Hello everyone!

The Solar Tracking team at UCI has been working on developing plans for creating our first iteration of our prototype for next quarter. During one of our weekly meetings, we went over the design for our solar sensors and parts that need to be purchased for us to create the first iteration.
For our sensing mechanism, we decided to use multiple photo-resistors on a square 2in x 2in square aluminum that will be attached to the bottom of our T-bracket. The resistors will be divided by a cross-shaped divider that will minimize the amount of sunlight that will be received if the panel is not oriented normal with the sun.
Our plans for winter quarter also include testing our biaxial motor designs and making sure that there are no complications that we failed to foresee.