Hello,
I am planning to set up a solar recording/streaming Raspberry Pi.
I found Grant's document to be helpful - https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Streambox-Off-grid-with-IQ-Audio-Code-Zero-and.... I appreciated seeing Wijnand Bredewold's pictures of his setup from July 18 posting. It gave me some ideas for making the setup compact.
I noticed there was nothing in Grant's document about power management, but maybe I overlooked it.
I was wondering what people's experiences are with the PiJuice or other alternatives? It seems that the PiJuice only works up to 10-12 ah and is currently out of stock, so perhaps there are other solutions at this time? https://uk.pi-supply.com/products/pijuice-standard
I would like to use it with an audio interface connected to the Pi so that I can use phantom powered mics for high sensitivity and no EMI noise. Grant has suggested the Focusrite 2nd Gen 2i2. I suppose there are other interfaces too that will work provided they don't require a manual button to turn on power. I am wondering how much additional power draw I have to account for with the interface? Has anyone tried the Focusrite or others in a Solar power rig?
Cheers darren