Sun Tracking Solar Panel w/ Arduino - Powers ITSELF!!!

Watch until the END where I'll show it powering itself outside!!!

I had some little solar panels laying around and wanted to see if they would power the Arduino. They did. So, I wanted to see if I could make a sun tracking circuit to autonomously follow the sun throughout the day. So I did. Here is the result. If you wanna try it, you can download at: http://code.google.com/p/arduino-sola... ... The code is not perfect or commented. Enjoy

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[wirelesscps]

dose the files include what pins are hooked up to the arduino like a diagram

[Luke Dub]

Yes, there is an eagle schematic

[Luke Dub]

Depending on the night, It goes out on the town for dinner, drinks, or maybe even a movie.

[Luke Dub]

eagle

[Photon98]

Please Please Please i beg you please guide me how do i create this one!!

I subscribed you, bro.

[Ashley Hendrick]

I was curious if picking up an older telescope that used the software/motor to rotate the thing to certain locations could be modified to track the sun and be powered by the panels as well.

[MrAtomickitten]

Thanks for the inspiration.

[shagnasty1001]

what Arduino did you use ?

[valueto99]

Which model of photoresistor did you use?

[valueto99]

Which servo did you use? 180 degrees or 360degrees?

[Vamsi Thammandra]

Wow! Amazing how you used such simple materials and came up with a fantastic self-sustained solar tracker. I am doing a science fair and I wanted to see how to build something like this but with alcohol so I was wondering weather there was a guide to building this project or others like these.

Great!!!

[Domenic Ariaudo]

Awesome! I would like to make this, but on two axes. Considering writing a sketch to keep the sun reflected on a window to increase the light on my northeast/northwest windows. Need more light for houseplants!

[Sohei Thoth]

Thumbs up!! Great experiment. Thanks for sharing!

[Tom Ziesmer]

what an awesome video did you write the code?