This document provides an introduction, overall description, and requirements for an Arduino-based solar tracking system project. The project uses Arduino, light dependent resistors, and servo motors to automatically rotate a solar panel to track the sun's movement and maximize energy absorption. The system is designed to constantly monitor sunlight intensity with sensors and rotate the panel in two axes (east-west and north-south) towards the direction with strongest light. The document outlines the hardware, software, and algorithms used to achieve this dual-axis solar tracking functionality.
I have made a project Dual Axis Solar Tracker using Arduino to align the solar panel towards the higher density of Sun light. I have used a ATMEGA168 controller IC for programming, and two servo motor for movement of solar panel. It was now also available on EngineersGarage having the link- http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/how-to-make-a-solar-tracker. Check this out as well.
Automatic solar tracker is a system which helps to boost the energy production of solar panel. The whole system even does not need any external power source,
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Arduino based Dual Axis Smart Solar TrackerIJAEMSJORNAL
Solar energy is rapidly advancing as an important means of renewable energy resource. It is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaic, solar thermal energy, solar architecture, molten salt power plants and artificial photosynthesis. Trackers direct solar panels or modules toward the sun. These devices change their orientation throughout the day to follow the sun’s path to maximize energy capture. The use of solar trackers can increase electricity production by around a third, and some claim by as much as 40% in some regions, compared with modules at a fixed angle. In any solar application, the conversion efficiency is improved when the modules are continually adjusted to the optimum angle as the sun traverses the sky. This paper presents the designing of a solar tracking system which is based on Arduino UNO and which provides movement of solar panel in the direction of maximum sun light incident. As a result of which we get more efficient system which is compact, low cost as well as easy to use.
I have made a project Dual Axis Solar Tracker using Arduino to align the solar panel towards the higher density of Sun light. I have used a ATMEGA168 controller IC for programming, and two servo motor for movement of solar panel. It was now also available on EngineersGarage having the link- http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/how-to-make-a-solar-tracker. Check this out as well.
Automatic solar tracker is a system which helps to boost the energy production of solar panel. The whole system even does not need any external power source,
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Seminar on AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMRAKSHSAH
this is the seminar presentation of automatic solar tracking system ,here i have present how it work and advantages and other things related to this.this presentation is our third year{pre finial year } presentation
so guys i hope you like this presentation
MicroGrid and Energy Storage System COMPLETE DETAILS NEW PPT Abin Baby
A microgrid is a localized grouping of electricity generation, energy storage, and loads that normally operates connected to a traditional centralized grid (macrogrid). This single point of common coupling with the macrogrid can be disconnected. The microgrid can then function autonomously. Generation and loads in a microgrid are usually interconnected at low voltage. From the point of view of the grid operator, a connected microgrid can be controlled as if it were one entity.
Microgrid generation resources can include fuel cells, wind, solar, or other energy sources. The multiple dispersed generation sources and ability to isolate the microgrid from a larger network would provide highly reliable electric power. Produced heat from generation sources such as micro turbines could be used for local process heating or space heating, allowing flexible trade off between the needs for heat and electric power.
This slide presents an introduction to microgrid. This is the second class for the subject 'Distribution Generation and Smart Grid'. Class wise I will provide all the discussions and analysis.
Solar tracking system, Full Report Submitted in B.Tech, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Final Year @ College of Engineering Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, INDIA.
Arduino based Dual Axis Smart Solar TrackerIJAEMSJORNAL
Solar energy is rapidly advancing as an important means of renewable energy resource. It is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaic, solar thermal energy, solar architecture, molten salt power plants and artificial photosynthesis. Trackers direct solar panels or modules toward the sun. These devices change their orientation throughout the day to follow the sun’s path to maximize energy capture. The use of solar trackers can increase electricity production by around a third, and some claim by as much as 40% in some regions, compared with modules at a fixed angle. In any solar application, the conversion efficiency is improved when the modules are continually adjusted to the optimum angle as the sun traverses the sky. This paper presents the designing of a solar tracking system which is based on Arduino UNO and which provides movement of solar panel in the direction of maximum sun light incident. As a result of which we get more efficient system which is compact, low cost as well as easy to use.
Fabrication and Performance Analysis of Solar Tracking System by Using By-Pas...IJMREMJournal
Energy is a burning issue that almost every person experience now a days. Energy demand increases exponentially
since a decade. Due to the global warming and it’s threatening impacts on human life. Therefore, to overcome
such disastrous impacts on the planet, renewable energy resources play vital role now a days. Solar energy is one
of the vastest available renewable energy resources around the globe, but the main issue is its poor efficiency.
