SunPlanner · Element Redesign · Concept B

Incidence Mark — the aim ring

One round instrument per solar array, answering a single question at a glance: is this panel square to the sun right now? The outer ring is the sun. The inner mark is the panel's face. When the panel is aimed dead-on, the mark slides home to center, the capture arms close, and the pip locks. Off-axis, the mark drifts to the rim in the exact direction you're missing, so the gap is something you can see, not just read. Aim quality is carried by offset, aperture, pip shape, and a plain word, so it never depends on color.

01 Three arrays · live aim · comfortable zoom dead-on · slightly off · badly off
02 At dashboard scale · inline strip how it rides on the home screen
Array aim live · 12:41 PM
03 Reading it without color four redundant cues
CUE 1
Offset
The inner mark's distance from center is the miss. Centered means square; out at the rim means badly off.
CUE 2
Aperture
The two capture arms close tight around a good aim and swing wide open as the aim worsens.
CUE 3
Lock pip
A solid pip seats in the center only on a true lock. It hollows to a ring when near, and is gone when off.
CUE 4
Word + bars
LOCKED / NEAR / OFF in plain text, the angle in degrees, and a segmented harvest bar read by filled count.
Concept B · Aim Ring Harvest = cos(incidence). Living motion eases each mark toward its live target as the sun tracks across the sky.