Solar Powered Radar Station
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This ‘thing’ is actually based on a solar powered flag waiver, using pieces from a small Lego kit to house the electronics and support the solar panel.
The main elements are:
- A low voltage motor bought at a salvage shop, it most likely came out from a cassette player.
- A lego kit, such as this one:
http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?prod_id=7310
- A Miller solar engine, as described here:
http://downloads.solarbotics.net/PDF/SR1381.pdf
http://www.beam-online.com/Robots/Tutorials/Freeform/1381_SE/1381SE.html
Here’s a video showing the radar dish spinning around, under mid-morning sunlight coming through two panes of glass.
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