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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

2015

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Automated Solar-Powered Chicken Coop Door, Brenna Yagade Jun 2015

Automated Solar-Powered Chicken Coop Door, Brenna Yagade

Computer Engineering

The purpose of this project was to plan, design, and build an automated, low power system to open and close a chicken-coop door, which is powered through a solar panel.


Smart Solar Oven, Aaron Gragg Mar 2015

Smart Solar Oven, Aaron Gragg

Computer Engineering

Though solar oven technology provides a green and cost effective means of cooking, it is often not adopted because it fails to meet the demands of speed and reliability that are commonplace in our society. This project explores the modification of a traditional box solar to meet these demands by allowing the oven to report temperature to a user’s phone as well as orient itself towards the sun throughout the day.