Collin's Lab: Solar

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9 жыл бұрын

Harness the power of the sun for - whatever! Solar technology may be commonplace, but converting light into electricity is still an amazing bit of magic. Join Collin as he explores what makes solar tick and it how it relates to other common components.
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@johndoe-fd7rd 9 жыл бұрын

Please make more collins labs! these are great!

@geekionizado 9 жыл бұрын

collin's lab video production is of the greatest quality

@Afrotechmods 9 жыл бұрын

Best one yet!

@emilee172 5 жыл бұрын

your joking, right?

@jaythomas3180 3 жыл бұрын

@@emilee172 what was wrong with it?

@scottt.4366 8 жыл бұрын

great video don't stop making Collins lab

@AnandKumarGupta1 3 жыл бұрын

No words for the videos. So simple

@youfrancis 9 жыл бұрын

Collin Cunningham is a natural teacher--he always makes everything so simple. God bless the Adafruit Gang.

@BrownDogGadgets 9 жыл бұрын

Collin, as always, your labs are educational and entertaining. More teachers should use your videos (like I used to), as they're typically all around better than than the ones supplied by curriculum makers. Kudos galore!

@chrismofer 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad this videos are still around. just as watchable, well paced and informative as 2014

@Zorn101 9 жыл бұрын

Do more please. This is a fantastic production.

@becausevideos8692 9 жыл бұрын

I cant get enough of Collin's Lab

@ChristopherKroupa 9 жыл бұрын

Collin's Lab videos are probably my favorite thing on KZfaq.

@xanokothe 9 жыл бұрын

Finally! Collin's Lab!

@BL4D3RUNN3R0M3N 8 жыл бұрын

"Your move, Sun." *Solar Flare*

@NoorquackerInd 9 жыл бұрын

Hooray! More Collin Cunningham!

@kf7tkj 9 жыл бұрын

More Collin's lab FTW!!!

@TheBnjmnlrd 8 жыл бұрын

I dig Collin's Lab don't stop doing it bro.

@pbp6741 9 жыл бұрын

Very glad to see this series continuing.

@txkent 9 жыл бұрын

I always look forward to Collin's videos.

@lovemyanimals7433 9 жыл бұрын

More of Collin, please. He's very entertaining and informative.

@videorecords1 9 жыл бұрын

When I was younger, before there was one... I thought a solar powered flashlight was a good idea. It does sound silly but it's on the market now. Follow your dreams! It's great to see that "Colin's lab" is still around.

@ibendwires5805 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome video as usual Collin. Keep'em coming. I always learn something.

@spkrman15 9 жыл бұрын

I love Colin's Lab. Keep them coming!

@RobMacKendrick 5 жыл бұрын

Just the music, man. This was the best series ever.

@LiquidLogic1 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Collin! I learn something new every time - Keep up the great work!

@RafaelScott 9 жыл бұрын

AWESOME! More Collin's Lab, please!

@chaseswafford 8 жыл бұрын

Simple, Basic, Quick and to the Point. Ty

@JayDAnderson 9 жыл бұрын

Great video -- Collin, you have a knack for making something complex very understandable. I have learned a lot from you -- A LOT! Thanks.

@coatduck 9 жыл бұрын

You're back! This was my favorite series back on make, and you were the one that got me into electronics! *Fangirls*

@Nodularguy1 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always !

@rjk0128 2 жыл бұрын

Great series!

@TheMaximzodal 9 жыл бұрын

OK, I've gone through all your videos and I'm ready for MORE! Great videos.

@robertparks2933 7 жыл бұрын

PLEASE KEEP MAKING THESE COLLIN'S LAB VIDEOS!!!!!

@jorgemariozuleta 9 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful video!

@youcando8862 5 жыл бұрын

Great videos ever I have seen and the presentation style is awesome

@scott2e 9 жыл бұрын

Great explanation!

@truedesireelements2040 7 жыл бұрын

I LOVE "Collin's Lab", It's the best EVER!!!!!!!

@MagicMumbo 9 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. Love Colin's lab. This this is the first one I've seen and very interesting indeed. Thank you!

@RotchildFrancoisJr 9 жыл бұрын

Lucky you, new viewer! There are so many of them to watch.

@steelhuman7195 9 жыл бұрын

Wow! Awesome! I have been reading lots of books about solar and... I just understand the basic concept by viewing this 5.25 minutes video! Cool! Keep it up! :)

@naheemsheikh3494 9 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE THE MAN. love the video

@Ahmedhkad 7 жыл бұрын

WAAAAAAAW , I love your work Collins :)

@YeetusEliteus 9 жыл бұрын

YES MORE COLLINS LAB!!!

@erehwyrevekool 9 жыл бұрын

WOW .... refreshed from the sun!

@RelaxingYourself 8 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and very useful! Thanks :)

@phuturephunk 8 жыл бұрын

Nice frame of lower Manhattan and Jersey City at the end there. Great video!

