Google groups is dead; long live Slack!

November 30, 2016

As some of you might have noticed, our OPQ Google Group has been dormant for quite a while.

It's not because we haven't been working or communicating, it's because we've moved over to Slack for our internal communications. We've recently decided to open up our Slack Team for outside collaborators to help us improve communication.

So, if you're interested in the OPQ Project and want to learn more about our ongoing progress, please email Philip Johnson (johnson@hawaii.edu) to request an invitation to the OPQ Slack Team.

OPQBox2 Design, V3

September 22, 2015

Philip Johnson

We are super, duper psyched to announce that a third design for our second generation OPQBox hardware device is now available for review at the OPQBox2 Repo Home Page.

We are making engineering samples of this design, although we are also continuing to make design changes and improvements.

Please take a look and let us know what you think.

OPQBox2 Design, V2

January 29, 2015

Philip Johnson

We are super psyched to announce that a second design for our second generation OPQBox hardware device is now available for review at the OPQBox2 Repo Home Page.

This version of the design incorporates lots of fixes found during the "initial" design's review.

Please take a look and let us know what you think. We hope to make engineering samples during February, 2015.

OPQBox2 design available for review

October 27, 2014

Philip Johnson

We have recently completed the initial design of the second generation of our OPQBox hardware device.

If you are interested in reviewing our design, please see the OPQBox2 repository.

Looking forward to your commments and suggestions!

Pipeline pilot published!

October 20, 2014

Philip Johnson

The pilot study of the first generation of OPQ hardware and software is mostly complete, and we have written up our results here.

The pilot study provided insight into the strengths and weaknesses of our hardware and software platform, and also demonstrated that our system can detect grid-wide events.

Pipeline pilot begins!

August 1, 2014

Philip Johnson

The OPQ team is delighted to announce the start of a pilot study to evaluate our Generation 1 (Pipeline) technology.

The pilot study will involve deployment of 5 OPQBoxes to various locations around Oahu, with the data sent to our public OPQHub.

The goal of the study is to improve the usability of our software interface, discover bugs, and (with any luck) collect some interesting power quality events.

Technical Report: Enabling active participation in the Smart Grid through crowdsourced power quality data

April 2, 2014

Philip Johnson

The OPQ team has published a technical report proposing a three year project to investigate the use of open power quality.

Abstract: This technical report presents a research project designed to gain insight into the following questions: Can crowdsourced power quality data enable active participation in the Smart Grid? What are the technical, social, behavioral, and economic requirements for crowdsourced data that make it effective for detection, monitoring, prediction and diagnosis of selected Smart Grid power quality issues? And finally, how can these project outcomes improve “citizen science” in general and the kinds of intrinsic and extrinsic motivators needed for successful outcomes?

The complete technical report is available here.

OPQ at the Energy Excelerator

February 4, 2014

Philip Johnson

Last week Justin Carland and Philip Johnson participated in the Energy Excelerator's 2014 Seed Week program. Representatives from nine energy-related startups attended an 8 day immersive experience at the Energy Excelerator offices in downtown Honolulu. This week kicked off a year-long process of mentorship to help the startups become viable businesses that create a more positive energy future in Hawaii and across the world. For more details, see Philip Johnson's blog post.

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