Pakistan is facing energy shortage that can be compensated through solar power and the need is to design a project
that maximizes its efficiency. So, the research is mainly focused on improving efficiency of solar panels against
shading loss by using different techniques. In this research, different results will be obtained and compared with
different techniques which are LDR based solar tracking system, by-pass diodes technology and super capacitors.
Fabrication of solar tracker is based on Microcontroller that drives L298N driver to operate stepper motor.
Optimization of photovoltaic energy by a microcontroller saad motahhir
One of the major challenges of all nations today is to find new energy sources to meet the needs for continued growth in Energy Term. The conversion of sunlight into electricity via photovoltaic solar cells is becoming a necessity in particular through the observation of a global evolution in clean energy that respects the environment. The main challenge is to optimize as much as possible the cost / energy ($/watt) ratio thus boosting both energy performance and at the same time take full advantage of the sun's rays throughout the day.In this context the sun trackers are such devices for efficiency improvement.
Development of FPGA based Dual Axis Solar Tracking Systemdrboon
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) meet critical timing and performance requirements with parallel processing and real-time control application performance, allowing greater system integration and lower development cost. This paper describes a dual axis solar tracking system is based on astronomical equations. The position of sun at anytime is a function of azimuth and altitude angle values. Azimuth and altitude angle values are collected off line. The prototype of dual axis solar tracking system is developed on FPGA to implement the proposed idea. The system comprises of digital clock module, rise time module and two pulses generator modules. Pulse generator modules employ Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technique for controlling two stepper motors for tracking the azimuth and altitude angles. The functionality of various blocks of the system is described in Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Hardware Description Language (VHDL). The control logic has been successfully implemented on Spartan 3E FPGA device. Xilinx ISE 14.1 suit is used for design entry, synthesis and burning the bit stream file into FPGA device. The functional verification has been performed using Xilinx simulator.
This project aims to develop dual axis solar tracker with IOT monitoring system using Arduino. Generally, solar energy is the technology to get useful energy from sunlight. Solar energy has been used in many traditional technologies over the centuries and has been widely used in the absence of other energy supplies. Its usefulness is widespread when awareness of the cost of the environment and the supply is limited by other energy sources such as fuel. The solar tracking system is the most effective technology to improve the efficiency of solar panels by tracking and following the sun's movement. With the help of this system, solar panels can improve the way of sunlight detection so that more electricity can be collected as solar panels can maintain a sunny position. Thus the project discusses the development of two-axis solar-tracking developers using Arduino Uno as main controller the system. For develops this project, four light-dependent resistors (LDRs) have been used for sunlight detection and a maximum light intensity. Two servo motors have been used to rotate the solar panel according to the sun's light source detected by the LDR. Next a WIFI ESP8266 device is used as an intermediary between device and IOT monitoring system. The IOT monitoring system is a website that functions to store data. The efficiency of this system has been tested and compared with a single axial solar tracker. As a result, the two-axis solar tracking system generates more power, voltage and current.
