1. Sun Tracking Solar Array Team Peacock Lane Team Members: Elise King, Caitlin Greeney, Beverly Raposa & Julius Raposa Advisor: Dr. Yamayee Secondary Advisor: Dr. Albright Industrial Advisor: Jeff Cook (BPA) Client: Dr. Dillon

2. Project Overview Why solar? Why tracking? Demonstration for Dr. Dillon’s class

3. Project Overview

5. Milestones Completed Minor: All parts received Jan 17 Frame received Feb 14 (Early, Jan 17) Device constructed Feb 21 (Early, Jan 31) Major: Arduino microcontroller functional Jan 24 Breadboard functionalFeb 7 February Program ReviewFeb 14

6. Additional Accomplishments Motors can move clockwise and counter clockwise Arduino can make decisions based on photoresistors LCD screen displays voltage measurements

7. The Near Future Minor Milestones: Final Report v0.9Mar 21 Final Report v0.95Mar 28 Major Milestones: Complete testing and debuggingMar 7

8. Evidence of Construction Digital systems component Mechanical component Demo

9. Digital Systems Component

10. Mechanical Component

11. Demo

12. Issues/Concerns Power source for Arduino and motors – Have separate sources to reduce wire tangling or overloading Which photoresistor design – Test both configurations and select the most accurate Pin count – Additional IC to expand I/O

13. Summary Project Overview Milestones Completed Additional Accomplishments Future Milestones Evidence of Construction Issues/Concerns http://wordpress.up.edu/egr13peacocklane/ Questions???

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