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Improved Power Monitor Pi Hat

A project log for Solar Charge Controller MPPT Test Facility

A Banana Pi- based system designed to test the performance of solar charge controllers

tobiasTobias 02/02/2016 at 00:080 Comments

Changes:

The INA board is soldered to the hat, no more loose wires

Screw terminals instead of pin headers

Wider traces for the power-relevant connections

I made the board a bit larger so that the screw terminal screws can still be reached with a screw driver when another hat is stacked on top:

Side note: My Zen Toolworks CNC has turned out so useful for prototyping, it is easier to make a PCB with it than to solder it on a protoboard. One step closer to the dream of thinking of something and pushing a button on a machine that makes it. Plus, it is so much fun to watch the machine mill:

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