@timb.4902 3 жыл бұрын

Just looooooove it !!! Thank you, I am gonna go displace some electrons now - my panel has arrived :)

@arturzyx 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! =)

@TomasSab3D 7 жыл бұрын

awesome style

@beaufox 9 жыл бұрын

Collin, sweet vids.

@Evansmustard 9 жыл бұрын

Holy crap i used to watch colins lab all the time and i just thought i would revisit some of his old videos and somehow slipped under my radar and made a small series! Looks like he is gone again though...

@RamLaska 4 жыл бұрын

5:06 really nice photography there

@oceanbluechristnineangel3675 6 жыл бұрын

You do the job call "Steve Job " you so awesome . big thanks to all your lectures and your teaching so fun .

@Ogma3bandcamp 9 жыл бұрын

Colin's back!!

@RotchildFrancoisJr 9 жыл бұрын

Great production as always by Collin's Lab. I wish the uploading schedule was better though. I think that every two weeks would be a fair amount of time to film and edit the videos. There is roughly a month and a half between each of these videos. Keep it up Adafruit!

@smooooth_ 9 жыл бұрын

OMGOSH THEY BROUGHT COLLINS LAB BACK

@rjmunt 9 жыл бұрын

Quality content as usual, ta sur.

@mikeblack3874 9 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@ajpran 7 жыл бұрын

very enjoy watching this....he is so funny, more pls...

@dawson345 9 жыл бұрын

More Colin!

@gonzarasa 9 жыл бұрын

Learn a lot! I have no idea about the diodes and leds can capture light and transform it in voltage. Thanks!

@kkdaudios6913 2 жыл бұрын

The quality of the video in great...

@CrazyCoupleDIY 6 жыл бұрын

Mate you are awesome

@Rouverius 9 жыл бұрын

The raw output a small solar panel can be used in place of a light dependent resistor (LDR). Also, hooking a small panel to an amplifier or a voltage controlled oscillator creates some interest sounds. Allows you to hear sunlight.

@tedvanmatje 8 жыл бұрын

why has collin not been enrolled to work in the startrek movies yet? i could just imagine the a discussion between him, scotty and spock :) thanks for posting!

@domobrah2671 5 жыл бұрын

Only Collin could make me laugh in the first 3 seconds 😂😂😂

@clpr635 Жыл бұрын

I love this guy

@hkpark2694 9 жыл бұрын

really amusing

@pedromanofernandes5496 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Collin, great video! I'm interested in doing it myself. Can you please list the materials/components used? Maybe with links to Adafruit store. Thanks.

@kcarmical 9 жыл бұрын

Great work! I wish he made a video weekly. :-)

@colinrgodsey 7 жыл бұрын

these are really good. make moar!

@chabka34 8 жыл бұрын

omg this guy is my favorite

@badsaek 8 жыл бұрын

great thks

@ankushkakne9530 5 жыл бұрын

Quality video made by quality man. You are my favorite electronics guy. But one video is missing. ie., How computers work.. Would you please make it for us..? Based on these points..>> memory, CPU, input and output. I will be very grateful if you make one.

@qhtl9 2 жыл бұрын

This feels like something that would be aired in Tv UNAM

@RyanJensenEE 9 жыл бұрын

It is bittersweet to see that Collin Cunningham is making videos again. They are definitely different than the videos he was making years ago. These new Adafruit videos seem watered down. They feel scripted, unlike the old videos which seemed geeky in an organic way. Nevertheless, I will continue to watch. Collin is better than no Collin.

@harrymerzin2980 9 жыл бұрын

do the electrons ever reset to the junction between the positive and negative layers?? or once they get nocked out once, they're done...

@PatrickPoet 3 жыл бұрын

My solar power idea is to simulate an effective way to use solar power in a van to work off grid. My idea is to use gps and compass devices to quickly turn and tilt solar panels to point at the sun and then use a sort of max-min algorithm run by an Arduino to keep the solar panels pointed at the sun for max output. I'll do it on my desktop at a smaller scale because I don't actually have a van or much money. I can pull off a simulation on my desktop though. So far I've gotten from Adafruit a GPS Antenna, a Ultimate GPS with USB - 66 channel w/10 Hz updates, and a Triple-axis Accelerometer+Magnetometer (Compass) Board - LSM303Triple-axis Accelerometer+Magnetometer (Compass) Board - LSM303. Next I'll get a 6v solar panel and a solar charge controller and a battery. For a complete simulation I'd need some sort of inverter of course. Does Adafruit have that? I also need gears to rotate and tilt. Pretty sure Adafruit doesn't have that. Any suggestions on where I could get the gears?

@FirstInstruMentalist 8 жыл бұрын

Alton Brown+Dwight Schrute.

@x.amrusabiq6195 Жыл бұрын

Hmm, solar fan. What a great idea!

