Collin's Lab: Solar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2014
- Harness the power of the sun for - whatever! Solar technology may be commonplace, but converting light into electricity is still an amazing bit of magic. Join Collin as he explores what makes solar tick and it how it relates to other common components.
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Please make more collins labs! these are great!
collin's lab video production is of the greatest quality
great video don't stop making Collins lab
No words for the videos. So simple
Best one yet!
your joking, right?
@@emilee172 what was wrong with it?
Collin Cunningham is a natural teacher--he always makes everything so simple. God bless the Adafruit Gang.
Collin, as always, your labs are educational and entertaining. More teachers should use your videos (like I used to), as they're typically all around better than than the ones supplied by curriculum makers. Kudos galore!
Do more please. This is a fantastic production.
I'm so glad this videos are still around. just as watchable, well paced and informative as 2014
Collin's Lab videos are probably my favorite thing on TH-cam.
Finally! Collin's Lab!
I dig Collin's Lab don't stop doing it bro.
More Collin's lab FTW!!!
More of Collin, please. He's very entertaining and informative.
I cant get enough of Collin's Lab
When I was younger, before there was one... I thought a solar powered flashlight was a good idea. It does sound silly but it's on the market now. Follow your dreams! It's great to see that "Colin's lab" is still around.
"Your move, Sun."
*Solar Flare*
You're back!
This was my favorite series back on make, and you were the one that got me into electronics!
*Fangirls*
Just the music, man. This was the best series ever.
Awesome video as usual Collin. Keep'em coming. I always learn something.
Hooray! More Collin Cunningham!
5:06 really nice photography there
PLEASE KEEP MAKING THESE COLLIN'S LAB VIDEOS!!!!!
Very glad to see this series continuing.
AWESOME! More Collin's Lab, please!
I always look forward to Collin's videos.
Thanks Collin! I learn something new every time - Keep up the great work!
Great video -- Collin, you have a knack for making something complex very understandable. I have learned a lot from you -- A LOT! Thanks.
Excellent as always !
Great series!
I love Colin's Lab. Keep them coming!
OK, I've gone through all your videos and I'm ready for MORE! Great videos.
Holy crap i used to watch colins lab all the time and i just thought i would revisit some of his old videos and somehow slipped under my radar and made a small series! Looks like he is gone again though...
Nice frame of lower Manhattan and Jersey City at the end there. Great video!
Great videos ever I have seen and the presentation style is awesome
Simple, Basic, Quick and to the Point. Ty
Great explanation!
This is awesome. Love Colin's lab. This this is the first one I've seen and very interesting indeed. Thank you!
Lucky you, new viewer! There are so many of them to watch.
Very interesting and very useful! Thanks :)
What a beautiful video!
The raw output a small solar panel can be used in place of a light dependent resistor (LDR). Also, hooking a small panel to an amplifier or a voltage controlled oscillator creates some interest sounds. Allows you to hear sunlight.
Wow! Awesome! I have been reading lots of books about solar and... I just understand the basic concept by viewing this 5.25 minutes video! Cool! Keep it up! :)
I LOVE "Collin's Lab", It's the best EVER!!!!!!!
WAAAAAAAW , I love your work Collins :)
You do the job call "Steve Job " you so awesome .
big thanks to all your lectures
and your teaching so fun .
awesome style
YOU ARE THE MAN. love the video
Great production as always by Collin's Lab. I wish the uploading schedule was better though. I think that every two weeks would be a fair amount of time to film and edit the videos. There is roughly a month and a half between each of these videos. Keep it up Adafruit!
YES MORE COLLINS LAB!!!
Just looooooove it !!! Thank you, I am gonna go displace some electrons now - my panel has arrived :)
Collin, sweet vids.
WOW .... refreshed from the sun!
The quality of the video in great...
OMGOSH THEY BROUGHT COLLINS LAB BACK
Learn a lot! I have no idea about the diodes and leds can capture light and transform it in voltage. Thanks!
Colin's back!!
More Colin!
very enjoy watching this....he is so funny, more pls...
Quality content as usual, ta sur.
Hey Collin, great video! I'm interested in doing it myself. Can you please list the materials/components used? Maybe with links to Adafruit store. Thanks.
Great video! =)
why has collin not been enrolled to work in the startrek movies yet? i could just imagine the a discussion between him, scotty and spock :)
thanks for posting!
thank you!
do the electrons ever reset to the junction between the positive and negative layers?? or once they get nocked out once, they're done...
omg this guy is my favorite
Quality video made by quality man. You are my favorite electronics guy.
But one video is missing. ie., How computers work.. Would you please make it for us..? Based on these points..>> memory, CPU, input and output. I will be very grateful if you make one.
Alton Brown+Dwight Schrute.
