First Solar Panel

Yep, you read that right.  In our efforts to bring about a better digital age, Digital Fruit has taken its first step towards environmentally responsible computing.  We have obtained our first solar panel, and will be working towards a storage battery and an inverter next.

If you want to help participate in the Digital Fruit responsible computing initiative, just head to our website, www.digitalfruit.biz, and give us a call for pick up on any aluminum recycling you have.  And thank you for all of those already participating, our efforts are already paying off!

SUCCESS!!!

     Wonderful news!  I soldered the three solar cells together into one unit, then I bound the exposed leads to the already tested solar cell I purchased and tried out.  So as I sit here next to the window, looking down at the little test board I have, there is a little red light that is dimly glowing.  It may be dim, but this window is in the shade, so just imagine how much brighter it would glow if the solar cells were in full sunlight!  I'm going to have to try that now.  So, with that said, I'm off to experiment some more!

Tinkering

     I've been tinkering with my soldering iron today.  I walk all the way down to Dennis company and purchased some wire, then got back to Sears and found an in-expensive set of wire stripper/cutters to help along my work with the solar cells.  I'm think I'm starting to get a handle on this whole transmitting electricity thing, but I have to see it in action to make sure I'm right.  So I pulled out the solar cells and started soldering them together.  I'm afraid I may have damaged one, but such is the price for expansion of knowledge, sometimes you have to make mistakes.  If I'm right though, I should be able to fix it, if I haven't already.
     I'm still holding out hope though that I'll be able to do this.  If I can just figure out how to gather and transmit power, that's one step closer.
     Also, my wife suggested that I put Epic on hold for a while, until I have learned all the things that I need to know about how to design this game.  She suggested that until that point, I should work on other, smaller projects until I had mastered all the things that I need to know.  This discussion came as kind of a relief, because I've been worrying over this.  I feel like I can get more done now, because I can work on other things and get them done, but still work on the other project.