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RE: [Video] Solar energy production data logging to the Solarcoin blockchain
The entire project is very interesting! I have a house and I'd like to possibly generate some solar powered electricity and interface it with my Raspberry Pi 3. Could you point me to info on the actual solar panel hardware? What is the lowest cost to get started? I've seen some solar kits online for just a few hundred dollars. They don't generate much power, but I'm just looking for a way to get started.
@kenny-crane Thanks, we have this also going on a single 260W solar module connected to a standard electricity (kWh) meter. That meter outputs the MODBUS TCP/ RTU protocol. Then that connects to the python program that communicates with the solarcoind full node and sends the transactions. So it is all open source. The first step is to setup your solar system to a battery (if you are off-grid), and /or your inverter (if you are on-grid). Then get a modbus enabled electricity meter. Or better still, work with a solar inverter maker that has their own LAN API like Enphase. You could report back here or join the #electricchain slack if you need more help. There are a number of people working on this in that slack.
Thanks for that information!