Looks great. I was expecting you to turn the board it is mounted on so we could see the tracker keep pointing the same way.
Years ago I saw a tracker build with sensors at the bottom of a short tube. It used 4 sensors, two for each axis. Each pair controlled a motor. If one was in the shade, its motor would run until it was in the light again. The tube always pointed to the sun.
With an Arduino you could program it to search for the sun if it disappeared behind a cloud.
Did you ever get it finished and hooked up to your antenna and solar panel? Would have been cool if you had recorded the process of doing it and make a video like this doing that. :3
Looks great. I was expecting you to turn the board it is mounted on so we could see the tracker keep pointing the same way.
Years ago I saw a tracker build with sensors at the bottom of a short tube. It used 4 sensors, two for each axis. Each pair controlled a motor. If one was in the shade, its motor would run until it was in the light again. The tube always pointed to the sun.
With an Arduino you could program it to search for the sun if it disappeared behind a cloud.
barnaclebudd 4 months ago
I like the Idea, Is there any way you could send me the plans and parts list, I think I could build it.
billsalisbury 1 year ago
Did you ever get it finished and hooked up to your antenna and solar panel? Would have been cool if you had recorded the process of doing it and make a video like this doing that. :3
HeadmasterFox 1 year ago