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10 exciting solar projects which you can actually use. Projects featured in this box: Solar-Powered LED ...........................................................................As long as the sun shines, the LED will light (pag.8) Flashing Solar LED ............................................................................................Solar-powered attention grabber (pag.10) Solar-Powered Cricket......................................... ......................
Parts supplied with this kit: 4V / 30mA solar cell This device will convert sunlight into electricity, which we will use in all projects. More light means more electricity. Point the black surface towards the sun. E1 (Velleman part# YH-39X35) SOLAR CELL Red B la ck Breadboard Will hold all your experiments. The white lines show how the holes are electrically connected with eachother (Velleman part# SDAD102) 4 www.vellemanprojects.
Ultrabright yellow & red LED Flat side Shortest leg = (-) Wire jumper Just a piece of bare wire to connect two points in a circuit. The yellow & red LED provide a lot of light and require a very low current to operate. Watch the polarity ! (Velleman part# L-5YAC & L-7104LID) Resistors R1 100 www.vellemanprojects.com Various resistor values are supplied. They serve as current limiters or as voltage dividers. Resistors do not have a polarity. Resistors values are indicated by means of coloured rings.
Diode Diodes allow the current to flow in only one direction, from (+) to (–). Current flow in the opposite direction is blocked. (Velleman part# BAT85) Battery holder A special case: Zener diodes Zener diodes allow the current to flow from (+) to (-), as regular diodes do. If you invert the polarity, they drop a certain voltage, which can be found on the body of the zener diode, e.g. 2V4= 2.4V (Velleman part# ZA2V4) d Re B la ck Holder for two AAA rechargeable batteries.
Transistors E B C C B E A transistor is an amplification device. By means of a small current, a much larger current is controlled. Transistors come in two flavours, NPN and PNP-types, depending on the polarity. With this kit, you receive a BC557 (PNP) transistor. A transistor has 3 pins: Base, Emitter and Collector. (Velleman part# BC557B) Piezo speaker A piezo speaker converts an electric signal into sound.
Project 1: Solar Powered Led As long as the sun shines, the led will light... 8 www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, 100 ohm resistor (brown black brown gold), yellow led How it works: A closed circuit is required to make the current flow. Current flows from the (+) of the solar cell trough resistor to the (+) of the led and via the (-) of the led back to the solar cell. On a sunny day, the solar cell will generate 3..4 volts. The led only requires 2 volts to operate. Resistor R1 converts the excess voltage into (a little) heat, hereby protecting the led from damage.
Project 2: Solar Flashing Led Solar powered attention grabber µC Jumper wire 10 www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, 100 ohm resistor (brown black brown gold), yellow led, microcontroller (µC), wire jumper. IC1 PIC10F200-I/PG VDD 2 How it works: The controller requires 2-5V to operate. This voltage is supplied by the solar panel. The microcontroller is pre-programmed with software that turns the output on and off in a loop. The signal is output via pin 4. When the output is on, current flows via the led and the resistor, hereby causing the led to light.
Project 3: Solar Powered Cricket As long as the sun shines, the circket will chirp... Jumper wire µC Jumper wire 12 www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, microcontroller (µC), piezo sounder, wire jumpers 4 GP1/ICSPCLK GP3/MCLR/VPP 8 7 BUZ1 PIEZO GP0/ICSPDAT GP2/T0CLKI/FOSC4 VSS 5 3 SOLAR CELL Hint: Use this circuit as a wake-up-at-dawn alarm. It will wake you at sunrise... IC1 PIC10F200-I/PG VDD 2 µC + How it works: The controller requires 2-5V to operate. This voltage is supplied by the solar panel. The microcontroller is pre -programmed with software that generates a realistic cricket chirp.
Project 4: Simple Solar Battery Charger Insert two AAA 1.2V rechargeable batteries* Free energy to keep your batteries in shape... *Not included 14 www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, BAT85 diode, battery holder for two AAA batteries, two AAA 1.2V rechargeable batteries. How it works: As long as the solar cell is exposed to light, a current will flow from the solar cell via the diode trough the batteries and back to the solar cell. The charge current depends on the amount of light that reaches the solar cell. Max. current with the supplied cell is 30mA. A diode prevents discharge of the batteries trough the solar cell (e.g.
Project 5: Solar Battery Charger With ‘charge’-Indicator A led turns on when the batteries are charging... Insert two AAA 1.2V rechargeable batteries* *Not included 16 www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, BC557 transistor, 4K7 resistor (yellow, purple, red, gold), yellow led, battery holder for two AAA batteries, two AAA 1.2V rechargeable batteries. How it works: When the sun shines, a current flows from the (+) of the solar cell via the Emitter/ Base of the transistor trough the batteries and BC557 back to the solar cell. This is the Base current, indicated with the dotted line. In our example, the Base current will also charge our batteries.
Project 6: Solar Musical Instrument More light = higher note Wire Jumper wire 4K7 4K7 µC PIC 470 18 www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, microcontroller (µC), 2x 4K7 resistor (yellow, purple, red, gold), 470 ohm resistor (yellow, purple, brown, gold), 2V4 zener diode, piezo sounder, wire jumpers, wire. 7 VSS + VDD 2 How it works: The solar cell IC1 R3 provides the supply voltage for the PIC10F220 microcontroller. Once it receives 470 R1 2VDC it starts running its internal 4K7 program.
Project 7: IR Remote Control Tester ‘Listen’ to your IR remote PIC +/- 5cm 20 www.vellemanprojects.
How it works: Solar cells are sensitive to infrared light. When hit by infrared light, they generate a voltage, like they do with sunlight. IR remote controls generate a beam of infrared light when they are operated. This beam of light is turned on and off very fast by the internal electronics of the remote control. The pattern generated by the on-off transitions is different for each button of the remote. This allows the receiver to recognise each individual button.
Project 8: Solar Garden Light Led turns on at dusk and turns off at dawn, fully automatic 470 4K7 Jumper wire Insert two AAA 1.2V rechargeable batteries* *Not included 22 www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, BC557 transistor, 4K7 resistor (yellow, purple, red, gold), 470 ohm resistor (yellow, purple, brown, gold), BAT85 diode, yellow led, battery holder for two AAA batteries, two AAA 1.2V rechargeable batteries, jumper wire. www.vellemanprojects.
Project 9: Solar Motion Detector / Beam Break Detector Announce wanted or unwanted guests Jumper wire 4K7 4K7 µC 470 Wire 24 www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, microcontroller (µC), 2x 4K7 resistor (yellow, purple, red, gold), 470 ohm resistor, (yellow, purple, brown, gold), 2V4 zener diode, piezo sounder, wire. www.vellemanprojects.com VDD 470 SOLAR CELL R2 4K7 4 BUZ1 PIEZO GP3/MCLR/VPP GP0/ICSPDAT GP2/T0CLKI/FOSC4 GP1/ICSPCLK VSS 5 8 3 ZD1 2V4 7 R1 4K7 IC1 PIC10F220 2 R3 + How it works: The solar cell provides the supply voltage for the microcontroller.
Project 10: Solar Powered ‘Alarm armed’-led Charges during the day, scares burglars at night Insert two AAA 1.2V rechargeable batteries* Jumper wire 4K7 PIC Jumper wire 26 µC 100 *Not included www.vellemanprojects.
Required parts: Solar cell, microcontroller (µC), 4K7 resistor (yellow, purple, red, gold), 100 ohm resistor, (brown, black, brown, gold), BAT85 diode, BC557 transistor, battery holder for two AAA batteries, two AAA 1.2V rechargeable batteries, wire jumpers, red led. www.vellemanprojects.
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