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

2. The Team Elise – Fall Team Lead – Device Construction & Interfacing Caitlin – Spring Team Lead – Arduino Programming

3. Team Cont. Bev – Webmaster – Arduino Programming Julius – Device Construction & Interfacing

4. Our Project Why solar? Why tracking? Demonstration for Dr. Dillon

5. Block Diagram

6. Design Challenges & Decisions Determining optimal position Arduino vs. MOSIS Number of panels Type of motors

7. Risks Mechanical Components – Motors – Interfacing – Lab View Client Requests – 24hr sun tracking vs. classroom fast track demo Defective Parts

8. Major Milestones FALL Functional Specifications v1.0Oct. 4 Component Selection CompleteOct. 25 Design Document v1.0Nov. 15 Final Budget CompleteNov. 15 All Parts OrderedNov. 29

9. Milestones Cont. SPRING Arduino FunctionalJan. 25 Breadboard FunctionalFeb. 7 Device ConstructedFeb. 21 Testing & Debugging CompleteMar. 21 Final Report V1.0Apr. 4 Founders Day PresentationApr. 8

10. Summary The Team The Project Design Challenges & Decisions Risks Milestones Questions???