PV characterization
Venture Category: Scientific Instruments
Community: Sensorica
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We have finished our collaboration with the original sponsor. Anyone can now take this venture further. Feel free to take on the role of animator.
Objectives
Objectives
Design and create a system device for optical characterization of thin and transparent materials, as an open source project so it can have a maximum of social impact, and can be utilized and modified by communities around the world.
Description
Description
Two axis directional gimbal platform featuring a brushless dc motor direct drive system and magnetic base micromanipulators, almost entirely 3D printed.
The main application of the device is the measurement of the quantum efficiency (QE) of photovoltaic cells. The device is essentially an automated tilt angle and rotation stage, capable of both tilt angle adjustments (from 0-90 degrees) and for rotation (0-360 degrees) with 1 degree accuracy. There are some additional elements for fixing the sample and for electrical connections.
Contents
Contents
Communication and coordination
Communication and coordination
Communication channels
Communication channels
Messaging: Discord channel
For more generic discussions: Open forum, Main Sensorica mailing list
Social media: Sensorica Facebook page
Coordination tools
Coordination tools
Diigo tag
Diigo tag
Planning
Planning
The planning is modeled with 2 parallel workflows below. To record your contributions just click on the appropriate box. This will open a new page with the process, where you can record your contributions. You need access to the system to log, ask in the Forum.
R&D workflow: A structured series of technical processes that will move the project from idea to product. See also Conditions workflow below. Work on design, R&D and manufacturing is logged in this section.
Conditions workflow: A structured series of processes that will create the conditions for the project to develop. Work on activities that support product development is logged in this section.
Log non-production work
Definition: Non production work is work that doesn't have a clear deliverable associated with it. Examples are office work, meetings, facilitation, coordination, etc.
Go to the non-production log page (you must be logged in), enter date, activity, and chose PV characterization project. Add short description and a link (if necessary), and press SAVE. You can enter multiple activities before you press SAVE. You can enter multiple activities before you press SAVE. You can modify our logging from My work/My Contributions page.
Project status: Prototype
Needs
animator
relations with academia
mecatronics
Notes
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Documentation repository
Documentation repository
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Some crazy design attitude (unfortunately not implemented...)
Some crazy design attitude (unfortunately not implemented...)
Incentives
Incentives
Official project benefit redistribution algorithm
Official project benefit redistribution algorithm
See SENSORICA Business Model and Contribution Accounting System.
Since the device will be distributed as CC-BY-SA, SENSORICA will have the right to commercialize it.
You can be co-author in at least a scientific paper describing the device and the process.
Economic model
Economic model
The short-term economic model for this venture is based mostly on public funding and crowdfunding.
The long-term economic model for this venture is built around open innovation and distributed manufacturing (DIY).
In short, for the long run, we're geared towards providing:
DIY kits (can be transactional kit sales) that provide required vitamins (non-digitally manufactured components) to build a particular tool (Zimmermann, 2014; Gibney, 2016).
Specialty parts / components, hard-to-find, custom (ex. BackYard Brains or OpenQCM both sell the most specialized and hardest to source components for their respective open hardware tools).
Help with calibrating and validating (scientific) hardware (can be transactional service) to provide security to prosumers who build their own tools. This provides prosumers with the confidence that their measurements or functionality are acceptably reproducible, accurate and precise.
Education / Training (ex. Open Source Ecology), include support. This can also follow the consulting business model (Fjelsted et al., 2012).
Ecosystem services: provide trust, validation, discoverability, help, a place to discuss and collaborate, etc.
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Organisational context
Organisational context
Agreements
Agreements
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