kouga (NanoPi NEO NAS)
Summary
A NanoPi NEO in their NAS case. This is going to be part of my solar install.
Notes
TODO
Hardware
| Make | FriendlyElec |
| Year | 2018 |
| Model | NanoPi NEO V1.4 |
| Chassis | NEO Metal Basic |
| Power Supply | 12V |
| Processor | Allwinner H3 |
| Memory | 512MB DDR3 |
| Ports | Micro USB power/OTG |
| 2x USB A 2.0 | |
| RJ-45 LAN | |
| Micro SD | |
| Graphics | Mali400 MP2 GPU |
| Storage | 16GB MicroSD card |
| 240GB Inland Professional SSD | |
| Int. Peripherals | 3x UART (2 with flow control) |
| SPI | |
| I2C | |
| USB | |
| JM20329 USB SATA | |
| Audio (I2S, Line In, Line Out, SPDIF) | |
| Infrared receiver | |
| Composite video | |
| Video Engine (mainline is decode-only) | |
| Ext. Peripherals | - |
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| Weight |
TODO weight/dimensions
Software
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Log
Initial solar planning
I had this in my pile of SBCs. I started gathering some batteries, enclosure, and bits for a solar powered machine. I wanted something low power, but the regular NEO was a bit limited. This has the disadvantage of needing a regulated 12V supply (directly connected to your SATA device). What it does have though, is a bigger chassis for mounting connectors, and more easily exposed interfaces like I2C.
For the regulated power supply I think I've settled on Mean Well DDR-30G-12 which is a DIN rail module that takes 8-24VDC, and provides 2.5A (2.1A below 12V input).
I plan on connecting it to the network with an external Wifi adapter by VONETs, the VAP11G-300. This can accept the full battery range for power (5-15V).
My plans so far involve adding a external serial port to the case, and exposing the I2C bus externally for attaching a BME280 temp/humidity/pressure sensor.
One concern is that accessing the I2C bus will not be easy from a mainline install. In this case I might opt for a teensy attached to a USB port.
Other things I would like to be able to do is monitor wind speed, and monitor the battery bank/solar current.