Space Hacking

Abha | You Are My Sunshine

Awards & Nominations

Space Hacking has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!

Global Nominee

Solar Spot

High-Level Project Summary

Solar Sport App is a mobile application that is designed to assist users in tracking solar energy and finding suggested optimal locations, managing solar panels, predicting the optimal positions for the solar panels and (solar reflectors if any), solar panels needed before purchasing and installation. Solar Spot app offers a device called “Solar Irradiance and Power Monitoring Device” as an extra feature that is connected to the Solar Spot App via WiFi to allow the user to stream Real-Time data about the solar irradiance on the solar panel and power. This device can be installed at once. This solution has been done by utilizing emerging technologies such as IoT, VR and ML.

Link to Project "Demo"

https://youtu.be/bnR9FOg0_-g

Link to Final Project

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1241kxHrH9fVVvHJB66fgZ2Sij8skW0rY?usp=sharing

Detailed Project Description

Solar Sport App is a mobile application that is designed to assist users in tracking solar energy and finding suggested optimal locations, managing solar panels, predicting the optimal positions for the solar panels and (solar reflectors if any), solar panels needed before purchasing and installation. Solar Spot app offers a device called “Solar Irradiance and Power Monitoring Device” as an extra feature that is connected to the Solar Spot App via WiFi to allow the user to stream Real-Time data about the solar irradiance on the solar panel and power. This device can be installed at once on as many solar panels as the user wants.This solution has been done by utilizing emerging technologies such as IoT, VR and ML.

The Solar Spot App is Connected to NASA POWER APIs and successfully streamed the data for solar irradiance and weather indicators by hourly, daily and monthly.

The Solar Irradiance and Power Monitoring Device built using a microcontroller (MCU), voltage sensor, battery and charging circuit. . The device can work using the positive and negative cables from the solar panels to monitor the power. Also, the device can work in a rechargeable battery or via norml electrical cable.

Team:

Ayman Albasha

Business/Technical AnalystTeam leader | Technical consultant | PMO

Amjad Masad

Information Technology & Computing

APP Developer | UI/UX Designer | Graphic Designer

Ahmad Abu Haimed

Software/Electronics Engineer

R&D in Quantum | Space | Energy | AI & Robotics

Space Agency Data

We connected our Solar Spot App to the NASA POWER APIs. We’ve successfully streamed the data monthly, daily, and hourly. For the Solar Irradiance and Weather Indicators.

We use these resources from NASA:

The POWER Project

https://power.larc.nasa.gov/#resources

Data access view

https://power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/

NASA POWER API Documentation

https://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/services/

POWER Hourly API

https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/pages/?urls.primaryName=Hourly

POWER Manager API

https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/pages/?urls.primaryName=Manager

POWER Daily API

https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/pages/?urls.primaryName=Daily

POWER Monthly and Annual API

https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/pages/?urls.primaryName=Monthly%20%26%20Annual

NASA GEWEX

https://gewex-srb.larc.nasa.gov/

Hackathon Journey

We start to group our team then choose the challenge that suits our interests wrt NASA and Saudi Arabia. Then we started to plan with the team to find a solution that can be applied to NASA and Saudi Arabia. We have decided to work on the solar energy sector due to the strong potential. We agreed that we are now in the age of digitization and utilizing the emerging technology for solar energy will improve the solution.