Generally solar panels are stationary devices which is fixed at a position.
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.
The produced electrical energy can be increased if we move the solar panel as the movement of the sun.
A solar tracker is a device which tracks the position of the sun and alters the position of the solar panel to maximize the power output of the system.
So solar panel should continuously rotate in the direction of sun.
This system collects free energy from the sun and stores it in the battery and then converts this energy to the respective alternating current.
This article describes about circuit that rotates solar panel.
Let us design a solar tracker using two servo motors a light sensor consisting of four ldrs and arduino uno board.
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.
The dual axis solar photovoltaic panel takes astronomical data as reference and the tracking system has the capability to always point the solar array toward the sun and can be installed in various regions with minor.
Here is a simple low cost solar tracker circuit which automatically moves the solar panel in the direction of sun.
Cardboard 3 2 servo motors.
Use of a solar tracker circuit in the field of energy production will increase its efficiency by almost 25.
2 sheet metal alternative.
The two pieces glue together.
Updated servo controlled light tracking solar panel platform.
It searches for the brightest light source like the sun.
Circuit diagram the circuit design of solar tracker is simple but setting.
4 4 light dependent resistors.
Principle of sun tracking 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.
5 arduino arduino cable.
Components required 1 jumper wires.
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.
6 raspberry pi 3 model b keyboard.
Use an arduino two small servo motors with light sensing photo resistors to steer a solar panel towards the sun.
Aim of the project.