1. SOLARPACKING Mitch Vernon Eastern Kentucky University

2. 2 OUTLINE Motivation behind the project. Alternate ways of charging devices. Photos of the project How the project can be used Solution Video Future Work

3. 3 MOTIVATION Alternative Energies WFR/Guiding

4. 4 INTRODUCTION I’m an advocate of alternate energies. My battery powered devices die on long trips.

5. 5 PROBLEM STATEMENT There are a lot of different ways to make personal solar chargers, but there was not much information on newer flexible cells. Getting the device to charge via USB. Microcontroller fried 24 hours before I had to present.

6. 6 ASSUMPTIONS Assuming the user actually travels where there no electricity. They need Sun light. The user has all day to charge a battery. The user is charging a USB powered device.

7. 7 PROPOSED SOLUTION List steps taken to solve the problem such as but not limited to: Brainstorming Internet Research Physical Research Assembly Testing and troubleshooting (A lot) Verifying results Rebuilding the device

8. RESULTS

9. 9 RESULTS CONT.

13. 13 CONCLUSIONS After rebuilding everything, it did end up working. Both charging the battery and charging a USB device

14. VIDEO

15. 15 FUTURE WORK In the future I would like to add more panels. I would like to create a waterproof casing for the product so it can attach to backpacks, bicycles, and other devices.

16. REFERENCES adafruit. (2010, July 09). How to – make a solar mintyboost, a solar power charger for your gadgets!. Retrieved from http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/07/09/how-to-make-a-solar- mintyboost-a-solar-power-charger-for-your-gadgets/ Basic 4 aa solar battery charger plans. (2007, July 30). Retrieved from http://www.reuk.co.uk/Basic-4-AA-Solar-Battery-Charger- Plans.htm Solar lipoly charger. (2012, March 07). Retrieved from Toothman, Jessika, and Scott Aldous. "How Solar Cells Work" 01 April 2000. HowStuffWorks.com. 08 May 2013.http://ladyada.net/make/solarlipo/ What are solar cells?. (2004). Retrieved from http://www.makeitsolar.com/solar-energy-information/07-solar- cells.htm http://www.makeitsolar.com/solar-energy-information/07-solar-

17. CONTACT Mitch Vernon Charles_Vernon3@mymail.eku.edu

18. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to: Brian Casey Professor Vigs Professor Richardson 18