Team Nova

Updated: 3/31/16

Team Nova consists of sophomore electrical engineer majors Keane Hamamura, Dylan Tokita and Tyler Yamauchi, mentored by Garrett Young. This team is a part of the newly created Vertically Integrated Project Program for SCEL at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa.

Hawai'i relies heavily upon imported oil resulting in high energy costs and detrimental changes to our environment. Photovoltaic systems have become a more viable and positive option for our community, however due to weather variability these systems create intermittency in energy.

SCEL is working towards creating smart Photovoltaic systems through the use of weatherboxes. We will be working towards constructing our own weatherbox to be monitoring climate conditions around our campus to predict weather changes in order to optimize our energy usage.

Team Goals
1. Create a functioning Weatherbox
2. Meet deadlines and create goals to mimic real life lab work
3. Become effective communicators
4. Become acquainted with key skills and programs such as:

Soldering
Software and Hardware Design (Eagle, etc.)
Programming (Arduino, C)
Github

5. Get to know other lab members

Parts	Website Information
Microprocessor	Atmel Atmega328P
Transceiver	XBee Pro Series 2b - RPSMA
Antennae	2.4 GHz RP-SMA Duck Antennae
Solar Panel	Adafruit 1525
Charging Circuit	Adafruit 390
Battery	Tenergy 18650 3.7V 6600mAh
Solar Irradiance Sensor	Apogee SP-215
Humidity Sensor	Sensirion SHT11
Pressure Sensor	Adafruit BMP-180
Temperature Sensor	Maxim DS18B20

Sensors	Code	Serial Monitor Output Data
Irradiance	Irradiance Code	Irradiance Output
Temperature	Temperature Code	Temperature Output
Humidity	Humidity Code	Humidity Output
Pressure	Pressure Code	Pressure Output
XBee	Xbee Code	.
Integrated	Integrated Code	Integrated Output