First time poster. I've lurked here for a few months now.
I have a Model A Raspberry Pi with a camera module that's been sitting in my garage for quite some time, and I want to use it to take pictures of my back yard during the day.
I have a bunch of random solar cells lying around the garage and managed to combine them into a panel that with a boost converter, should power the pi. I plan on manually turning it on in the morning and having a cron job that shuts it down before it gets dark.
I want to make sure that if the sun dips a bit, I had a battery solution to shore up the power. I attached a diagram which I think covers that concept (without specifying the individual parts I have), but I would love to hear if anyone has any other ideas or sees any flaws (i've only recently started playing with electronics, so I'm sure I'm making plenty of mistakes).
Any help would be appreciated!
I have a Model A Raspberry Pi with a camera module that's been sitting in my garage for quite some time, and I want to use it to take pictures of my back yard during the day.
I have a bunch of random solar cells lying around the garage and managed to combine them into a panel that with a boost converter, should power the pi. I plan on manually turning it on in the morning and having a cron job that shuts it down before it gets dark.
I want to make sure that if the sun dips a bit, I had a battery solution to shore up the power. I attached a diagram which I think covers that concept (without specifying the individual parts I have), but I would love to hear if anyone has any other ideas or sees any flaws (i've only recently started playing with electronics, so I'm sure I'm making plenty of mistakes).
Any help would be appreciated!
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