High-Level Project Summary
Our mission was to manufacture an outer-cover that can be used on the planet Venus for generating electricity from solar panels and protect the battery inside for 60 days.We invented a mixture that can be used to protect the battery from Venus' conditions.This mixture can resist;Up to 500 degrees Celsius,To shocks, To radiation waves andAcidic atmospheric environments.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
We mixed wheat starch with glass cleaning water, PVA glue and Borax to make our super insulator mixture.
Than we cotinued by measuring and cutting our styrofoam to 20 to 22 cm. rectangles and manifacturing the styofoam box.
After that we covered the box with the super insulator mixture. Than we created the circuit for solar panels. After that we started to code Ardunio for opening-closing solar panels. We make the soldering for the circuitry too. Finally we constructed the shape of the box.
Space Agency Data
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/overview/#:~:text=Venus%20has%20a%20thick%2C%20toxic,is%20closer%20to%20the%20Sun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
https://tua.gov.tr/tr/blog/gunes-sistemi/venus
Hackathon Journey
DAY 1
We have started by measuring and cutting our styrofoam to 20 to 22 cm. rectangles. Than, we have started to make our super mixture by cutting newspapers to very small pieces. While we were in the cutting process, Ata Kaan and Umut assembled the box with styrofoam. After that we have combined the solar panels on the box. Than, we have started to do the exterior coating. We mixed wheat starch, glass cleaning water, PVA glue and borax. We mixed them all and had our super insulator. We have covered our styrofoam with the super insulator mixture. After that we have done the soldering for the circuitry. And have construct the shape of the styrofoam and super insulator mixture. Meanwhile Kuzey Deniz and Umut tested panels and Duru and Aras were writing the report.
DAY 2
Firstly, we looked if the solar panels were working. Then, we mounted the solar panels to the top of the box. After that we started to code in Ardunio for opening and closing solar panels.
References
In the super insulator mixture:
*Newspaper scraps
*Borax
*Glass cleaning water
*PVA glue
*Wheat starch
Resources:
*Nasa
*Wikipedia
*TUA
Code:
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include <Servo.h>
double angle_rad = PI/180.0;
double angle_deg = 180.0/PI;
double __var__97_305;
double b;
float getDistance(int trig,int echo){
pinMode(trig,OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(trig,LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);
digitalWrite(trig,HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(10);
digitalWrite(trig,LOW);
pinMode(echo, INPUT);
return pulseIn(echo,HIGH,30000)/58.0;
}
Servo servo_9;
Servo servo_10;
void setup(){
__var__97_305 = getDistance(13,12);
b = analogRead(A0+0);
pinMode(A0+0,INPUT);
servo_9.attach(9); // init pin
servo_10.attach(10); // init pin
}
void loop(){
if((__var__97_305) < (5)){
if((b) > (1000)){
servo_9.write(180); // write to servo
servo_10.write(180); // write to servo
}
}
_loop();
}
void _delay(float seconds){
long endTime = millis() + seconds * 1000;
while(millis() < endTime)_loop();
}
void _loop(){
}
Tags
#heat #venus #space #mixture #nasa #solarpanels #arduino