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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/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Blog</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:57:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog" /><item><title>Building a Solar Charger</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/building-a-solar-charger</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:aa6ae619-d36f-475a-8994-3a08de3b416e</guid><dc:creator>shabaz</dc:creator><slash:comments>17</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3693</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/building-a-solar-charger#comments</comments><description>&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-community-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Electronics &amp;amp; Design Projects&lt;/a&gt;Monthly project competitions, chances to earn prizes, you decide project themes, your ideas, your projects, turn ideas into projects.&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Back to The Project14 homepage &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Project14 Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/w/documents/2891/project14-current-upcoming-and-previous-contests"&gt;Monthly Themes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/w/documents/20670/project14-you-decide-the-next-monthly-project-competition"&gt;Monthly Theme Poll&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/building-a-solar-charger"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3693&amp;AppID=178&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solaryardgadgetch">solaryardgadgetch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solar_2D00_cell">solar-cell</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/battery%2bcharging">battery charging</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/battery%2bcharger">battery charger</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solar%2bpanel">solar panel</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/energyharvestingch">energyharvestingch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/bq24650">bq24650</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solar_2D00_energy">solar-energy</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/conservation_5F00_projects">conservation_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/texas_5F00_instruments">texas_instruments</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solarpwrdevicesch">solarpwrdevicesch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/project14">project14</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/project%2b14">project 14</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/texas%2binstruments">texas instruments</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solar">solar</category></item><item><title>Upcycled Wireless Sensor Accent Light, Part 2</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/upcycled-wireless-sensor-accent-light-part-2</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:36:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:bca27f15-ccca-4075-9f0f-7470caab888e</guid><dc:creator>pettitda</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3597</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/upcycled-wireless-sensor-accent-light-part-2#comments</comments><description>Testing the solar panel&amp;nbsp;The next step in my project was to test the solar panel to see exactly how much power I could get out of it.&amp;nbsp; To do this, I set up a variable resistor load on the output of the solar panel.&amp;nbsp; Additionally, I used...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/upcycled-wireless-sensor-accent-light-part-2"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3597&amp;AppID=178&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solaryardgadgetch">solaryardgadgetch</category></item><item><title>Not enough power</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/not-enough-power</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2017 06:42:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8f4df0c7-7660-4052-a3ec-03b53e370ee0</guid><dc:creator>wescoy78</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3512</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/not-enough-power#comments</comments><description>What if we can make the playoffs of Soler much higher(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/not-enough-power"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3512&amp;AppID=178&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solaryardgadgetch">solaryardgadgetch</category></item><item><title>Tilt Solar Light</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/tilt-solar-light</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2017 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c780ad99-80a2-4b25-97f1-113ba3430333</guid><dc:creator>carmelito</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3478</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/tilt-solar-light#comments</comments><description>
This is an easy mod to dollar store solar lights using a Tilt switch. To build one of these you will need access to a 3D printer.Basically the tilt switch is just added before the LED in the circuit. This will allow you to control when the LED turns...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/tilt-solar-light"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3478&amp;AppID=178&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solaryardgadgetch">solaryardgadgetch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/3dprint">3dprint</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/wood%2bfilament">wood filament</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solar%2blight">solar light</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/energyharvestingch">energyharvestingch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/3D%2bPrinting">3D Printing</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/conservation_5F00_projects">conservation_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solar%2bpower">solar power</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solarpwrdevicesch">solarpwrdevicesch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/tilt_5F00_sensor">tilt_sensor</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/project%2b14">project 14</category></item><item><title>Upcycled Wireless Sensor Accent Light, Part 1</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/upcycled-wireless-sensor-accent-light-part-1</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:55:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:39bb1990-c79c-4d58-9b18-c567dc8acaf7</guid><dc:creator>pettitda</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3474</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/upcycled-wireless-sensor-accent-light-part-1#comments</comments><description> Summary: I plan to design a wireless sensor using an old solar sidewalk lamp for the Project14 Solar Powered Yard Gadget contest sponsored by Element14. The Idea: I will be up-cycling an old sidewalk light.&amp;nbsp; Five years ago, we bought several of...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/upcycled-wireless-sensor-accent-light-part-1"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3474&amp;AppID=178&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solaryardgadgetch">solaryardgadgetch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solarpwrdevicesch">solarpwrdevicesch</category></item><item><title>Memorybox ter nagedachtenis</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/memorybox-ter-nagedachtenis</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:05:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:31966360-0eaa-4bd2-b097-86d0ea7e6b9e</guid><dc:creator>pabilo</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3462</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/memorybox-ter-nagedachtenis#comments</comments><description>Dit apparaat wat op zonne-energie draait maakt een wifi portal. Mensen kunnen verbinding maken en komen automatisch op de pagina terecht van de overleden persoon. Hier kunnen nabestaande een verhaal, fotos en filmpje plaatsen. naast het lezen over de...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/posts/memorybox-ter-nagedachtenis"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3462&amp;AppID=178&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/solarpoweredyardgadget/b/blog/archive/tags/solaryardgadgetch">solaryardgadgetch</category></item></channel></rss>