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In order to keep hardware requirements low, most modules are written in C++ (idially ideally 14) or - in some cases - in JavaScript.
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Our three ideas which would really help EVerest are based on
- openADR/USEF IntegrationIntegration (350 hour project)
- Statistics and Forecasts (175 hour project)
- Home Automation Integration (350 hour project)
NEW IDEAS FOR 2023:
- Matter support https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(Standard) (supported by Google and others)
- "hey alexa, is my car already charged?" (alexa Integration)
We have created a pool of mentors, you can rach them at mentor@pionix.de
1. OPENADR/USEF integration (350h, medium)
The massive adoption of electric vehicles could be a big threat to the electric grid, just the same way as if everyone would switch on a hair dryer at the same time - we would endup in a blackout, too many cars charging at the same or just at a bad moment could cause some serious issues.
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In order to make sure cars and other flexible energy consumers always behave in a grid friendly way a couple of methods and procedures have been suggested over the last years, as for example openADR https://www.openadr.org/ or USEF https://www.usef.energy. We are looking for proposals which help implementing one or several such smart grid protocols and mechanisms into the EVerest framework.
2. Statistics and forecasts (175h or 350h, medium)
For leveraging the full potential of smart charging of electric vehicles, it is very crucial to have a good estimate of the near future:
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We are looking for proposals how such predictions could be implemented into our framework from simple sliding window statistics to advanced AI. We are open to everything which would be robust and scaleable to run on thousends of individual private or commercial chargers.
3. Home automation integration (350h, easy)
Next to heating, security and entertainment, vehicle charging will be another crucial components for future smart homes. Integrating, monitoring as well as combining smart home features with EV charging can greatly improve EV adoption. So having EVerest interact with any smart home manegement system will be beneficial for all users! So far we have a basic integration with Node-RED https://nodered.org/ but even extending this would be great!
We are looking for proposals to interconnect EVerest with existing smart home management systems enabling new usecases or just increased comfort for the users. This is not dependent on any specific smart home implementation, just choose your favorite smart home system, or the one you are most comfortable with.
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