Development of a Smart Mechatronic Tracking System to Enhance Solar Cell Pan...IJMER
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this work. The Mechatronic tracking hardware section consists mainly of a commercial arduino micro-controller with built in, two servo motor drivers, data input/output, and micro processor modules. Other
components of the tracking hardware are, servo motors actuators and four LDR light intensity sensors. A
feedback control soft ware program, designed and constructed in the present work, enables the solar
tracker to automatically compensate for the sun location’s change to enhance the PV cells efficiency. The
LDR sensors are employed to continuously detect the sun rays intensity at four, light exposed isolated
positions, representing up-right, up-left, down-right, and down-left sides of the solar panel. LDRs data is
hence sent to the control software. The data is used to decide proper actuation actions and send them to
the servomotors to redirect the PV cells panel perpendicular to incident sun rays. Sensors and actuation
signals are exchanged via the in/out data module of the Arduino package. Results of the present
experimental work show that using the present tracking system increases the PV cell out power by about
38% compared with that of a fixed collector
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Automated Solar Tracking System for Efficient Energy Utilizationvivatechijri
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of sun earth position at a given location. This telemetric data is given to microcontroller which will drive the
motors to align the solar panel. This is useful during cloudy weather and rainy days when it is difficult to check
the position of sun. Solar panels give output efficiency of around 15% to 20% based on the type of panel. The use
of solar tracking system increases it to a range of about 30% to 35%. This project further involves use of reflective
sheets on the sides of solar panel which will concentrate the reflected rays on the panel. Due to this the efficiency
is further increased around 40%. This project is a cost effective solution for stationary solar systems to increase
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A Seminar Project Report ARDUINO BASED SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM
1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering
IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad
A Seminar project report
On
ARDUINO BASED SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM
Submitted By
Kshitiz Katiyar (Roll No. 1414310096)
Shiva Yadav (Roll No. 1414310188)
Sharad Kumar (Roll No. 1414310185)
Ravi Prakash Tiwari (Roll No.1414310150)
Submitted to
Amit Kumar Gautam
Assistant Professor
Department of CSE
2. Project template
1. Introduction
(i) Purpose
(ii) Scope
(iii) Definition
2. Overall Description
1. Product Perspective
(a) System Interface
(b) User Interface
(c) Hardware Interface
(d) Software Interface
(e) Communication Interface
(f) Memory Requirement
(g) Operation
(h) Site Adaptation Requirement
(ii) Product Functions
(iii) User Characteristics
(iv) Constraints
(v) Assumption & Dependencies
3. Specific Requirement
(i) External Interface Requirement
4. 1. Introduction
(i) Purpose
A typical solar panel converts only 30 to 40 percent of the incident solar irradiation into electrical
energy. Thus to get a constant output, an automated system is required which should be capable to
constantly rotate the solar panel. The Sun Tracking System (STS) was made as a prototype to solve the
problem, mentioned above. It is completely automatic and keeps the panel in front of sun until that is
visible. The unique feature of this system is that instead of taking the earth as its reference, it takes the
sun as a guiding source. Its active sensors constantly monitor the sunlight and rotate the panel towards
the direction where the intensity of sunlight is maximum. With the rapid increase in population and
economic development, the problems of the energy crisis and global warming effects are today a
cause for increasing concern. The utilization of renewable OPEN ACCESS Sensors 2013, 13 3158
energy resources is the key solution to these problems. Solar energy is one of the primary sources of
clean, abundant and inexhaustible energy, that not only provides alternative energy resources, but
also improves environmental pollution. The most immediate and technologically attractive use of
solar energy is through photovoltaic conversion. The physics of the PV cell (also called solar cell) is
very similar to the classical p-n junction diode. The PV cell converts the sunlight directly into direct
current (DC) electricity by the photovoltaic effect [1,2]. A PV panel or module is a packaged
interconnected assembly of PV cells. In order to maximize the power output from the PV panels, one
needs to keep the panels in an optimum position perpendicular to the solar radiation during the day.
As such, it is necessary to have it equipped with a Sun tracker. Compared to a fixed panel, a mobile
PV panel driven by a Sun tracker may boost consistently the energy gain of the PV panel
(ii) Scope
It can be used for small and medium scale power generations.
It can be used for power generation at remote places where power lines are not
accessible.
It can be used for domestic and industrial power backup sytem.
Solar radiation Tracker has played a vital role in increasing the efficiency of solar
panels in recent years, thus proving to be a better technological achievement. The
vital importance of a dual axis solar tracker lies in its better efficiency and
sustainability to give a better output compared to a fived solar panel or a single axis
solar tracker. The tracking system is designed such that it can trap the solar energy in
all possible directions
5. (iii) Definition
A Solar tracker is an automated solar panel which actually follows the sun to get maximum power.
