Optical Transformer

Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

May 20th-22nd

Exhibit Engineering

My project transforms light in the IR spectrum into light in the visible spectrum. Six LEDs radiate on a solar panel suspended in the middle of the box. The panel feeds into a microcontroller that displays text on a pre-programmed OLED.

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Ranesh Kumar

Ranesh is currently pursuing his master's degree at U.C. Davis. His current research focuses on latent heat of metals and alloys for use in an energy conversion project. Professional interests include solar energy capture, conversion and storage.

Categories: Engineering, Arduino, Electronics, Microcontrollers

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