I second that and look forward to seeing what you come up with (especially if you take the time to do some documentation!). Last x-mas I got a fold-out solar panel (marked for 12v and 6W?) that I can't wait to put to good/creative use. Hangs nicely over my bike rack!<br>
<br>Michael<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Jayson Falkner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jfalkner@gmail.com">jfalkner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Scott,<br>
<br>
This thread has some great advice in it. Please let me know when you<br>
finish your project. I'd like to try building a similar setup, and I<br>
think it'd be a fun thing to document and post on the dorkbotpdx<br>
website. It seems to me that it'd be cool to have a kit to easily get<br>
people starting with solar powered dorkboard projects. Sunshine is<br>
coming....<br>
<br>
Jayson<br>
<br>
2009/3/31 scott winner <<a href="mailto:scott@scenbot.com">scott@scenbot.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> I am looking for some advice or tips. Here is my project,<br>
><br>
> I want to run my Dorkboard on solor power. Don is setting me up with a 3<br>
> volt chip. That will help a lot. I am going to model the control after the<br>
> Solorbotics voltage trigger; solor energy is stored in caps then dumped into<br>
> the Dorkboard when a critical voltage is reached.<br>
><br>
> So my question for the ether is, what size caps? How much power needs to be<br>
> stored to run the Dorkboard? No motor function, just to blink the light. I<br>
> know how much to run the motors that will be on a separate circuit.<br>
><br>
> Ok go nuts folks.<br>
><br>
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