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Week 11

Solar Project

Flatlay of solar panel, multimeter, beige/grey enclosure, and Meshtastic node

I have been unable to get my solar project to turn on. I hope my office hours with Jeff will help me fix this.

USB-C connection to breadboard

solar panel connection to breadboard

I’m not sure whether I connected the wires to the breadboard incorrectly, but I asked Shop staff for help. I’m not sure where the point of failure is.

Final Project

Arduino Nano 33 IoT with LoRa transceiver on breadboard with messy wires

This is what the second prototype looked like before I abandoned it.

I decided that, instead of starting over, I want to modify the first prototype to be wearable (as an add on, not a custom case) instead of designing something from scratch.

Voice can be something to work on in the future!

This is what the add-on looks like so far.

Tinkercad screenshot

Notes

The Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 boards (x2) appear to have been stolen and/or lost in transit.
The AEMLIC boards (x2) have not arrived.