The parts necessary to build this device were ordered. The plan is to create a design and then modify it so that when the parts are in, everything is ready to go. This allows more time to be spent making small adjustments to the design when the parts are in. This also means the amount of time to test the device should be increased because everything should be ready. As far as things that were ordered, an arduino board, two solar panels, different types of wire and various glassware was ordered. This was done early, again, in the event that something else was necessary for the project, there would be time to make an alterations in the plan if need be.
There was also more research done into how a solar panel could be more effective in collecting the photons and it was found that a mirror could also be used. A concave mirror was also ordered to test this. Even if the mirror did not work as advertised then the mirror could be used in place of the lens to point more solar energy onto the solar panel.
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