{"id":1573,"date":"2025-05-19T21:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T21:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2025-06-14T21:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T21:34:24","slug":"%f0%9f%94%a7-progress-update-solar-panel-mounted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/%f0%9f%94%a7-progress-update-solar-panel-mounted\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd27 Progress Update: Solar Panel Mounted!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One week later and we\u2019ve made great progress on our solar tracking system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The base box is fully assembled, the solar panel is now securely mounted on top, and the linear actuator responsible for tilting the panel has been installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next step is to design and build the linkage mechanism that will connect the linear actuator to the solar panel frame. This will allow us to control the tilt angle precisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re getting closer to bringing the whole system to life \u2014 stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1577\" src=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223401-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223401-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223401-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223401-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223401-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223401-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1576\" src=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223505-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223505-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223505-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223505-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223505-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223505-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1578\" src=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223535-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223535-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223535-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223535-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223535-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250507_223535-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One week later and we\u2019ve made great progress on our solar tracking system. The base box is fully assembled, the solar panel is now securely mounted on top, and the linear actuator responsible for tilting the panel has been installed. The next step is to design and build the linkage mechanism that will connect the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}