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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Making the Simplest DIY Wind Energy Generator - How Hard Could it Be? -- Episode 608</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Making the Simplest DIY Wind Energy Generator - How Hard Could it Be? -- Episode 608</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 07:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:63549c61-b0ab-4cf1-b500-6ee8a97b1921</guid><dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by Matt on 6/23/2023 7:24:00 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you power a project in the middle of nowhere? Solar is not the only option, and in rough climates wind might be equally as viable. Clem has a little piece of land he would like to use as testing ground for various projects, so he tries to build the simplest and smallest wind generator suitable to power an IoT project. Using a DC motor as a generator, mishandling rectifier circuits and charging caps. How hard could it be to harvest the power of wind?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrdvhs0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmG9E1VJTo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrf5ks1"&gt;Bonus Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Login Required&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/secret-element14-presents/m/files/147755" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Download CAD files and Schematics&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="/user/createuser" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; to become a Member!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://drive.tech/en/stream-content/dc-motors-as-generators" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Maxon Guide to Use Motors as Generator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" style="max-height:360px;max-width:640px;"  src="/resized-image/__size/1280x720/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-81/schematic.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrp8ue2"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-a5c6b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472,2675047~4,1578403,23465070&amp;nsku=52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X47930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('a5c6b'));" data-farnell="242472,2675047~4,1578403,2346507~10" data-newark="52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X4793~10" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetema=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MAXON MOTOR DC Motor, A-Max 32, Graphite Brushes, Brushed, 6000 rpm, 39.1 mN-m, 15 W, 32 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maxon motor&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b8394" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472&amp;nsku=52R4114 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b8394'));" data-farnell="242472" data-newark="52R4114 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1n4007 Diode&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;multicomp pro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f097c" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2675047&amp;nsku=05AC0532&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f097c'));" data-farnell="2675047" data-newark="05AC0532" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed LDO Voltage Regulator, 2.1V to 6V, 210mV Dropout, 3.3Vout, 500mAout, TO-220-3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;microchip&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-04612" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1578403&amp;nsku=08N6475 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('04612'));" data-farnell="1578403" data-newark="08N6475 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrolytic Capacitor, Miniature, 4700 &amp;micro;F, 16 V, &amp;plusmn; 20%, Radial Leaded, 2000 hours @ 85&amp;deg;C, Polar&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;rubycon&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-fc5e3" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2346507&amp;nsku=08X4793&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('fc5e3'));" data-farnell="2346507" data-newark="08X4793" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrq2qd3"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mayer Makes Engineering Resin for 3d printed parts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;M8 threaded rod&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2 Skateboard bearings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Polypropylen foil&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Screws, nuts and washers. M8 and M3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3692/vcp-biography-clem" data-e14adj="t"&gt;About Clem&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: off grid, energy harvesting, How To, wind generator, diy generator, solar, friday_release, e14p_CMM&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 608: Making the Simplest DIY Wind Energy Generator - How Hard Could it Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608/revision/4</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:05:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:63549c61-b0ab-4cf1-b500-6ee8a97b1921</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 6/22/2023 3:05:41 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you power a project in the middle of nowhere? Solar is not the only option, and in rough climates wind might be equally as viable. Clem has a little piece of land he would like to use as testing ground for various projects, so he tries to build the simplest and smallest wind generator suitable to power an IoT project. Using a DC motor as a generator, mishandling rectifier circuits and charging caps. How hard could it be to harvest the power of wind?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrdvhs0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmG9E1VJTo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrf5ks1"&gt;Bonus Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Login Required&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/secret-element14-presents/m/files/147755"&gt;Download CAD files and Schematics&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="/user/createuser"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; to become a Member!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://drive.tech/en/stream-content/dc-motors-as-generators"&gt;Maxon Guide to Use Motors as Generator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" style="max-height:360px;max-width:640px;"  src="/resized-image/__size/1280x720/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-04-35/schematic.