Sun Tracking Solar Panel Using Arduino Block Diagram
Use an arduino two small servo motors with light sensing photo resistors to steer a solar panel towards the sun.
Sun tracking solar panel using arduino block diagram. The sun tracking solar panel consists of two ldrs solar panel and a servo motor and atmega328 micro controller. Circuit diagram the circuit design of solar tracker is simple but setting. So first things first you need some solar panels. This system collects free energy from the sun and stores it in the battery and then converts this energy to the respective alternating current.
Microcontroller based scaled down solar tracker using arduino platform. The panels i found were rated at 1 5v 0 75w output which is on the lower end available these days. This article describes about circuit that rotates solar panel. The center top hole is for a fifth sensor to shut the system down if clouds block the sun so it doesn t try to point at the brightest cloud.
From the sun the solar pv panels and collectors must always be perpendicular to. Generally solar panels are stationary devices which is fixed at a position. The two pieces glue together. It consists of only this components ldr module l293d motor driver.
Solar tracking system using arduino pratik pawar ashish yadav pritam makwana shubham patil abstract in this paper a solar tracking system using arduino is designed and built. It searches for the brightest light source like the sun. In modern solar tracking systems the solar panels are fixed on a structure that moves according to the position of the sun. Updated servo controlled light tracking solar panel platform.
The produced electrical energy can be increased if we move the solar panel as the movement of the sun. So solar panel should continuously rotate in the direction of sun. Principle of sun tracking solar panel. I used two although you can use however many you want just think about how much a 9gram servo is going to be able to lift lower dont make it too heavy.
Here is a simple low cost solar tracker circuit which automatically moves the solar panel in the direction of sun. In this article we are going to make a sun tracking solar panel using arduino in which we will use two ldrs light dependent resistor to sense the light and a servo motor to automatically rotate the solar panel in the direction of the sun light advantage of this project is that solar panel will always follow the sun light will always face towards the sun to get charge all the time and can. Aim of the project. Shows block diagram of the project.