I have a couple of outdoor RPI deployments. I haven't had to consider impacts only environment.
Some of my learnings:
Some of my learnings:
- The size of the enclosure will be larger than you expect or want. DIY does not support the specialized form factor size reduction retail products can achieve.
- I have built an enclosure out of wood and purchased a larger electrical box enclosure that I modified.
- In my enclosures I provided air holes. I was considered with both heat and condensation. In terms of the electrical box it was in direct sunlight. Monitoring the RPI CPU temperature showed I didn't have any issues with the two simple 3/4" holes I installed.
- Biggest space problem was handling 110VAC going into the enclosure to serve the RPI power supplies. In the wood enclosure, I also had to accommodate a surge protector. Not always pretty (or up to code) but made as safe as a could. Make sure that you test the implied polarity of the 110VAC especially black-to-ground.
- If using WIFI, and there is some distance to the WIFI router, consider installing an external USB WIFI dongle with an antennae. If questionable, use some of the WIFI command lines to see signal strength and quality from it's location.
- In both my projects, I have the RPI in it's own enclosure. In one, because of simple connections, it includes the jumper wires between the RPI and a relay board. In the other I purchased a generalized project board to wire the connections between sensors and a ribbon connector to the RPI.
Statistics: Posted by DS256 — Sun Oct 20, 2024 10:58 am