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Author: Shannon Hicks
Autumn Update: Field Maintenance, Mayfly Restocking, and Website Improvements
Preparing Our Monitoring Stations for Winter Autumn is an important time of year for maintenance visits to environmental monitoring stations. With colder temperatures, shorter days, and reduced sunlight approaching, it’s important to make sure everything is in good working condition before winter arrives. Keeping solar panels clean, free of obstructions, and positioned for optimal sun exposu...[Read More]
Mayfly Data Logger gets OSHWA Certification
The EnviroDIY Mayfly Data Logger was recently certified by the Open Source Hardware Association, verifying that the project meets all the criteria for open source compliance.
New Mayfly v1.1 release date and Product Status page
The new Mayfly v1.1 boards will be available starting March 10, 2022.
New Mayfly Data Logger and Accessories
The new logger board is called Mayfly version 1.0, because it's the first major revision to the design since the beta version 0.5 that was first released in 2016.
Features of the new Mayfly v0.5
A few weeks ago we released the latest hardware version of the Mayfly board, version v0.5. Here are the all of the new features that were added to the board for this release: The board now accepts an external voltage of 4 to 12 volts. The previous board versions couldn’t accept anything higher than 6v on the external power input without causing some overheating on a regulator and some powe...[Read More]
Mayfly version 0.3 bugs
A few weeks ago we found that some of the version 0.3 Mayfly boards were assembled by the manufacturer with an incorrect voltage regulator on the section of the board that generates the switched 5-volt boosted supply. This error does not affect any other functionality or features on the Mayfly. The only issue is that you will see 3.3 volts on the “Sw_5v” pin instead of 5 volts. We hav...[Read More]