The primary benefit of a tracking system is to collect solar energy for the longest period of the day,
and with the most accurate alignment as the Sun’s position shifts with the seasons.Dual Axis Tracker
have two different degrees through which they use as axis of rotation. The dual axis are usually at a
normal of each rotate both east to west (zenithal) and north to south. Solar tracking is the most
appropriate technology to enhance the electricity production of a PV system. To achieve a high
degree of tracking accuracy, several approaches have been widely investigated. Generally, they can
be classified as either open-loop tracking types based on solar movement mathematical models or
closed-loop tracking types using sensor-based feedback controllers [3–5]. In the open-loop tracking
approach, a tracking formula or control algorithm is used. Referring to the literature [6–10], the
azimuth and the elevation angles of the Sun were determined by solar movement models or
algorithms at the given date, time and geographical information. The control algorithms were
executed in a microprocessor controller [11,12]. In the closed-loop tracking approach, various active
sensor devices, such as charge couple devices (CCDs) [13–15] or light dependent resistors (LDRs)
[12,16–19] were utilized to sense the Sun’s positio a d a feed a k error sig al as the ge erated
to the control system to continuously receive the maximum solar radiation on the PV panel. This
paper proposes an empirical research approach on this issue. Solar tracking approaches can be
implemented by using single-axis schemes [12,19–21], and dual-axis structures for higher accuracy
6. systems [16–18,22–27]. In general, the single-axis tracker with one degree of freedom follows the
Su ’s o e e t fro the east to est duri g a day hile a dual-axis tracker also follows the
elevation angle of the Sun. In recent years, there has been a growing volume of research concerned
with dual-axis solar tracking systems. However, in the existing research, most of them used two
stepper motors [22,23] or two DC motors [16,17,24,25] to perform dual-axis solar tracking. With two
tracking motors designs, two motors were mounted on perpendicular axes, and even aligned them in
certain directions. In some cases, both motors could not move at the same time [5]. Furthermore,
such systems always involve complex tracking strategies using microprocessor chips as a control
platform. In this work, employing a dual-axis with only single tracking motor, an attempt has been
made to develop and implement a simple and efficient control scheme. The two axes of the Sun
tracker were allowed to move simultaneously within their respective ranges. Utilizing conventional
electronic circuits, no programming or computer interface was needed. Moreover, the proposed
system used a stand-alone PV inverter to drive motor and provide power supply. The system was
self-contained and autonomous. Experiment results have demonstrated the feasibility of the tracking
PV system and verified the advantages of the proposed control implementation.
2.Overall Description
(i) Product Perspective
a) System Interface
ATmega328p Microcontroller:-The high-performance Microchip picoPower 8-bit AVR RISC-based
microcontroller combines 32KB ISP flash memory with read-while-write capabilities, 1024B
EEPROM, 2KB SRAM, 23 general purpose I/O lines, 32 general purpose working registers, three
flexible timer/counters with compare modes, internal and external interrupts, serial programmable
USART, a byte-oriented 2-wire serial interface, SPI serial port, a 6-channel 10-bit A/D converter (8-
channels in TQFP and QFN/MLF packages), programmable watchdog timer with internal oscillator,
and five software selectable power saving modes. The device operates between 1.8-5.5 volts.
b) User Interface
It should be the connector between the various systems and the system or between other parts or unit
of the system.
c) Hardware Interface
Solar Panel:-
Solar panel refers to a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for
generating electricity or heating. Photovoltaic modules use light energy (photons) from the
7. Sun to generate electricity through the photovoltaic effect. The majority of modules
use wafer-based crystalline silicon cells or thin-film cells. The structural (load carrying)
member of a module can either be the top layer or the back layer. Cells must also be
protected from mechanical damage and moisture. Most modules are rigid, but semi-flexible
ones are available, based on thin-film cells. The cells must be connected electrically in
series, one to another. Externally, most of photovoltaic modules use MC4 connectors type to
facilitate easy weatherproof connections to the rest of the system.
Modules electrical connections are made in series to achieve a desired output voltage
and/or in parallel to provide a desired current capability. The conducting wires that take the
current off the modules may contain silver, copper or other non-magnetic conductive
transition metals. Bypass diodes may be incorporated or used externally, in case of partial
module shading, to maximize the output of module sections still illuminated.
Arduino UNO Microcontroller :-
Arduino is an open source, computer hardware and software company, project, and user
community that designs and manufactures microcontroller kits for building digital devices and
interactive objects that can sense and control objects in the physical world. The project's
products are distributed as open-source hardware and software, which are licensed under
the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) or the GNU General Public
8. License (GPL) permitting the manufacture of Arduino boards and software distribution by
anyone. Arduino boards are available commercially in preassembled form, or as do-it-
yourself kits.
Arduino board designs use a variety of microprocessors and controllers. The boards are
equipped with sets of digital and analog input/output (I/O) pins that may be interfaced to
various expansion boards (shields) and other circuits. The boards feature serial
communications interfaces, including Universal Serial Bus (USB) on some models, which are
also used for loading programs from personal computers. The microcontrollers are typically
programmed using a dialect of features from the programming languages C and C++. In
addition to using traditional compiler toolchains, the Arduino project provides an integrated
development environment (IDE) based on the Processing language project.