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrp8ue2"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b23a3" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472,2675047~4,1578403,23465070&amp;nsku=52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X47930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b23a3'));" data-farnell="242472,2675047~4,1578403,2346507~10" data-newark="52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X4793~10" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetema=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MAXON MOTOR DC Motor, A-Max 32, Graphite Brushes, Brushed, 6000 rpm, 39.1 mN-m, 15 W, 32 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maxon motor&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-57aad" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472&amp;nsku=52R4114 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('57aad'));" data-farnell="242472" data-newark="52R4114 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1n4007 Diode&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;multicomp pro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e3e7a" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2675047&amp;nsku=05AC0532&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e3e7a'));" data-farnell="2675047" data-newark="05AC0532" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed LDO Voltage Regulator, 2.1V to 6V, 210mV Dropout, 3.3Vout, 500mAout, TO-220-3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;microchip&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e3b23" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1578403&amp;nsku=08N6475 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e3b23'));" data-farnell="1578403" data-newark="08N6475 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrolytic Capacitor, Miniature, 4700 &amp;micro;F, 16 V, &amp;plusmn; 20%, Radial Leaded, 2000 hours @ 85&amp;deg;C, Polar&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;rubycon&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-16a1f" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2346507&amp;nsku=08X4793&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('16a1f'));" data-farnell="2346507" data-newark="08X4793" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrq2qd3"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mayer Makes Engineering Resin for 3d printed parts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;M8 threaded rod&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2 Skateboard bearings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Polypropylen foil&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Screws, nuts and washers. M8 and M3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3692/vcp-biography-clem"&gt;About Clem&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: off grid, energy harvesting, How To, wind generator, diy generator, solar, friday_release, e14p_CMM&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 608: Making the Simplest DIY Wind Energy Generator - How Hard Could it Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608/revision/5</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:05:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:63549c61-b0ab-4cf1-b500-6ee8a97b1921</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 6/22/2023 3:05:41 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you power a project in the middle of nowhere? Solar is not the only option, and in rough climates wind might be equally as viable. Clem has a little piece of land he would like to use as testing ground for various projects, so he tries to build the simplest and smallest wind generator suitable to power an IoT project. Using a DC motor as a generator, mishandling rectifier circuits and charging caps. How hard could it be to harvest the power of wind?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrdvhs0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmG9E1VJTo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrf5ks1"&gt;Bonus Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Login Required&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/secret-element14-presents/m/files/147755"&gt;Download CAD files and Schematics&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="/user/createuser"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; to become a Member!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://drive.tech/en/stream-content/dc-motors-as-generators"&gt;Maxon Guide to Use Motors as Generator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" style="max-height:360px;max-width:640px;"  src="/resized-image/__size/1280x720/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-81/schematic.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrp8ue2"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-3861e" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472,2675047~4,1578403,23465070&amp;nsku=52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X47930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('3861e'));" data-farnell="242472,2675047~4,1578403,2346507~10" data-newark="52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X4793~10" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetema=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MAXON MOTOR DC Motor, A-Max 32, Graphite Brushes, Brushed, 6000 rpm, 39.1 mN-m, 15 W, 32 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maxon motor&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c43b2" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472&amp;nsku=52R4114 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c43b2'));" data-farnell="242472" data-newark="52R4114 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1n4007 Diode&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;multicomp pro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-8fe9b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2675047&amp;nsku=05AC0532&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('8fe9b'));" data-farnell="2675047" data-newark="05AC0532" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed LDO Voltage Regulator, 2.1V to 6V, 210mV Dropout, 3.3Vout, 500mAout, TO-220-3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;microchip&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-056d3" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1578403&amp;nsku=08N6475 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('056d3'));" data-farnell="1578403" data-newark="08N6475 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrolytic Capacitor, Miniature, 4700 &amp;micro;F, 16 V, &amp;plusmn; 20%, Radial Leaded, 2000 hours @ 85&amp;deg;C, Polar&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;rubycon&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-55888" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2346507&amp;nsku=08X4793&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('55888'));" data-farnell="2346507" data-newark="08X4793" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrq2qd3"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mayer Makes Engineering Resin for 3d printed parts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;M8 threaded rod&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2 Skateboard bearings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Polypropylen foil&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Screws, nuts and washers. M8 and M3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3692/vcp-biography-clem"&gt;About