Eclipse Sun Tracking

The PCB, "Patriarchy Crusher," leverages the HONEY architecture to control H-Bridge motor driver ICs.

PCB Design

The design incluedes:

HONEY compliance

- DataBus connectors for regular updates from the avionics bay - PowerBus connectors for the 5V, 3.3V and 12V power supplies - Can Transceiver for Avionics Communication - Terminating Jumpers for the CAN bus

Applications

Eclipse Sun Tracking

The motor driver board controls motors for the sun tracking project. Project Sol reads orientation data from an IMU, the BNO055, and compares the heading to the sun's expected Azimuth. Based on the difference between the Azimuth angle and the heading angle, the teensy on Patriarchy Crusher commands the HBridge driver to turn the motor clockwise or counterclockwise. The end effect is that the GoPro is rotated to face the sun and can thus take pictures of the eclipse.