Team Asteroid

Team Asteroid is an EE296 Weatherbox team under Smart Campus Energy Lab (SCEL), a Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. This team is comprised of two Electrical Engineering students, Gordon Li and Kevin Wong, and a Computer Engineering student, Nathan Lam, mentored by Brian Chan.

Skills in hardware design
Communication
Time management
Circuit building skills
EAGLE proficiency
Leadership
Modular programming
Soldering
Better knowledge of renewable energy

Build a working weatherbox to poll data
Fully function for a minimum of two days
Protected from environmental factors

Improvements/Future work

Parts	Data Sheet Links
Microprocessor	Atmel Atmega328P
Transceiver	https://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/XBee%20ZB%20User%20Manual.pdf
Battery	https://www.adafruit.com/images/product-files/353/C450_-_ICR18650_6600mAh_3.7V_20140729.pdf
Solar Irradiance Sensor	http://www.apogeeinstruments.com/content/SP-212_215manual.pdf
Temperature Sensor	https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS18B20.pdf
Charging Circuit	https://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/MCP73871.pdf
Humidity Sensor	https://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/Sensirion_Humidity_SHT1x_Datasheet_V5.pdf
Pressure Sensor	https://www.adafruit.com/products/1603
FTDI Bootloader	https://learn.adafruit.com/usb-dc-and-solar-lipoly-charger
FTDI drivers	https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/8772

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Parts
Pressure Sensor	Pressure sensor
Humidity Sensor	Humidity sensor

Parts	Website Information
Microprocessor	http://www.atmel.com/images/atmel-8271-8-bit-avr-microcontroller-atmega48a-48pa-88a-88pa-168a-168pa-328-328p_datasheet_complete.pdf
Transceiver	XBee Pro Series 2b - RPSMA
Antennae	2.4 GHz RP-SMA Duck Antennae
Charging Circuit	Adafruit 390
Solar Panel	Adafruit 1525
Battery	Tenergy 18650 3.7V 6600mAh
Solar Irradiance Sensor	Apogee SP-215
Temperature Sensor	Maxim DS18B20
Humidity Sensor	https://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/Sensirion_Humidity_SHT1x_Datasheet_V5.pdf
Pressure Sensor	https://www.adafruit.com/products/1603