User:Bigjake5613/Project 1

My Instructor's user page which points to this. Here is the Project description page.

Week 0 Narrative
Gavin notes a build demo to guide our thought process through the construction process. The website is www.greentechtown.com/how-to-build-a-solar-panel-diy. Rough price list was created and unnecessary items were crossed off. Jake is providing a home base for us to work as well as some of the tools we are going to need for the project. Jaeguen is working on sketching the solar panel itself and has a tripod to bring in.

Week 1 Narrative
Places for construction were discussed as well as acquiring the necessary materials to build the solar panels. Construction will take place both in school and at Jake's house. Solar panel future modifications includes allowing for swivel effect on tripod to allow sun tracking. Gavin orders the charger controller and other necessary components such as corkboard, plexiglass, and various wiring.

Week 2 Narrative
Jake is continuing working on how to attach the solar panel to the tripod best. Ideas between the group mates were shared. Most all of the large supplies such as plywood, pressure treated wood, and plexi-glass have been acquired at Home Depot; Total: $60.72. The presentation for Engineering Seminar this Thursday will be our first presentation. Presentation materials are being gathered. A mini solar panel demo highlighting the strengths of our project will be revealed, to better accent our project progress.

Week 3 Narrative
Jaegeun and I contructed the basic solar panel frame over the week, along with editing and creating the preliminary design preview presentation on Thursday, October 30. The panel still needs the pegboard and plexiglass, then finishing touches such as sanding and painting.

Week 4 Narrative
Attention has somewhat focused on completing our Altoid charger, which is a much more simplified and easy to understand and do solar panel. We started off with the original micro solar panel in an Altoid box; however, in order to make the project more unique, we had a custom containment unit made in auto cad, which is made specifically for the dimensions of the different components and connections of the micro solar panel.