@fraznofire2508 7 жыл бұрын

"Your move sun" lol

@severins1919 8 жыл бұрын

where i can listen to your music?

@jamescullins2709 7 жыл бұрын

You very funny ! which make it fun to watch.

@SeiRruf 9 жыл бұрын

I learned that LEDs can actually produce power here first, folks! Awesome haha That makes me wonder, do outdoor LED billboards take this into consideration? I'd imagine the back-feed of that much power being generated when the sun hits them, creating a problem.

@PhattyMo 9 жыл бұрын

2:55 ,yelling at my screen "Ahh,but they do!" Also,some old transistors work too- find an old TO-3 case transistor,and pop the top off to expose the die to the light. :)

@excavatoree 9 жыл бұрын

Do you know which junction works better?

@PhattyMo 9 жыл бұрын

excavatoree Try the Base-Emitter junction of a 2N3055,or something similar. Experiment!

@dougstanton9816 5 жыл бұрын

Where are you Mr. Cunningham? These tech sites are getting views because of you sir. Please come back to YT.

@Lakes57 9 жыл бұрын

Love the hat!, should have worn a white/cream suit though. :) For his next video Colin will be modeling a solar powered baseball cap with cooling fan. :)

@elykadia 7 жыл бұрын

Colin's lab reminds me of pokemon trainer tips.

@electroman1556 9 жыл бұрын

I never notice that before zener diode and LED diode are producing small amount of electricity! wow

@error.418 8 жыл бұрын

+ElecTroMan DIY AMPLIFIER Heh heh, saying LED diode is like saying ATM machine, or PIN number. LED = Light Emitting Diode, so saying LED diode is like saying Light Emitting Diode diode.

@johnnygeejr500 3 жыл бұрын

Cool. The snazz

@TheEpicW0rm 8 жыл бұрын

What does he use in this video, (like how did he connect everything)

@tekgeek6548 8 жыл бұрын

+Ty Luna the white board he is using is called a bread board. you can plug many circuits into it for testing

@iTracti0n 7 жыл бұрын

"Your move Sun" *Sun intensifies*

@ernestg7466 9 жыл бұрын

Wao

@larrykaufhold6108 9 жыл бұрын

If LEDs read light coming in - can your monitor be a camera? I believe The LCDs have LEDs behind the liquid crystal. If so aren't all TV's, watches and cell phones just cameras? Is big brother watching you?

@tekgeek6548 8 жыл бұрын

+Larry Kaufhold (Multiple Monodot) the LED's in monitors are usually on a strip on the edge of the screen its illuminated just like you would hold up flashlight to the bottom of a mountain dew soda and it glows

@error.418 8 жыл бұрын

+Larry Kaufhold (Multiple Monodot) Generating electricity from light is not capturing light in a reproducible manner. It's converted to electricity. It is not a camera.

@TheRealMisterJ 9 жыл бұрын

dont wear a black suit..on the roof lmaooo

@bryanst.martin7134 6 жыл бұрын

WooHoo! We have an excess of holes! And next you're going to tell me that the holes flow from positive to negative, right?

@jayaonnatoc3659 5 жыл бұрын

make a music instrumental... like arduino drum with you own code,, that will be cool... i wish you can make one....

@luigipizzolito5597 8 жыл бұрын

what is the song in the intro?

@scottt.4366 8 жыл бұрын

don't know but their is a link to his SoundCloud

@luigipizzolito5597 8 жыл бұрын

+Scott Taylor I had a listen to his songs in sound cloud, but i just cant find the one in the intro. I like it a lot

@x.amrusabiq6195 Жыл бұрын

Never thought the diode can produce energy

@Calvinatorzcraft 8 жыл бұрын

Can the panel run out of electrons?

@eddiephimansone7273 7 жыл бұрын

I would assume so. Solar panels do have to be replaced every once and I while from what I've read, albeit a long while. I'm guessing that's due to a lack of negative charge.

@MsSomeonenew 7 жыл бұрын

Not under any normal conditions. Electricity is the flow of electrons from the side with excess to the side lacking electrons, so they always stay in the loop, same thing in PV cells electrons get dislodged on the N side and then want to go back to the P side. And the reason PV panels degrade over time is just gradual combination of defects, the glass starts to fracture, glues start to fog, moisture and oxidation starts to creep in, and even the molecular structure itself starts to very slowly break since it gets bombarded with photons for so very long. But we are talking 30% power loss in 30 years(if it was made properly), that means you can still go on using them they just put out less power, and once completely done the silicone can simply get melted and used in the next PV panel.

@Calvinatorzcraft 7 жыл бұрын

+MsSomeonenew Huh. Neat.

@svetovid5897 7 жыл бұрын

lol, where exactly do you think those electrons are going?

@radioactivated 7 жыл бұрын

Every electron in that circuit has to stay in the circuit, and believe me, it's jam-packed with electrons. It's not like the electrons are leaking to the outside world.