Robot Sunflower Follows the Sun
Real flowers do it, and even the Beatles did it. [Robo Hub] now has a plastic sunflower that tracks the sun using, of course, an Arduino. It may not qualify …read more Continue reading Robot Sunflower Follows the Sun
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No-Laser CNC Engraver is Something New Under the Sun
Hooking up a laser to a CNC gantry isn’t exactly an Earth-shattering innovation, but it does make for a useful tool. Even a cheap diode laser mounted to an old …read more Continue reading No-Laser CNC Engraver is Something New Under the Sun
A Simple Sun Tracker With Very Few Parts
There are a huge number of ways to track the sun if you have some reason to do so. You can use time-based algorithms, or feed in coordinates from the …read more Continue reading A Simple Sun Tracker With Very Few Parts
Self-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 as this NASA-inspired sun tracker shows, the task needn’t be overly complex.
It’s pretty obvious from the video below that [NightHawkInLight]’s solar tracker is just a proof-of-concept for now, but it certainly shows promise. It’s based on NASA’s sun-skimming Parker Solar Probe, which uses sensors at the rear of the probe to maneuver the craft to keep sunlight from peeking around the sides …read more
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