remipch

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by remipch 2y ago
Thank you very much for your kind and detailed reply! Indeed, the closed-loop control was the initial idea which convinced me that it would be possible to build the mechanical parts by hand with common tools. In other words, the software &q
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by remipch 2y ago
Thanks for your nice comment. Yes it's definitely fun to build one and use that free energy from the sun. I was particularly happy to eat my first solar gratin :-)
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by remipch 2y ago
Exactly This has the advantage of requiring fewer motors (only two motors for the entire panel) instead of two motors per mirror. The disadvantage is that the light is only focused for a few hours a day.
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Show HN: Homemade automated solar concentrator(github.com)
296 points by remipch 2y ago|87 comments
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by remipch 2y ago
Interesting, do you have any links about this startup ? You say it's more expensive, do you have a rough estimate of the cost of such a panel (with or without motors) ? I'm asking because I'm currently working on a small scal
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by remipch 2y ago
It reminds me of "Le Pipotron" [0] (in French) that made me laugh when I was younger. The goal was to make fun of political bullshit. "Meaningful nonsense" is much more evolved and beautiful. Thank you Amy Goodchild for
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by remipch 2y ago
Yes, that makes sense, it should take a long time to get it working. Is it possible to "simply" power a few electromagnets to see a few numbers spinning? Anyway, you're right, ideas are infinite, time is not. It's good t
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by remipch 2y ago
Are you tempted to try to repair it and get it up and running (even partially if it's possible) ?
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by remipch 2y ago
Hi ! I came here to post your article and found you did it already. Thank you, it's full of interesting details and beautiful pictures. Computer science is old enough that we can do "computer archeology" nowadays. It feels li
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by remipch 2y ago
If I had a plotter, I'd try a few things with plotter.vision. It converts a 3D STL file to SVG with "hidden wireframe removal". There is also an "anaglyph" mode to output red/blue lines to be seen in 3D with re
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by remipch 2y ago
Yes, it's close to an iPod Shuffle but my grandmother cannot use an iPod Shuffle, it's too complicated for her with 5 (too small) buttons.
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by remipch 2y ago
Thank you. I had fun making this little toy project, I felt like a software artisan assembling some simple existing pieces of hardware and software. It's a refreshing change from complex professional projects that take months to comple
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by remipch 2y ago
A minimalist MP3 player for my grandmother. The whole user interface is a single physical button on her desk : - ON : indefinitely play all MP3 files randomly - OFF : stop playing The longest task was to find her favourite pieces of music f
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by remipch 3y ago
It looks promising. I like the way each algorithm is explained with minimal example and demo images. I'm looking for such a lightweight vision lib to embed simple image manipulation programs on tiny ESP32-CAM boards. OpenCV seems too h
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Show HN: MiniMock, a minimalist, header-only, C/C++ mock library(github.com)
2 points by remipch 4y ago|0 comments