{"id":207,"date":"2025-07-07T08:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:11:44","slug":"bob-update-power-system-upgrade-and-long-term-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"BOB Update: Power System Upgrade and Long-term Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re excited to share a quick update on <strong>BOB<\/strong>, our low-cost, autonomous water monitoring buoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few months, we&#8217;ve focused on improving BOB\u2019s <strong>power system<\/strong> to support more reliable, longer-term deployments. After integrating key upgrades\u2014including enhanced energy management and optimized firmware\u2014we deployed BOB in a local pond to test its performance under real-world conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 Power System Performing Well<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re happy to report that the updated power system has responded <strong>positively<\/strong>. BOB has remained operational for over <strong>three weeks<\/strong>, continuously collecting and transmitting data. This is a significant improvement over previous tests and demonstrates the effectiveness of the new power setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf26 Weathering the Weather<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During the deployment, BOB experienced <strong>variable weather<\/strong>, including both sunny and cloudy days and a surprise night of thunderstorms. Despite these fluctuations, the system maintained stable operation\u2014further evidence of its improved resilience and power efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcca Live Data Available<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can view BOB\u2019s real-time data\u2014including temperature, salinity, and GPS tracking\u2014on our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/?page_id=84\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"84\">Data Monitoring Page<\/a><\/strong>. The data collected so far is promising and will help guide future development and larger-scale deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates as we continue refining BOB and preparing for open-ocean trials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to share a quick update on BOB, our low-cost, autonomous water monitoring buoy. Over the past few months, we&#8217;ve focused on improving BOB\u2019s power system to support more reliable, longer-term deployments. After integrating key upgrades\u2014including enhanced energy management and optimized firmware\u2014we deployed BOB in a local pond to test its performance under real-world &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/?p=207\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BOB Update: Power System Upgrade and Long-term Deployment&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chessbuoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}