My solar power idea is to simulate an effective way to use solar power in a van to work off grid. My idea is to use gps and compass devices to quickly turn and tilt solar panels to point at the sun and then use a sort of max-min algorithm run by an Arduino to keep the solar panels pointed at the sun for max output. I'll do it on my desktop at a smaller scale because I don't actually have a van or much money. I can pull off a simulation on my desktop though. So far I've gotten from Adafruit a GPS Antenna, a Ultimate GPS with USB - 66 channel w/10 Hz updates, and a Triple-axis Accelerometer+Magnetometer (Compass) Board - LSM303Triple-axis Accelerometer+Magnetometer (Compass) Board - LSM303. Next I'll get a 6v solar panel and a solar charge controller and a battery. For a complete simulation I'd need some sort of inverter of course. Does Adafruit have that? I also need gears to rotate and tilt. Pretty sure Adafruit doesn't have that. Any suggestions on where I could get the gears?
Mate you are awesome
Great work! I wish he made a video weekly. :-)
really amusing
I learned that LEDs can actually produce power here first, folks! Awesome haha That makes me wonder, do outdoor LED billboards take this into consideration? I'd imagine the back-feed of that much power being generated when the sun hits them, creating a problem.
I love this guy
Only Collin could make me laugh in the first 3 seconds 😂😂😂
these are really good. make moar!
2:55 ,yelling at my screen "Ahh,but they do!"
Also,some old transistors work too- find an old TO-3 case transistor,and pop the top off to expose the die to the light. :)
Do you know which junction works better?
excavatoree
Try the Base-Emitter junction of a 2N3055,or something similar. Experiment!
great thks
This feels like something that would be aired in Tv UNAM
where i can listen to your music?
It is bittersweet to see that Collin Cunningham is making videos again.
They are definitely different than the videos he was making years ago.
These new Adafruit videos seem watered down. They feel scripted, unlike the old videos which seemed geeky in an organic way.
Nevertheless, I will continue to watch. Collin is better than no Collin.
You very funny ! which make it fun to watch.
Hmm, solar fan. What a great idea!
Where are you Mr. Cunningham? These tech sites are getting views because of you sir. Please come back to YT.
"Your move sun" lol
Colin's lab reminds me of pokemon trainer tips.
What does he use in this video, (like how did he connect everything)
+Ty Luna the white board he is using is called a bread board. you can plug many circuits into it for testing
Love the hat!, should have worn a white/cream suit though. :)
For his next video Colin will be modeling a solar powered baseball cap with cooling fan. :)
Cool. The snazz
I never notice that before zener diode and LED diode are producing small amount of electricity! wow
+ElecTroMan DIY AMPLIFIER Heh heh, saying LED diode is like saying ATM machine, or PIN number. LED = Light Emitting Diode, so saying LED diode is like saying Light Emitting Diode diode.
If LEDs read light coming in - can your monitor be a camera? I believe The LCDs have LEDs behind the liquid crystal. If so aren't all TV's, watches and cell phones just cameras? Is big brother watching you?
+Larry Kaufhold (Multiple Monodot) the LED's in monitors are usually on a strip on the edge of the screen its illuminated just like you would hold up flashlight to the bottom of a mountain dew soda and it glows
+Larry Kaufhold (Multiple Monodot) Generating electricity from light is not capturing light in a reproducible manner. It's converted to electricity. It is not a camera.
WooHoo! We have an excess of holes! And next you're going to tell me that the holes flow from positive to negative, right?
"Your move Sun"
*Sun intensifies*
Wao
dont wear a black suit..on the roof lmaooo
what is the song in the intro?
don't know but their is a link to his SoundCloud
+Scott Taylor I had a listen to his songs in sound cloud, but i just cant find the one in the intro.
I like it a lot
Can the panel run out of electrons?
I would assume so. Solar panels do have to be replaced every once and I while from what I've read, albeit a long while. I'm guessing that's due to a lack of negative charge.
Not under any normal conditions. Electricity is the flow of electrons from the side with excess to the side lacking electrons, so they always stay in the loop, same thing in PV cells electrons get dislodged on the N side and then want to go back to the P side.
And the reason PV panels degrade over time is just gradual combination of defects, the glass starts to fracture, glues start to fog, moisture and oxidation starts to creep in, and even the molecular structure itself starts to very slowly break since it gets bombarded with photons for so very long. But we are talking 30% power loss in 30 years(if it was made properly), that means you can still go on using them they just put out less power, and once completely done the silicone can simply get melted and used in the next PV panel.
+MsSomeonenew Huh. Neat.
lol, where exactly do you think those electrons are going?
Every electron in that circuit has to stay in the circuit, and believe me, it's jam-packed with electrons. It's not like the electrons are leaking to the outside world.
diodes can make electricity o.O cool
A solar cell is a diode ;-)
Joe11Blue Cool o.O .So, you can use solar cell as a diode in some kind of project in where needed diodes? like AC-DC Diode gate converters
Try it and let us know.
Otherwise, I would have tried it already when you said "A solar cell is a diode"xD, but it's not possible now because I don't have solar panels...
I don't have any solar panels either, so don't feel bad :-)
Never thought the diode can produce energy
make a music instrumental... like arduino drum with you own code,, that will be cool... i wish you can make one....
Codys lab
Any solar energy light can give off energy