Mailing list: grove-electronics@googlegroups.com
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Main board - Teensy shield
- 4 x 3 pins for 144/m 5m strips on trunk
- 4 x 5 pins (power + rgb) for dispatcher board
- 3 pins (power + data) for breathing sensor
- Power switch
- PTC fuse + zener diode
- 4 pins for buck converter, 12V -> 5V
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Sensor board
- 3 pins from mainboard (power, data)
- Proximity sensor (SI1143x)
- IR motion detector
- "breathing" sensor
- active LEDs
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Dispatcher board
- 4 x 5 pins input (power + rgb)
- 4 PicoBucks (six pins in, six pins out)
- 16 x 6 pin RGB LEDs (r±, g±, b±)
- Power
- 12V deep cycle marine batteries
- Charging circuit
- Solar array
- Delivering 12V to each tree (voltage drop)
- Firmware
- Performance over time
- Running 4x trunks vs 1 trunk 4 times
- Lighting
- Soldering high current LEDs
- 144/m 5m vs splicing power
- May 31: Initial meeting
- June 8th: Dispatcher board rev #1 sent to printer
- June 9th: Main board rev #1 sent to printer
- June 10th: Sensor board rev #1 sent to printer
- July 1st: Boards return from printer, soldering begins
- July 6th: Final board revisions sent to printer
- July 27th: Final boards return from printer, soldering begins
- August 20th: Installation begins on playa
- August 28th: Burning Man begins
Grove proposal: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Oe51Et6uq_moFoTw9EoB07Vlh8WwSTc89PW6PQpZ1io/edit#slide=id.g12e5fa7d1f_0_1 Grove budget: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ltcCgIae5ANJpvHL2A5ckWDxvADcpXeD_jZIF5hPCvg/edit#gid=0 Prototypes and earlier installation: https://cambridge.nuvustudio.com/studios/grove#tab-proposal-url