First Lesson

Video 1 - Introduction to the Solar PV with Battery Storage project
Video 2 - Serial Communication between Raspberry Pi and Arduino - YouTube video showing how the Raspberry Pi and Arduino can communicate using (USB) serial communications
- Video 2 is embedded in this site Raspberry Pi Arduino Serial communication - but use the video above as the primary tutorial
Serial communication will be important in gathering data from the Solar PV system so that system performance can be monitored.
Serial communication is also used to configure the different components of the Solar PV system.

Materials

Access to the internet (YouTube)
Arduino Uno
Raspberry Pi
Serial cable (USB Type A to Type Mini-B) to connect the Raspberry Pi to the Arduino Uno