Arduino/Genuino Uno:- is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328P. It has 14 digital
input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz quartz crystal,
a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header and a reset button. It contains everything needed to
support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it with a AC-
to-DC adapter or battery to get started.. You can tinker with your UNO without worring too much
about doing something wrong, worst case scenario you can replace the chip for a few dollars and start
over again.
LDRs :-
A Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) or a photo resistor is a device whose resistivity is a function of
the incident electromagnetic radiation. Hence, they are light sensitive devices. They are also called as
photo conductors, photo conductive cells or simply photocells. They are made up
of semiconductor materials having high resistance. A photoresistor is made of a high
resistance semiconductor. In the dark, a photoresistor can have a resistance as high as
several megohms (MΩ), while in the light, a photoresistor can have a resistance as low as a
few hundred ohms. If incident light on a photoresistor exceeds a
certain frequency, photons absorbed by the semiconductor give bound electrons enough
energy to jump into the conduction band. The resulting free electrons (and
9. their hole partners) conduct electricity, thereby lowering resistance. The resistance range and
sensitivity of a photoresistor can substantially differ among dissimilar devices. Moreover,
unique photoresistors may react substantially differently to photons within certain wavelength
bands.
Servo Motors:-
A servomotor is a rotary actuator or linear actuator that allows for precise control of angular
or linear position, velocity and acceleration. It consists of a suitable motor coupled to a
sensor for position feedback. It also requires a relatively sophisticated controller, often a
dedicated module designed specifically for use with servomotors.
Servomotors are not a specific class of motor although the term servomotor is often used to
refer to a motor suitable for use in a closed-loop control system.
A servomotor is a closed-loop servomechanism that uses position feedback to control its
motion and final position. The input to its control is a signal (either analogue or digital)
representing the position commanded for the output shaft.
The motor is paired with some type of encoder to provide position and speed feedback. In
the simplest case, only the position is measured. The measured position of the output is
compared to the command position, the external input to the controller. If the output position
differs from that required, an error signal is generated which then causes the motor to rotate
10. in either direction, as needed to bring the output shaft to the appropriate position. As the
positions approach, the error signal reduces to zero and the motor stops.
The very simplest servomotors use position-only sensing via a potentiometer and bang-bang
control of their motor; the motor always rotates at full speed (or is stopped). This type of
servomotor is not widely used in industrial motion control, but it forms the basis of the simple
and cheap servos used for radio-controlled models.
More sophisticated servomotors use optical rotary encoders to measure the speed of the
output shaft and a variable-speed drive to control the motor speed. Both of these
enhancements, usually in combination with a PID control algorithm, allow the servomotor to
be brought to its commanded position more quickly and more precisely, with
less overshooting.
d) Software Interface
Arduino IDE:-
A program for Arduino may be written in any programming language for a compiler that
produces binary machine code for the target processor. Atmel provides a development
environment for their microcontrollers, AVR Studio and the newer Atmel Studio
11. . The Arduino project provides the Arduino integrated development environment (IDE), which
is a cross-platform application written in the programming language Java. It originated from
the IDE for the languages Processing and Wiring. It includes a code editor with features such
as text cutting and pasting, searching and replacing text, automatic indenting, brace
matching, and syntax highlighting, and provides simple one-click mechanisms to compile and
upload programs to an Arduino board. It also contains a message area, a text console, a
toolbar with buttons for common functions and a hierarchy of operation menus.
A program written with the IDE for Arduino is called a sketch. Sketches are saved on the
development computer as text files with the file extension .ino. Arduino Software (IDE) pre-
1.0 saved sketches with the extension .pde.
The Arduino IDE supports the languages C and C++ using special rules of code structuring.
The Arduino IDE supplies a software library from the Wiring project, which provides many
common input and output procedures. User-written code only requires two basic functions,
for starting the sketch and the main program loop, that are compiled and linked with a
program stub main() into an executable cyclic executive program with the GNU toolchain,
also included with the IDE distribution. The Arduino IDE employs the program avrdude to
convert the executable code into a text file in hexadecimal encoding that is loaded into the
Arduino board by a loader program in the board's firmware.
e ) Communication Interface:-
NIL
f) Memory Requirement:-
NIL
g) Operation
1. LDRs are used as the main light sensors. Two servo motors are fixed to the structure that holds
the solar panel. The program for Arduino is uploaded to the microcontroller. The working of
the project is as follows.
2. LDRs sense the amount of sunlight falling on them. Four LDRs are divided into top, bottom,
left and right.
