Dries Buytaert

Solar panel, Boston

99%
Last update: ago
Battery: 99%

I have a solar-powered website at solar.dri.es (mirror). It runs on a Raspberry Pi with a solar panel on our roof deck.

Every 10 minutes, the Raspberry Pi updates this status page. This page is hosted separately, so if my solar-powered website goes offline due to an extended lack of sunlight, cold preventing the battery from recharging, or a system crash, you should be able to see that here.

Metric Status
Last update 2 min 54 sec ago
Day or night Day
Battery capacity 99%
Battery charging Charging - very slowly
Charge type Boost charge
Outdoor temperature 35°C
Solar system uptime 347 days
Raspberry Pi uptime 0 days
CPU usage 9%
CPU temperature 59°C (normal)
Memory usage 40%
Disk usage 4%
WiFi strength Good
Power supply 1.26V (normal)

Hourly battery charge

July 15th July 14th July 13th July 12th July 11th July 10th July 9th July 8th July 7th July 6th July 5th July 4th July 3rd July 2nd 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

A green square means the battery is well-charged and can power the Raspberry Pi for several days. A red square indicates the battery charge is low and requires solar charging soon. A grey square means the Raspberry Pi was offline.

Daily battery levels

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2025-05-16 2025-05-22 2025-05-28 2025-06-03 2025-06-09 2025-06-15 2025-06-21 2025-06-27 2025-07-03 2025-07-09 2025-07-15

This graph displays the battery's highest (green solid line) and lowest (red dotted line) charge levels each day. It helps track trends and assess the risk of the Raspberry Pi shutting down due to insufficient sunlight or extreme temperatures, which prevent the battery from charging.