Authors: Filip Hanus, Daisy Bristow, Jan Rehak - UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND - UWE BRISTOL
Built as a free time activity, short-term project
Contact: [email protected]
A stepper and a DC motors working together with LDRs to track position of a light source. The construction is available as a kit here: https://www.browndoggadgets.com/pages/dual-axis-solar-tracker
- Microcontroller: Arduino Nano, programming in Arduino IDE. Using AccelStepper library.
- Sensors to detect the ligh source: Light dependent resistor sensors.
- Movement: 28BYJ-48 Stepper motor and a generic DC motor.
- Model: Kit available on: https://www.browndoggadgets.com/pages/dual-axis-solar-tracker
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Code -> Full measuring code.
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PCB.zip -> Scheme and printed circuit board layout