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are that if the bicycle location does not have a street address is may only be found on the map,
and that if the bicycle is not in an area that has cellular service it will not function. The
Zoombak tracker was compared to a TK102 tracker.
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Table T- 1 Tracker Comarison
Based off of these comparisons the Zoombak is a much clearer choice but for global sale the
TK102 would be required due to the US only limitation that the Zoombak currently suffers from.
T-2 Explanation of solar trickle charger design and engineering drawing
The solar trickle charger is a common charger used for many things from charging small
batteries to powering electronics. It functions by utilizing solar energy to create a low current
and filtering it through a diode. This allows for you to slowly charge any electronics under the
output voltage of the solar panel without having to worry about the solar panel pulling power
from the source you wish to charge. For this design a 1N4003 diode was used with a 6 volt
50mA solar panel. The positive lead of the solar panel is soldered to the diode with heat shrink
around it. The diode is then soldered to the positive lead of a mini-USB to plug into the tracker
with the negative leads soldered together. All loose wires are then heat shrunk together for
safety purposes. The solar charger would be optional due to lesser functioning from the
reflective lens; the panel would only work in direct, full sunlight.
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