Status Report #7 Portable Solar Power Supply

Team# 13

Eric Camacho

John Michael McLeod

Ky Dinhquoc Nguyen

Kelechi (Kc) Nwogu

03/23/2011

Need & Milestones

A portable solar power supply that will use solar energy with a

solar tracker to power AC and DC devices.

Finalize design & order parts (by 1/22)Build inverters (by 2/7)Program microcontroller and build prototype (by 3/15)Build solar tracker (by 3/22)Assembly entire circuit (by 3/29) Test and make final adjustments (by 4/04)

Recently Completed

Currently on testing phase for the inverters◦DC/AC inverter (Tested, lacks power).◦DC/DC inverter

USB (Tested, works). Cigarette lighter (Tested, works).

Finished website.

15W Monocrystalline Solar Panel◦Downsized due to weight and size

Ongoing/Pending Tasks

DC/AC Inverters◦Needs more power.

Build user interface◦Simplified from original design

Build solar tracker

Upcoming Tasks

Completion of solar tracker

Finalizing system control interface

Prototype final design

Testing

Final report

Block Diagram

Schedule

Finalize ideas &

parts needed

Purchase Parts

Assemble Parts

Testing and debugging

Finalize design

Presentation

01/22

01/25

03/01

03/25

04/15

04/21

Schedule

Completed

Completed

Completed

Completed

Currently

Completed