In our continuing quest to find the successor to the Sunceram throne, we invite you to welcome the SCC2433a solarcell! It's the little brother to the SCC3733, with similar polycrystalline & epoxy construction. It's quite the power-house in direct sunlight, but be warned - the cell arrangment is skewed in favour of current generation, not […]
Solar Eclipse at SB
Solarbotics Ltd
August 21, 2017
Today August 21, 2017, we were treated to about 80% solar eclipse. In spite of the smoke, the weather cooperated so we couldn't miss this event.
Pinhole projector boxes were made out of cereal and shipping boxes:
Fancy ones were mounted onto a tripod, and a phone camera recording a time lapse video was taped to the box:
And the huge walk-in pinhole projector was great:
Video of Shadows of the Leaves During the Eclipse
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