Cliff base-station

Platform

Based on Raspberry Pi Pirate Box

• See Local_APs
• Possibly need Arduino Nano to link with dust? (AU$8.95)

Enclosure

• Large ABS IP66 Enclosure AU$30

Indicator

• 12v safety light to be visible in Kandos: from ebay? or deal extreme (AU$6.72)

Sensors

• Webcam 1080p night vision for pi (AU$37.90)

camera info, low-level interfacing

• Air Quality (AU$29.89): using dust detector, based on DustDuino 2 example, usage discussion and code, table of air particle sizes, discussion of ppd42 and ppd60, Cheaper PPD42NJ

Power

• possible deep-cycle battery (12v 12AH) (AU$58.52)
• Better SLA Deep-Cycle Gel Battery - 26Ah (AU$129)
• 100W solar panel (AU$125)
• 12V 8A Water Resistant PWM Solar Charge Controller (AU$49.95)

Connection

• Someone suggested Ubiquiti range. Not sure what is required
• Or cheap directional WiFi from dx.com (AU$32.05 x 2) If it is supported by Pi linux?

* Or use a Huawei 3G modem (e.g. from Optus) setting up Pi with 3G USB modem , with a cheap Amaysim account (AU$40 + AU$19.90/month)

For ZTE ("telstra") dongle

1. Configure on windows machine
2. add auto eth1

iface eth0 inet to /etc/network/interfaces file

Cost

~AU$524 + 19.90/month