Hi! I hope I didn't cross post any of the existing topics. Novice like me, desperately need help regarding a project that I'm working on at the moment.
Chiefly, we're doing this project, called Miniature Remote Control Solar Car in a team of four. Where each person will take charge of one portion and the main portions are as follow:
One: A workstation which will send the appropriate signals to manipulate the movement as well as the direction of the remote car.
Two: Proper RF transmission between the remote control car and the workstation. Assures that all signals can be sent and receive reliably.
Three: Manipulates the speed of the DC motor through the application of a microcontroller from the signals sent by the workstation.
Four (which is my part): Charges a 12V DC battery by utilizing the Sun's energy from a solar panel. Due to the low voltage output, I'll be converting the output from the solar panel (output: 8-10V) to a level of 12V before charging up the battery through a DC/DC converter. This is the cheapest solar panel that we can find to compromise with our budget of this project. I would like to ask if there is any specific task that i can try to carry out to further expand my portion? Or any specific task that I can try to add on in this entire project?
Btw, can I or am I suppose to connect directly the output of the DC/DC converter to the battery or I need an additional battery charging circuit? At this level, I found the DC/DC converter circuit but have not try it out. Was doing some reading regarding the battery charging circuitry at the moment.
Desperately, need advice : :cry:
Please? Thanks in advance.
Chiefly, we're doing this project, called Miniature Remote Control Solar Car in a team of four. Where each person will take charge of one portion and the main portions are as follow:
One: A workstation which will send the appropriate signals to manipulate the movement as well as the direction of the remote car.
Two: Proper RF transmission between the remote control car and the workstation. Assures that all signals can be sent and receive reliably.
Three: Manipulates the speed of the DC motor through the application of a microcontroller from the signals sent by the workstation.
Four (which is my part): Charges a 12V DC battery by utilizing the Sun's energy from a solar panel. Due to the low voltage output, I'll be converting the output from the solar panel (output: 8-10V) to a level of 12V before charging up the battery through a DC/DC converter. This is the cheapest solar panel that we can find to compromise with our budget of this project. I would like to ask if there is any specific task that i can try to carry out to further expand my portion? Or any specific task that I can try to add on in this entire project?
Btw, can I or am I suppose to connect directly the output of the DC/DC converter to the battery or I need an additional battery charging circuit? At this level, I found the DC/DC converter circuit but have not try it out. Was doing some reading regarding the battery charging circuitry at the moment.
Desperately, need advice : :cry:
Please? Thanks in advance.