[Carl] recently upgraded his home with a solar ... the panels produce. [Carl] wanted to get more data out of his system. He managed to build his own monitor using an Arduino.

This solar tracker system uses the Arduino UNO board, a servomotor, 2 LDRs and 2 resistors to rotate the solar panel towards the Sun or a source ... If your servo acts weird try to connect a 470µF/10V ...

We received some great entries, but the winning hack shows us how to build an Arduino-controlled ... so he decided to run it using solar power. A standard solar panel and battery provide power ...

Claude Arpin based in Québec Canada has created a new Arduino compatible board called ... Other features include a USB and the ability to connect a solar panel which can be controlled directly ...