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04/06/05 14:11
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#91114 - Mechanics
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Mehdi,
A lot will "hinge" on your mechanical arrangement. Are you proposing a "heliostat" - a device which tracks the sun, so is pointed in roughly the right direction on an equatorial mount, or is this going to be on an alt-az mount hunting for the sun ?

If its a simple equatorial heliostat, then a couple of LDRs, a shadow mask and an op amp might be all you need.

An Alt-az mount, because the movement isn't constrained is likely to be harder, but again, this is a electro-optical-mechanical problem, which might stand or fall on the way you shield the diodes from stray light.

Steve

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Finding light source position?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Two sensors ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Re:two sensors?            01/01/70 00:00      
   and...            01/01/70 00:00      
      re:and..            01/01/70 00:00      
   Sun tracking thread by Mahmood            01/01/70 00:00      
      Re:Sun tracking thread by Mahmood            01/01/70 00:00      
      TOTALLY AGREE            01/01/70 00:00      
         Michael Karas            01/01/70 00:00      
      Kai ,It is not my problem!            01/01/70 00:00      
   cloud cover            01/01/70 00:00      
   Finding or following a light            01/01/70 00:00      
      To Joseph            01/01/70 00:00      
         Super-sensing T.Rex            01/01/70 00:00      
         Salom, Y'all!            01/01/70 00:00      
   LDR or l/f            01/01/70 00:00      
      Re:LDR or l/f            01/01/70 00:00      
         Light source            01/01/70 00:00      
            Re:Light source            01/01/70 00:00      
               Mechanics            01/01/70 00:00      
                  re:Mechanics            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Nope            01/01/70 00:00      
                        re:Nope            01/01/70 00:00      
                           More            01/01/70 00:00      
                              re:more            01/01/70 00:00      
   camera+fisheye or camera+reflective ball            01/01/70 00:00      
      re:camera+fisheye or camera+reflective            01/01/70 00:00      
   Thanks steve,...            01/01/70 00:00      

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