For several years I've used a Raspberry Pi Zero for sensors, camera & door motor control which opens & closes a chicken coop door. The Rpi & controller is 5v, the motor is 12v. This has been powered by around 50' of extension cord, but the elements are beginning to weather the cord & we also need to move the chickens further away from our mains. I think it is time to implement solar.
I aspire to assemble a PV, battery, & converter system which:
- Uses an off-the-shelf 12v PV panel (30w or so)
- Uses LiFePO cells for heat resiliency & stability
- Provides both 12v & 5v power
- Isn't proprietary; uses standard, easily-sourced components... unless it meets specs perfectly & isn't terribly expensive.
- Minimal power draw; at most 2 amps @ 12v for 10 seconds twice daily.
Does anyone have suggestions regarding this configuration, know of a post, blog, or video which does something similar, or is willing to ID components you'd recommend for this project?
"The Egg" is an interesting thought experiment and encourages empathy with others (much needed), however in my opinion it doesn't make sense as a religious belief in a few ways.
Primarily, what's the point? If "our" soul/spirit/essence doesn't remember our past lives, we aren't able to evolve humanity with the aggregated experiences and wisdom. The benefit implied by the story would be a grizzled singular soul with the experience of every human who ever existed... But to what end? Are we a training program for an advanced AI model created for the benefit of another dimension?
What about proto-humans such as neanderthals? Hominids and every mammal in preceding evolutionary chain? If anything, the egg would refer to the collective lives of every living creature to have ever existed. Even single-celled organisms? Alien life forms?
Third, you & I exist now, in parallel. I can't be you while also being me, unless the royal "we" is not a singular entity but rather a multi-threaded process feeding something one layer up. This might go back to the AI modeling concept, and perhaps "simulation theory".
If we are a simulation to train or experiment via advanced civic AI model, we individually are expendable iterations. Data points in a massive soup of existence, itself being one of a multitude of similar simulations.
Do what you can to improve the existence you reside in and those sharing it with you.