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LED sensor solar tracker
More of my EV kick coming through. A solar tracker is used rotate a solar panel to get optimum energy from the sun. This one uses LEDs as the light sensor and mosfets to drive the output to rotate on a...
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Using solar cells to track the sun for your solar cells (dawg)
This solar panel tracks the sun using solar cells. It’s a pretty interesting technique, and can be done on the cheap. The rectangular panels are doing the actual energy harvesting. The circular...
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Hardware store goods and an mbed combine help solar panels track the sun
If you have the space, and can build a tracking rig cheaply you’ll be able to get a lot more out of your solar panels. That’s because they work best when the sun’s rays are hitting them perpendicular...
View ArticleSelf-Powered Sun Tracker Takes a Cue from NASA Solar Probe
Getting a solar array to track the sun has always been an interesting problem, and it has led to some complicated solutions. Controllers that use GPS and servos seem to be much in favor these days, but...
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Suntracker Optimizes Solar Panels While Visualizing Sun’s Path
If you have solar panels, you want soak up as much sunshine as you can to get your money’s worth. If you don’t have space for a lot of panels, the next best thing is repositioning the panels to catch...
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DIY Solar Ebike Goes Around the World, We Hope
[Mark Havran] is on a mission to complete a solo trip around the world on his bicycle. For such a long and arduous trip, unsupported by anything other than what he and his bike can carry, he has...
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