Gallery

Renders, simulations, and visualizations of the Wattplot. Click any image to view it full-size. To add a new concept, drop a PNG into docs/gallery/<category>/ via GitHub and add a card below.

Build 11 renders

Isometric, full-size

8 × 5 ft bed, 35° tilt, bifacial panel. The marquee render.

wattplot_v2_iso.png

Folded flat, isometric

Same build, panel at 0° — the wind-folding pose.

wattplot_v2_flat_iso.png

Side view, 35° tilt

"Power" mode. Structural max, max kWh.

side_view_035.png

Side view, 90° tilt

Vertical. Retired in v3 — fails the wind calc.

side_view_090.png

Side view, 0° (folded)

Panel flat on the bed. The stow pose.

side_view.png

Top-down

Bed + frame + panel, looking straight down.

wattplot_v2_top.png

East elevation

Short side. PCB enclosure visible.

east_side.png

South elevation

Long side. Hinge axis, cable routing.

south.png

North elevation

Long side, opposite. Actuator mount visible.

north.png

Mini build, isometric

18 × 14 inch, ~$193, 3–4 hours. The starter build.

mini_iso.png

Mini build, top-down

Compact and clean.

mini_top.png

Electronics 3 diagrams

PCB schematic

14 sections, 5V/3.3V power tree, dual H-bridges.

pcb_schematic.png

Mini breadboard diagram

For the mini build, no PCB. Where every wire goes.

mini_breadboard_diagram.png

Mini breadboard schematic

The schematic version of the breadboard. For sanity-checking.

mini_breadboard_schematic.png

Simulations 6 charts

Live dashboard

Tilt, current, sun, wind, water, energy.

dashboard_preview.png

Daily DLI, 12 months

Simulated daily light integral at Phoenix lat (33.45°N).

sun_simulator_daily_dli.png

Monthly DLI

Same data, aggregated by month. Plan varieties around it.

sun_simulator_monthly_dli.png

Sun position, 365 days

Where the sun is in the sky over a year.

sun_simulator_scatter.png

Wind load, forces

ASCE 7-22 wind forces on the tilted panel. The 35° max tilt is set by this.

wind_load_forces.png

Wind load, summary

Safety factor at each tilt angle. Anything > 2.0 is acceptable.

wind_load_summary.png

Booth 9 wood-only renders

Booth-friendly wood-only renders — the frame and bed without the panel or electronics, optimized for a 4K display.

Wood frame, v8

Current best. The 8-iteration evolution.

wood-v8.png

Wood frame, v8 (viewer bg)

Same as v8, viewer background baked in for a 4K booth display.

wood-v8-viewer.png

Wood frame, v1

First iteration. The "does this even make sense?" stage.

wood-v1.png

Wood frame, v2

Early hinge exploration.

wood-v2.png

Wood frame, v3

Mid-iteration. Hinge design settling down.

wood-v3.png

Wood frame, v4

Hinge + frame integrated.

wood-v4.png

Wood frame, v5

The 4-corner hinge arrangement took shape.

wood-v5.png

Wood frame, v6

Bracing and post proportions refined.

wood-v6.png

Wood frame, v7

Just before v8. Almost there.

wood-v7.png

Diagrams 4 system diagrams

Sophisticated SVG diagrams — the system block, power flow, firmware state machine, and assembly sequence. Click any preview for the full annotated version on the Diagrams page.

System block diagram

Panel, MPPT, battery, MCU, motor, solenoid, sensors — color-coded wires. The whole controller on one page.

#block

Power flow

Battery → MPPT → 12 V / 5 V / 3.3 V rails. What each subsystem actually sees on its supply pin.

#power

Firmware state machine

Normal, Monitoring, Folding, Locked — every transition, every trigger, every guard. The control loop in one picture.

#state

Assembly sequence

Nine steps from lumber to live system. Frame build, hinge alignment, panel mount, wiring, MPPT, controller, test.

#assembly

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