Real Time Tide Monitor

[capecodda]

My real time coastal tide monitor is described here:

http://capecodgary.blogspot.com/

This project is based on Arduino, ioBridge, and serial spread spectrum radios to hook it all together.

My highest complements to the ioBridge team for making a product that is just unbelievably easy to use.   

[ryanerb]

Very impressive.  Have you had any battery issues, or is the solar keeping it plenty charged? Are you able to remotely check the voltage?

[iobridge]

Excellent project, great photos.

[capecodda]

ryanerb,

We'll see on the battery and solar panel .   The numbers work (in theory).   It's been up and running since last Thursday only, and we've had some BAD weather here.  I should of course be monitoring the battery with the Arduino but so far I'm not. 

ioBridge

Thanks for the complement.  I still cannot believe how easy you made it to get sensor data and the internet connected.

[emherrma]

Great project! I am the technical lead on a non-profit dam monitoring project and will be implimenting a similar solution both upstream and down. Might also add a servo control of the flow control gate.

I think I can get away with a long range wifi (enGenius ENG-EOC2611P) for my access to the internet. I have power, so at least that is one technical hurdle that I dont have to worry about.

What I am most interested in is your sketches for the Aurdino board. Seems like you had a little trial and error with the moving tide and signals bouncing off the pier causing inconsistent results in the early stages of your development. I'm sure I will have the same issue. Would like to benefit from your lessons learned in that area. From what I can tell, your compensation algs are built into the Aurdino chipset correct?

I would be happy to share all my results and data with you as well as any improvements that I come up with.

Erik