Clem&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: off grid, energy harvesting, How To, wind generator, diy generator, solar, friday_release, e14p_CMM&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 608: Making the Simplest DIY Wind Generator - How Hard Could it Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608/revision/3</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:26:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:63549c61-b0ab-4cf1-b500-6ee8a97b1921</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 6/13/2023 5:26:21 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you power a project in the middle of nowhere? Solar is not the only option, and in rough climates wind might be equally as viable. Clem has a little piece of land he would like to use as testing ground for various projects, so he tries to build the simplest and smallest wind generator suitable to power an IoT project. Using a DC motor as a generator, mishandling rectifier circuits and charging caps. How hard could it be to harvest the power of wind?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrdvhs0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmG9E1VJTo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrf5ks1"&gt;Bonus Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Login Required&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/secret-element14-presents/m/files/147755"&gt;Download CAD files and Schematics&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="/user/createuser"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; to become a Member!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://drive.tech/en/stream-content/dc-motors-as-generators"&gt;Maxon Guide to Use Motors as Generator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" style="max-height:360px;max-width:640px;"  src="/resized-image/__size/1280x720/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-04-35/schematic.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrp8ue2"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-bc93d" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472,2675047~4,1578403,23465070&amp;nsku=52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X47930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('bc93d'));" data-farnell="242472,2675047~4,1578403,2346507~10" data-newark="52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X4793~10" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetema=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MAXON MOTOR DC Motor, A-Max 32, Graphite Brushes, Brushed, 6000 rpm, 39.1 mN-m, 15 W, 32 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maxon motor&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-fbd29" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472&amp;nsku=52R4114 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('fbd29'));" data-farnell="242472" data-newark="52R4114 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1n4007 Diode&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;multicomp pro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-dc71e" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2675047&amp;nsku=05AC0532&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('dc71e'));" data-farnell="2675047" data-newark="05AC0532" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed LDO Voltage Regulator, 2.1V to 6V, 210mV Dropout, 3.3Vout, 500mAout, TO-220-3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;microchip&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c24d4" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1578403&amp;nsku=08N6475 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c24d4'));" data-farnell="1578403" data-newark="08N6475 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrolytic Capacitor, Miniature, 4700 &amp;micro;F, 16 V, &amp;plusmn; 20%, Radial Leaded, 2000 hours @ 85&amp;deg;C, Polar&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;rubycon&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f12d8" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2346507&amp;nsku=08X4793&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f12d8'));" data-farnell="2346507" data-newark="08X4793" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrq2qd3"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mayer Makes Engineering Resin for 3d printed parts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;M8 threaded rod&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2 Skateboard bearings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Polypropylen foil&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Screws, nuts and washers. M8 and M3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3692/vcp-biography-clem"&gt;About Clem&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: off grid, energy harvesting, How To, wind generator, diy generator, solar, friday_release, e14p_CMM&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 608: Making the Simplest DIY Wind Generator - How Hard Could it Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608/revision/2</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:21:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:63549c61-b0ab-4cf1-b500-6ee8a97b1921</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 6/13/2023 5:21:49 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you power a project in the middle of nowhere? Solar is not the only option, and in rough climates wind might be equally as viable. Clem has a little piece of land he would like to use as testing ground for various projects, so he tries to build the simplest and smallest wind generator suitable to power an IoT project. Using a DC motor as a generator, mishandling rectifier circuits and charging caps. How hard could it be to harvest the power of wind?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrdvhs0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmG9E1VJTo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrf5ks1"&gt;Bonus Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Login Required&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/secret-element14-presents/m/files/147755"&gt;Download CAD files and Schematics&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="/user/createuser"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; to become a Member!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" style="max-height:360px;max-width:640px;"  src="/resized-image/__size/1280x720/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-04-35/schematic.