Power peripherals
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Projects & Details
Voltage Regulator
- Develop basic voltage regulator that limits voltage and current to XO
- Redesign voltage regulator to produce variable outputs
- Redesign version 2 of regular to all it to charge multiple XOs
- Possible mechanical design of voltage regulator housing (need to evaluate later)
- Thermal analysis of regulator (need to evaluate later)
Bicycle Powered Generator
- Review of literature
- Development of bicycle powered generator design
- Building generator
Power Deployment Guide
- Summarize wiki information and commentary on OLPC mailing lists related to power
- Put information in easy-to-read guide on power deployment options
- Make guide widely available
Solar Setup Testing
- Develop testing methodologies for evaluating a XO solar setup
- Testing solar setup & publish findings
Thermoelectric Power Generation
- Explore potential for using thermoelectrics for powering XOs
Milestones
- Basic voltage regulator built (6/25- DONE)
- Variable voltage regulator built (7/7)
- Design of Bicycle Generator (7/15)
- Voltage regulator for charging multiple XOs (7/18)
- Revisit milestone schedule (7/18)
- Testing plan for solar testing (7/18)
- Acquire materials for bicycle generator (7/22)
- Draft Deployment Guide (7/25)
- Bicycle Generator built (7/31)
- Visit to Factor E Farm for testing solar setup and bicycle generator (8/1)
- Generator documentation (8/8)
- Final Deployment guide (8/15)
- Final solar testing data report (8/15)