Off-grid is a DIY workshop following on the topic of energy awareness introduced by PIFresidents Bernhard Rasinger and Uroš Veber in 2025: How’s energy produced and distributed? Do our daily habits affect energy consumption? At what price does energy come?
To give answers to some of these questions, a speculative smart device called “the black box” was developed during the 11th edition of PIF camp.
The workshop offers a hands-on approach to microcontrollers and environmental monitoring aimed at energy management. We’ll use Wi-Fi enabled MCUs, web APIs and relays to develop together a smart device to improve the efficiency inside the camp or to speculate about the “dramatic consequences” of saving on electricity bills :)
Workshop held by Stefano Manconi in collaboration with Bernhard Rasinger.
Links: https://github.com/stziopa/the-black-box
Further readings:
https://pif.camp/pifcamp-s11-e01-god-of-light-intro/
https://v2.nl/publications/off-grid
https://www.withouthotair.com
Photo credits: Katja Goljat