Difference between revisions of "Hardware: Overview"
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An early goal of Hivetool was to develop a $50 scale. | An early goal of Hivetool was to develop a $50 scale. | ||
| − | A developers kit is | + | A developers kit is available to |
*get beta units in the field for testing, | *get beta units in the field for testing, | ||
*gather user feedback, and | *gather user feedback, and | ||
*provide a platform to foster open source community development. | *provide a platform to foster open source community development. | ||
| − | It | + | It is available at cost plus a voluntary contribution to the Center for Honeybee Research, a 501(c)(3) organization, to help cover R&D expenses. The kit currently contains the hard to find or special order items from China: |
#four 50 kg Class C3 load cells | #four 50 kg Class C3 load cells | ||
| − | #one HX711 ADC board | + | #one HX711 ADC board (soldering required) |
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| − | The rest of the materials can be obtained from local suppliers. Only common tools are needed for construction, hack saw, drill, center punch, wrenches, screw drivers | + | The rest of the materials can be obtained from local suppliers. Only common tools are needed for construction, hack saw, drill, center punch, wrenches, screw drivers, soldering iron. |
*Sensors: | *Sensors: | ||
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[[Media:Chesick scale costs.pdf|'''Parts List''']] | [[Media:Chesick scale costs.pdf|'''Parts List''']] | ||
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| + | [http://hivetool.org/dev_kit_order.pl Dev Kit Order Form] | ||
[[Assembly Manual|'''Assembly Manual''']] | [[Assembly Manual|'''Assembly Manual''']] | ||
Revision as of 02:55, 16 July 2015
An early goal of Hivetool was to develop a $50 scale. A developers kit is available to
- get beta units in the field for testing,
- gather user feedback, and
- provide a platform to foster open source community development.
It is available at cost plus a voluntary contribution to the Center for Honeybee Research, a 501(c)(3) organization, to help cover R&D expenses. The kit currently contains the hard to find or special order items from China:
- four 50 kg Class C3 load cells
- one HX711 ADC board (soldering required)
The rest of the materials can be obtained from local suppliers. Only common tools are needed for construction, hack saw, drill, center punch, wrenches, screw drivers, soldering iron.
- Sensors:
- Weight
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Lumens
- Rain Gage
- Raspberry Pi Model A+ - Lots of software, hardware and support.
- Video Camera
- Wi-Fi - Easy to install, eliminates risk of lightning damage to router.
- Low power. Can be operated from:
- AC Adapter
- USB port
- Solar Panel/Battery
- Runs Hivetool Software Suite
