Article by dewain wixom.
Circuit diagram of solar tracking system using arduino.
Let us design a solar tracker using two servo motors a light sensor consisting of four ldrs and arduino uno board.
This is useful for zero pcb or breadboard circuit.
Pcb design for arduino solar tracker.
Circuit of solar tracking system.
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.
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.
As such it is vital that those in engineering fields understand the technologies associated with this area.
Circuit diagram and explanation.
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.
In modern solar tracking systems the solar panels are fixed on a structure that moves according to the position of the sun.
We have designed a single axis solar tracking system.
1 shows the circuit of the solar tracking system.
In the circuit two ldr light dependent resistors sensors are used to sense the light.
Circuit diagram the circuit design of solar tracker is simple but setting.
The circuit diagram shown below.
A solar panel is used to harness solar energy.
Solar tracking system circuit fig.
The solar tracker comprises comparator ic lm339 h bridge motor driver ic l293d ic2 and a few discrete components.
First download the zip file and extract it you will find a circuit diagram of the project.
Solar tracking system full circuit diagram available.
In this arduino solar panel tracker arduino is powered by the 9v battery and all the other parts are powered by the arduino.
Our project will include the design and construction of a microcontroller based solar panel tracking system.
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.
This solar tracking system starts following the sun right from dawn throughout the day till evening and starts all over again from the dawn next day.
We all know that when the intensity of light falling on a ldr increases its resistance decreases.
Arduino solar tracker circuit diagram.
In this project we are going to show you how to make an arduino based solar tracker using ldr servo motor.
Solar energy is rapidly gaining notoriety as an important means of expanding renewable energy resources.
Sun tracking solar panel using arduino project is based on arduino controller board which controls the various activities of the project.
The heart of the above circuit is two voltage comparators made using lm358 dual op amp.
Solar tracking allows more energy to be produced because the solar array.