Development of a Solar Powered Charging

This project proposes an alternative way of disposing garbage using a microcontroller operated charging station that provides incentives to users that properly disposed of their plastic bottle scraps with a power supply to charge their electronic gadgets. The authors believed the potential of the system to lessen the gap of environmental technologies within the country by engineering a unique machine that applies technology and its current trend to solid waste management. Solar panel and rechargeable battery will be the core energy source of the machine to have sustainability, made of low-cost but durable material as its frame for support and stability to the system. The system will be generally in stand-by mode until a waste material is deposited inside the opening hatch of the system, and then the chamber will close. The bottle count indicator will increment in value material deposited was accepted; the user can then pick a chamber to use as the charging ports of their mobile device. Another set of indicators displays the remaining time for each charging chamber; generally, each bottle that has been deposited and categorized accordingly using the system will provide a five-minute charging interval for the user. Based on the testing for the accuracy and power conservation and dissipation, the system has accurately classified a number of materials that has been disposed within the chamber of the system, it can be also able to sustain its core energy source without the need of using an external power source as long as the proper solar source is available.

Keywords –Solar Powered, Charging Station, Recycling, Green Engineering, Gizduino-Based