Recent content by CyberKID

Thanks for the suggestions, mate. For now, I think we are sorted out, the prototype PCB has been built around the Mega. Let's see what comes up next. Update: 18-12-2017 While I am currently in testing mode to have a better understanding of environmental conditions throughout the varying...

Yes, am quite sure. Have explored a lot of options including ESP826612-A, NodeMCU, Arduino Uno, Arduino Nano and Finally the Mega. What I need is a combination of Analogue and Digital I/O pins. Analogue pins are important. Uno has six of them, Nano has eight of them, ESP12-A has two. NodeMCU was...

Thanks for the suggestion, mate. The plan is to move to an Arduino Mega based WeMos (built on Arduino Mega Platform, comprises of an ESP8266 on the board itself). ESP will allow Datalogging on a remote webserver, that can be used for a). Realtime to near-Realtime monitoring of the rig and...

Waking up this long dead thread. Finally, after years of tiring work, literally pulling my hair out, for days altogether, and over all these months, I can finally say that my Dual Axis Solar Tracker is functional now. The tracking works good in good sunlight. The tracker does not need any human...

One of my biggest purchases in terms of Computer Hardware till date. Put in some money in a long planned upgrade to buy an Intel i7 7700K, MSI B250M Pro and a Corsair Vengence 16GB DDR4 stick. This is part of the upgrade, with another part planned in the next batch. Intel i7 7700K @ 25500 MSI...

And finally, (just about) the moment I have been working towards, for close to three years now, and have been planning on for around 8 years - Powering up my solar power plant! Both the panels, eagerly waiting to be mounted on the tracker rig. Though, I still haven't mounted the panels...

Haha, then we can also ask if Apple Inc. is an American company or a Chinese one. In their own words, they are one of the largest Solar Panel manufacturers, based in Canada and having presence in 20 countries across 6 continents. My choice was entirely governed by the price to performance ratio...

There are a few reasons. 1. Availability - It is pretty hard to get these things easily, that too in retail, when one is looking for individual components. When I was in the search for these panels, monocrystallines were almost unavailable. Places where these panels were available, I could only...

Because that's what it has been designed to do. It follows the sun. Now the actuator that we have made that the panel up and down, had a limit of a maximum ~100 degrees, so this is being compensated by moving the entire platform, along with the panel, throughout the day to follow the sun. - - -...

Theoretically, a tracked solar PV installation with a provision to track down Zenithal and Azimuthal position of the sun to align the solar photovoltaic array perpendicular to the sun, throughout the day, and the year, is said to have a better efficiency that can go as high as 45%, when compared...

Today, I tried on making an 11 hour time lapse video to capture the functioning of the solar tracker, and document it in action. Appears, the 10 second capture interval was a bit too much, for a fast acting thing like this, also, the phone didn't have a very good placement, was using my phone...

Have finally received the solar charge controller I had placed an order for, a few days back. The solar panels are yet to be shipped.:sad_NF:

Finally the real life tracker testing is underway. Also, as you might be knowing, the solar modules and the charge controllers are on the way. I am hoping that the system would be ready to give me some power beginning the new financial year. Some updates: 1. Changed the sensor module with a...

One word, Awesome! I would happily get a whole computer built within the cost of that motherboard. Finally, I now know why people say - mothers are precious. :P BTW that's a killer rig. I'm hoping that you would add a 30K GPU as well. :p

Actually, for now, the fight is to be self sufficient in terms of power. Plus, why make Mr. Ambani richer by contributing my hard earned power to his greedy company? :winking_NF: On a serious note, I have skimmed through Delhi's Net Metering Policy. When comparing the overall gains, one gets by...