Solar Tracker

Automatically orient all solar panels on the network to face the sun.

Wiring

Pin	Device
d0	Daylight Sensor

Script

local LT  = ic.enums.LogicType
local LBM = ic.enums.LogicBatchMethod

local panelHash = hash("StructureSolarPanel")

function tick(dt)
    local sensorV = ic.read(0, LT.Vertical)
    local sensorH = ic.read(0, LT.Horizontal)
    if sensorV == nil or sensorH == nil then return end

    -- Solar panels need +90° offset from sensor vertical angle
    ic.batch_write(panelHash, LT.Vertical, sensorV + 90)
    ic.batch_write(panelHash, LT.Horizontal, sensorH)
end

How It Works

The Daylight Sensor reports the sun's position as vertical and horizontal angles. Solar panels need to face the sun directly, but their coordinate system is offset by 90° on the vertical axis. The script reads the sensor and batch-writes to all solar panels on the data network every tick.