A senior design project for aerospace/mechanical engineers. The solar tracking array prototype consists of three phototransistors mounted into a moveable wooden panel and a motorized hinge mounted onto a mockup of the Akoya nanosatellite.

When turned on, the motor drives the mock solar panel through a full arc, recording the greatest input to the phototransistors, then retraces the arc until its readings match that point again.

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