-
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Category Archives: Solar Projects
Misc. Information for March 2013
Hi All, Here is a bit of new information on the status of the Sun Harvester Shield and supporting program. 1. First off, I should have several more of the shields in stock soon. I’m just waiting for a shipment … Continue reading
Posted in Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
Comments Off
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
Posted in Arduino Projects, Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
Comments Off
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
Posted in Arduino Projects, Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
Comments Off
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
Posted in Arduino Projects, Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
Comments Off
Successful PCBs!
Well it was a lot of work, but it looks like the PCB design for the Arduino “Sun Harvester” shield is finally close to being finished. Despite having checked the circuit at least a dozen times, I still managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
2 Comments
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
Posted in Arduino Projects, Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
Comments Off
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
Posted in Arduino Projects, Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
Comments Off
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
Posted in Arduino Projects, Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
Comments Off
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
Posted in Arduino Projects, Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
2 Comments
Open Source Sun Tracking / Heliostat Project User Map
View Open Source Sun Tracking / Heliostat Project User Location Map in a larger map I have started an open collaboration map in Google Maps for the Open Source Sun Tracking / Heliostat Project. The open collaboration feature allows people … Continue reading
Posted in Heliostat Projects, Solar Projects
Comments Off