raspberry Pi Zero outdoors as easy as possible. You can collaborate on the project and recieve support through the Discord
Youtube Video describing the Project and the goals
As an open-source project, you can find the code for the Photon Power Zero and the Raspberry Pi, the Kicad PCB files and the FDM 3D printing files below
Production kit
Note that the Photon Power Zero does not come with a LiPo battery. You need to self-source your battery and carefully read our LIPO_PURCHASING guide.
We have tested the solar panels from Voltaic Systems. We used the 6-watt 6-volt panels during testing, but now recommend the the 9-10-watt panels specified in the 10W SOLAR BUILD