User:David
- Testing**Hello All! **Testing**
My name is David Hawa, I have been involved with the developers with TheHivetoolProject since some time in 2014 best I can recall. I am hobbyist beekeeper in Texas and have been keeping bees since 2012. I have two monitored hives one with the old setup and also one with the new setup. It's amazing how far this has come and where it is going. My hives are named HawaUbee, HawaUbee02; HawaUbee03 is on my desk and it serves as my tinkering system.
Below is an over view of what the HawaUbee Apiary looks like currently:
My personal webpage is located at HawaUbee.com>
SYSTEM
Overview - The HawaUbee Hivetool System is totally off the grid; it is powered by two 185W; 5.17AMP solar panels which charge Three 35AMP hour batteries and is wired with an inline fuse incase anything goes wonky. The raspberry Pi computer systems there are 2 contained in separate Pellican water-tight storage boxes, which are contained in a suncast storage shed which is anchored to the ground to prevent tipping. The scales under HawaUbee and HawaUbee02 are constructed out of stainless steel "L" angle. Wires from the load cells are run into a watertight junction box; the wires from the load cells are connected to wires connected to the Pi computer systems. The wires are contained in plastic flexible conduit to protect them from the elements. The HawaUbee02 system is connected to a light (lux) sensor and also has an in-hive temperature sensor. Both Pi systems have wireless USB dongles that connect to an AT&T velocity hotspot.
Parts List
Upcoming
Soldering/Construction Manual
If you have decided to assemble your own board I have made a manual to aide in the assembly of your HiveTool v0.3 board; should you have questions.
File:HiveToolV0.3Board - Construction.pdf
Pictures of the External Container