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrp8ue2"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-9c997" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472,2675047~4,1578403,23465070&amp;nsku=52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X47930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('9c997'));" data-farnell="242472,2675047~4,1578403,2346507~10" data-newark="52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X4793~10" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetema=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MAXON MOTOR DC Motor, A-Max 32, Graphite Brushes, Brushed, 6000 rpm, 39.1 mN-m, 15 W, 32 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maxon motor&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-49194" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472&amp;nsku=52R4114 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('49194'));" data-farnell="242472" data-newark="52R4114 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1n4007 Diode&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;multicomp pro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-11be9" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2675047&amp;nsku=05AC0532&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('11be9'));" data-farnell="2675047" data-newark="05AC0532" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed LDO Voltage Regulator, 2.1V to 6V, 210mV Dropout, 3.3Vout, 500mAout, TO-220-3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;microchip&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-44649" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1578403&amp;nsku=08N6475 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('44649'));" data-farnell="1578403" data-newark="08N6475 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrolytic Capacitor, Miniature, 4700 &amp;micro;F, 16 V, &amp;plusmn; 20%, Radial Leaded, 2000 hours @ 85&amp;deg;C, Polar&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;rubycon&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-5bbd6" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2346507&amp;nsku=08X4793&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('5bbd6'));" data-farnell="2346507" data-newark="08X4793" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrq2qd3"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mayer Makes Engineering Resin for 3d printed parts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;M8 threaded rod&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2 Skateboard bearings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Polypropylen foil&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Screws, nuts and washers. M8 and M3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3692/vcp-biography-clem"&gt;About Clem&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: off grid, energy harvesting, How To, wind generator, diy generator, solar, friday_release, e14p_CMM&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 608: Making the Simplest DIY Wind Generator - How Hard Could it Be?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608/revision/1</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:18:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:63549c61-b0ab-4cf1-b500-6ee8a97b1921</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/28200/making-the-simplest-diy-wind-energy-generator---how-hard-could-it-be----episode-608#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 6/13/2023 5:18:06 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you power a project in the middle of nowhere? Solar is not the only option, and in rough climates wind might be equally as viable. Clem has a little piece of land he would like to use as testing ground for various projects, so he tries to build the simplest and smallest wind generator suitable to power an IoT project. Using a DC motor as a generator, mishandling rectifier circuits and charging caps. How hard could it be to harvest the power of wind?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrdvhs0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmG9E1VJTo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrf5ks1"&gt;Bonus Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Login Required&lt;/strong&gt;: Download CAD files and Schematics&amp;nbsp; (&lt;a href="/user/createuser"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; to become a Member!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" style="max-height:360px;max-width:640px;"  src="/resized-image/__size/1280x720/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-04-35/schematic.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrp8ue2"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-468b7" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472,2675047~4,1578403,23465070&amp;nsku=52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X47930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('468b7'));" data-farnell="242472,2675047~4,1578403,2346507~10" data-newark="52R4114 ,05AC0532~4,08N6475 ,08X4793~10" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetema=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" data-avnetasia=",undefined~4,,undefined~10" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MAXON MOTOR DC Motor, A-Max 32, Graphite Brushes, Brushed, 6000 rpm, 39.1 mN-m, 15 W, 32 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maxon motor&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-3112d" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=242472&amp;nsku=52R4114 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('3112d'));" data-farnell="242472" data-newark="52R4114 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1n4007 Diode&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;multicomp pro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-a74ad" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2675047&amp;nsku=05AC0532&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('a74ad'));" data-farnell="2675047" data-newark="05AC0532" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fixed LDO Voltage Regulator, 2.1V to 6V, 210mV Dropout, 3.3Vout, 500mAout, TO-220-3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;microchip&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-898ca" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1578403&amp;nsku=08N6475 &amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('898ca'));" data-farnell="1578403" data-newark="08N6475 " data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrolytic Capacitor, Miniature, 4700 &amp;micro;F, 16 V, &amp;plusmn; 20%, Radial Leaded, 2000 hours @ 85&amp;deg;C, Polar&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;rubycon&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-9b4bd" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2346507&amp;nsku=08X4793&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('9b4bd'));" data-farnell="2346507" data-newark="08X4793" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1h2qrq2qd3"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mayer Makes Engineering Resin for 3d printed parts,&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;M8 threaded rod&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2 Skateboard bearings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Polypropylen foil&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Screws, nuts and washers. M8 and M3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3692/vcp-biography-clem"&gt;About Clem&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: off grid, energy harvesting, How To, wind generator, diy generator, solar, friday_release, e14p_CMM&lt;/div&gt;
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