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Category Archives: Arduino Projects
Store is Open for Business!
Well it’s taken quite a bit of work, but The Cerebral Meltdown Store is now ready for the general public! The link is www.cerebralmeltdown.com/shop for those of you who are ready to order your Sun Harvester Shield. Supplies are a bit limited, … Continue reading
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Arduino Sun Tracking / Heliostat Program Updated to V0.9.8
The Arduino Sun Tracking / Heliostat Program has been updated to Version 0.9.8. You can download it and read about the latest changes on the forums here. Also, the documentation for Using the Arduino Sun Tracking / Heliostat Program is now … Continue reading
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More Sun Harvester Shields are in!
I have a couple of the Arduino Sun Harvester Shields ready for sale if anyone is interested. They looks pretty spiffy in their new shade of blue don’t they! Those who reserved their boards early have already ordered, so whatever is … Continue reading
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More Sun Harvester PCBs are in!
I have just received the first large(ish) batch of Arduino Sun Harvester Shields from the PCB manufacturer. 25 in total. I haven’t assembled any yet, but everything looks good so far. I hope to have them available for purchase in … Continue reading
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Updates to the Sun Tracking / Heliostat Project’s Documentation
Over the last several weeks I have spent a lot of time updating the documentation for the Sun Tracking / Heliostat Project. In particular, the documentation for the Arduino Sun Tracking / Heliostat Program has been rewritten and the documentation … Continue reading
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Quick Update on the Status of the Open Source Sun Tracking / Heliostat Project
It’s been such a long time since I last updated the homepage of this site that I figured that a new post was long overdue. Suffice it to say, I’ve been busy trying to take the Open Source Sun Tracking … Continue reading
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More Progress on the Arduino Sun Shield
Here are a couple of pictures showing the latest updates to the Arduino Sun Shield. I still need to design the PCB that toggles power on and off to different pairs of stepper motors, but that should hopefully be relatively … Continue reading
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3D view of the up and coming “Sun Shield” PCB
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything, so I figured that I would upload a 3D image of the Arduino “Sun Shield” PCB that I have been working on. It’s not finished, and you have to use your imagination a … Continue reading
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Video of the Latest Sun Tracking / Heliostat Electronics and Program in Action
This is a “quick” video of some of the updates to the electronics and Arduino program for the Sun Tracking / Heliostat Project. There’s not much to say here that I haven’t already said in the video, so um, I … Continue reading
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Sun Tracking / Heliostat Electronics Circuit: One step closer to being finished
The update to the Sun Tracking / Heliostat Electronics Circuit is one step closer to being completed. I have swapped out the shift registers for an i2c 16 input/output port expander because it is a little easier to wire … Continue reading
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