vand

README

VAN daemon

🚧 VANd is currently under-development

VANd is a set of Micro-services to monitor and control a camper van / RV.

Architecture

Features

• GPS tracking
  • for NMEA GPS modules
• Battery-managment System monitoring
  • for JBD SmartBMS
• Solar / PV monitoring
  • for Renogy Rover MPPT chargers
• Wifi/Internet connectivity monitoring
  • for NETGEAR Nighthawk LTE routers
• Vehicle monitoring
  • via OBD2 port
• User-interfaces
  • small OLED display for quick glance state
  • embedded React Web-interface

Getting started

To use VANd follow these steps:

1. Prepare a fresh Raspberry Pi running at least Debian Bullseye.
2. Make the Raspberry Pi accessible via SSH.
3. Make sure you have a working Go toolchain installed (Go >= 1.18).
4. Adjust the configuration file etc/vand.yaml.
5. Install VANd on the Raspberry Pi by running: make deploy TARGET_HOST=root@192.0.2.1 (where 192.0.2.1 is the IP address of the device).

Documentation

Documentation of vand can be found in the docs/ directory.

Authors

• Steffen Vogel (@stv0g, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University)

License

vand is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.

Copyright 2023, Steffen Vogel