Week #5 Post

This week our group finalized our design. Our design allows the high school students to be interactive with the system at a safe level, i.e. no touching the hardware. Every aspect of control is centered with the GUI control center on the laptop. This way the students can examine the system without the fear of getting shocked or breaking anything.

The electronic schematic which shows all of the wires and connections. The type of wire is stranded wire due to its flexibility. The color of the wires are depicted on the electronic schematic.

DC

Red is active

Black is ground

Green is earth ground

AC

Black is active

Grey is ground

Purple wire indicated data transfer

We are continuing to work on the Google SketchUp model of our photovoltaic system. Also, we are working on calculations for different aspects of the system. These calculations allow us to simulate what we expect to happen. We are also working on finalizing our product list. This list includes all of the hardware used in our design.