Solar Power, Logically - We’ve all seen the ads. Some offer “free” solar panels. Others promise nearly free... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/solar-power-logically/ #solarhacks #solarpower
Solar Planes Are Hard - A regular comment we see on electric aircraft is to “just add solar panels to the ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/12/solar-planes-are-hard/ #foamairplane #dronehacks #solarhacks #solarplane #mppt
Pi Zero Power Optimization Leaves No Stone Unturned - If you’ve ever designed a battery-powered device with a Pi Zero, you have no doubt... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/03/pi-zero-power-optimization-leaves-no-stone-unturned/ #powerconsumption #raspberrypizerow #raspberrypizero #raspberrypi #solarhacks #profiling #profiler #pizero2 #pizerow #how-to #pizero #zerow
Hard Lessons Learned While Building a Solar RC Plane - Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplan... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/09/hard-lessons-learned-while-building-a-solar-rc-plane/ #autonomousaircraft #solarairplane #solarhacks #rcairplane #ardupilot
Does Solar Energy Make Us Vulnerable? - Here’s a hypothetical situation. You decide to build your own steam generator plan... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/20/does-solar-energy-make-us-vulnerable/ #solarhacks #solarpower #powergrid
The Sunchronizer Keeps Your Solar Panel Aligned - In the past few years, the price-per-watt for solar panels has dropped dramaticall... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/15/the-sunchronizer-keeps-your-solar-panel-aligned/ #linearactuator #solartracker #solarhacks #singleaxis #solarpanel #elevation #esp32 #solar
New Solar Spheres Claim to be Better than Solar Panels - When you think of solar energy, you probably think of flat plates on rooftops. A c... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/06/new-solar-spheres-claim-to-be-better-than-solar-panels/ #solarenergy #solarpanels #solarhacks #news
Solar Energy Plant Creates Fuel - Normally, when you think of solar power, you think about photovoltaic cells or usi... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/29/solar-energy-plant-creates-fuel/ #solarenergy #solarhacks #syngas
2024 Business Card Challenge: NoiseCard Judges the Sound Around You - Let’s face it: even with the rise of the electric car, the world is a noisy place.... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/22/2024-business-card-challenge-noisecard-judges-the-sound-around-you/ #2024businesscardchallenge #microcontrollers #stm32g031j6 #solarhacks #contests #noise #solar #stm32
Industrial Solar Heat Hits 1000˚C - While electricity generation has been the star of the energy transition show, abou... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/21/industrial-solar-heat-hits-1000%cb%9ac/ #concentratedsolar #metalcasting #solarthermal #solarenergy #greenhacks #solarhacks #smelting #quartz #solar
Double-Checking NASA’s Eclipse Estimate at Home - If you were lucky enough to be near the path of totality, and didn’t have your vie... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/double-checking-nasas-eclipse-estimate-at-home/ #currentevents #solarhacks #homesolar #eclipse #nasa
Space Mirrors: Dreams of Turning The Night Into Day Around the Clock - Recently, a company by former SpaceX employee Ben Nowack – called Reflect Orbital ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/space-mirrors-dreams-of-turning-the-night-into-day-around-the-clock/ #originalart #spacemirror #solarhacks #featured #history #znamya #space
Lamp Becomes Rotating, Illuminated Sign for Festival Table - Two things we love are economical solutions to problems, and clever ways to use th... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/lamp-becomes-rotating-illuminated-sign-for-festival-table/ #solarhacks #turntable #solar #sign #led
PhotonPower Zero For Effortless Solar Pi Zero Projects - A Pi Zero doesn’t need much to sustain itself, and it’s projects like the PhotonPo... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/photonpower-zero-for-effortless-solar-pi-zero-projects/ #raspberrypizero #raspberrypi #solarhacks #solarpanel #solarpower #solar
More Progress on Perovskite Solar Cells - Perovskites hold enormous promise for generating solar energy, with the potential ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/08/more-progress-on-perovskite-solar-cells/ #materialsscience #nanostructure #perovskites #solarenergy #solarhacks #solarcells #nanoscale #science
Garden Light Turned Mesh Network Node - We love a good deal, especially when it comes to scavenging parts for projects. Ch... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/21/garden-light-turned-mesh-network-node/ #wirelesshacks #gardenlight #solarhacks #meshtastic #solar #lora
Sun on the Run: Diving into Solar with a Mobile PV System - For obvious reasons, there has been a lot of interest in small-scale residential s... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/17/sun-on-the-run-diving-into-solar-with-a-mobile-pv-system/ #chargecontroller #photovoltaic #originalart #solarhacks #interest #combiner #inverter #lithium #offgrid #trailer #mobile #solar #mc-4 #mppt #pv
Desalinating Water With the Sun - Getting fresh water from salt water can be difficult to do at any kind of scale. R... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/21/desalinating-water-with-the-sun/ #shanghaijiaotonguniversity #desalination #passivesolar #greenhacks #solarhacks #cleanwater #plumbing #seawater #pumps #solar #water #mit
Robot Sunflower Follows the Sun - Real flowers do it, and even the Beatles did it. [Robo Hub] now has a plastic sunf... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/robot-sunflower-follows-the-sun/ #arduinohacks #solarhacks #suntracker #sunflower #servo
Wireless Data Connections Through Light - When wired networking or data connections can’t be made, for reasons of distance o... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/25/wireless-data-connections-through-light/ #datatransmission #visiblelight #solarhacks #solarcell #lighting #wireless #li-fi #solar #led
