{"id":1580,"date":"2025-05-26T21:36:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T21:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2025-06-14T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T21:40:04","slug":"%e2%9a%99%ef%b8%8f-challenge-overcome-tilt-mechanism-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/%e2%9a%99%ef%b8%8f-challenge-overcome-tilt-mechanism-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2699\ufe0f Challenge Overcome: Tilt Mechanism Completed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, we successfully completed the tilt mechanism for our solar tracking platform \u2014 but it wasn\u2019t easy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We faced a major challenge: the linear actuator couldn\u2019t lift the solar panel when it was in its lowest position due to the weight and leverage. After a lot of testing and fine-tuning, our team found an effective solution \u2014 installing a gas spring to help support the panel\u2019s weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this addition, the actuator now moves the panel smoothly across its full range of motion. A big step forward for our project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also the structure for the 4 photo-resistors has been assembled on top of the solar panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next step will be to create a mechanismo that will rotate the structure, completing the two axis solar tracker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay tuned as we now move on to integrating the rotation system.<\/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 fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1581\" src=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250603_224941-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250603_224941-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250603_224941-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250603_224941-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250603_224941-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250603_224941-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1582\" src=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250604_230304-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250604_230304-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250604_230304-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250604_230304-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250604_230304-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250604_230304-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we successfully completed the tilt mechanism for our solar tracking platform \u2014 but it wasn\u2019t easy! We faced a major challenge: the linear actuator couldn\u2019t lift the solar panel when it was in its lowest position due to the weight and leverage. After a lot of testing and fine-tuning, our team found an [&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-1580","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\/1580","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=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1583,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions\/1583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~ist1102662\/automatedsolarpanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}