Tuesday, October 4, 2011

KHMAY.SS.CLASS.wk3

Week 3 Development
Week 3's task, for me, was to build and program the solar tracking device (for mounting PV). It consisted of two servos dedicated to controlling 2 axis.  The arduino uses 5 photo-resistors to average a position relative to light intensity.  One problem I had was zero'ing out the servos, as in, understanding from where they're starting and what original (or left) data it uses to position itself.