How to Make a Solar Robot!

by peterjacob

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Intro: How to Make a Solar Robot!

This is how to make a trimet.

The parts you need are: 3 Capacitors, a 2N3904, a 2N3906, a resistor(1k to 10k ohm), a solar cell (minimum 3 volts), a dc motor(the flatter the better).
you'll also need a blinking/flashing LED (FLED).
to help you, i have made a, very easy to follow, schematic of the circuit, which can be found on http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/052/a/f/FLED_circuit_by_kattejuice.jpg

7 Comments

Ghost Wolf 12 years ago

where can i find solar cells?

peterjacob 12 years ago

You can find them in all solar-powered devices(garden lights, many calculators etc.) and you can easily buy them on the internet, which is what i did.

Ghost Wolf 12 years ago

Also I used a 1.5 motor for this and it just clicks donesn't move just clicks

peterjacob 12 years ago

I had same problem. This means your capacitors discharges too frequent. you should try changing the resistor with one with more ohms or with less. the resistor determines how much power are stored on the capacitors before they are used for the motor.
it could also be because your robot is too heavy for your motor to move, or your motor is a weak one. if you can find any flat motors you should use them. Flat motors generally have more torque.

resistors and flat motors can be found in game-controllers, like the joystick from a play-station (what i used because i have a few old ones laying around)

Ghost Wolf 12 years ago

I ripped apart a cd player and snagged it's motors works just fine now. thanks

ahmetkuursat 12 years ago

thanks a lot for your video, it really very helpful video.


would you share principle of circuit?

dualqual 12 years ago

Excellent! GREATschematic you provided, Thanks!