Article by dewain wixom.
Circuit diagram of solar tracking system using arduino.
The solar panel tracker is designed to follow the sun movement so that maximum light intensity hits on the solar panel thus increasing the power efficiency.
Pcb design for arduino solar tracker.
As such it is vital that those in engineering fields understand the technologies associated with this area.
Solar energy is rapidly gaining notoriety as an important means of expanding renewable energy resources.
First download the zip file and extract it you will find a circuit diagram of the project.
Solar tracking system circuit fig.
Circuit diagram and explanation.
The solar tracker comprises comparator ic lm339 h bridge motor driver ic l293d ic2 and a few discrete components.
Solar tracking allows more energy to be produced because the solar array.
The signal wire of the servo is connected to digital pin 9 of the arduino and gnd gnd vcc 5v of arduino one terminal of the ldr1 and ldr2 is short circuited and connected to the 5v pin of arduino and other terminal of the ldrs is connected to the pin a0 and a1 of the arduino.
In this arduino solar panel tracker arduino is powered by the 9v battery and all the other parts are powered by the arduino.
Circuit diagram simple solar tracker circuit diagram working.
Let us design a solar tracker using two servo motors a light sensor consisting of four ldrs and arduino uno board.
Also since a panel which is incident to the sun can gather more amount of solar energy the solar panel is attached to a motor.
Arduino recommended input voltage is from 7 to 12 volts but you can power it within the range of 6 to 20 volts which is the limit.
Circuit diagram the circuit design of solar tracker is simple but setting.
A solar panel is used to harness solar energy.
The circuit diagram shown below.
Our project will include the design and construction of a microcontroller based solar panel tracking system.
We have designed a single axis solar tracking system.
In the circuit two ldr light dependent resistors sensors are used to sense the light.
Since ldr is an analogue sensor they are connected to the analog pins a0 and a1 of arduino.
This is useful for zero pcb or breadboard circuit.
Sun tracking solar panel using arduino project is based on arduino controller board which controls the various activities of the project.
In modern solar tracking systems the solar panels are fixed on a structure that moves according to the position of the sun.
In this project we are going to show you how to make an arduino based solar tracker using ldr servo motor.
Light dependent resistors ldr1 through ldr4 are used as sensors to detect the panel s position.
1 shows the circuit of the solar tracking system.
We all know that when the intensity of light falling on a ldr increases its resistance decreases.
Solar tracking system full circuit diagram available.
The heart of the above circuit is two voltage comparators made using lm358 dual op amp.