3. For east – west tracking, the analog values from two top LDRs and two bottom LDRs are
compared and if the top set of LDRs receive more light, the vertical servo will move in that
direction.
12. 4. If the bottom LDRs receive more light, the servo moves in that direction.
5. For angular deflection of the solar panel, the analog values from two left LDRs and two right
LDRs are compared. If the left set of LDRs receive more light than the right set, the horizontal
servo will move in that direction.
6. If the right set of LDRs receive more light, the servo moves in that direction.
Block diagram of arduino based sun solar tracking system
14. h) Site Adaptation Requirement
NIL
(ii) Product Functions
Algorithm –
Step1: Start
Step2: Initialise all necessary inputs and outputs to zero.
Step3: Assign analog LDR outputs and PWM servomotor inputs to Arduino Uno.
Step4: If centre LDR = 0, then delay (longer).
Step5: Check alignment (Simultaneously for northsouth and east-west)
Step6: If up (LDR) greater than centre and down (LDR) lesser than centre, then
increase position of servomotor1 by 1 unit. Give delay.
Step7: Else if up (LDR) lesser than centre and down (LDR) greater than centre, then
decrease position of servomotor1 by 1 unit. Give delay.
Step8: (Simultaneously along with step6) If right (LDR) greater than centre and left
(LDR) lesser than centre then increase the position of servomotor2 by 1 unit. Give
delay.
Step9: Else if right (LDR) is lesser than centre and left (LDR) greater than centre then
decrease position of servomotor2 by 1 unit. Give delay.
Step10: Goto Step 5.
Step11: End.
16. (iii) User Characteristics
No particular requirement
( iv) Constraints
Higher mechanical complexity, making it more likely for something to go
wrong
Lower lifespan and lower reliability
Unreliable performance in cloudy or overcast weather
( v) Assumption & Dependencies
All the soldering and wiring are done correctly.
There must be a sunny day for the full efficiency of the system.
3.Specific Requirement
( i ) External Interface Requirement
(a) Hardware Interface Requirement
Solar Panel:-Solar panel refers to a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for
generating electricity or heating.
Arduino UNO Microcontoller:-
Arduino/Genuino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328P. It has 14 digital
input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz quartz crystal,
a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header and a reset button. It contains everything needed to
support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it with a AC-
to-DC adapter or battery to get started.. You can tinker with your UNO without worring too much
about doing something wrong, worst case scenario you can replace the chip for a few dollars and start
over again.
LDRs:-A Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) or a photo resistor is a device whose resistivity is a
function of the incident electromagnetic radiation. Hence, they are light sensitive devices. They are
also called as photo conductors, photo conductive cells or simply photocells. They are made up
of semiconductor materials having high resistance.
Servo Motors:-A servomotor is a rotary actuator or linear actuator that allows for precise control of
angular or linear position, velocity and acceleration. It consists of a suitable motor coupled to a sensor
17. for position feedback. It also requires a relatively sophisticated controller, often a dedicated module
designed specifically for use with servomotors.
(b) Software Interface Requirement
Arduino IDE:-
The Arduino IDE is a cross-platform Java application that serves as a code editor and compiler and is
also capable of transferring firmware serially to the board.
The development environment is based on Processing, an IDE designed to introduce programming to
artists unfamiliar with software development. The programming language is derived from Wiring, a C-
like language that provides similar functionality for a more tightly restricted board design, whose IDE
is also based on Processing.
(c) Communication Interface Requirement
NIL
(ii) Product Feature
The unique feature of this system is that instead of taking the earth as its reference, it
takes the sun as a guiding source. Its active sensors constantly monitor the sunlight and
rotate the panel towards the direction where the intensity of sunlight is maximum.
(iii) Performance Requirement
There must be a sunny day for the full efficiency of the system
(iv)Design Constraint
Higher mechanical complexity, making it more likely for something to go
wrong
Lower lifespan and lower reliability
Unreliable performance in cloudy or overcast weath.
19. 5.Conclusion:-
As dual-axis tracking generates 40% more power from each panel, you can achieve the same
power output with fewer panels, frames and so on, which reduces a project's upfront costs and
offsets to a great extent the additional cost for tracking hardware. On the other hand, you can
use the same number of panels as originally planned and generate 40% more power and higher
revenues. This reduces the project's payback time and also increases the overall return on
investment (ROI), depending on the financial specifics of the project.
Solar radiation Tracker has played a vital role in increasing the efficiency of solar panels in
recent years, thus proving to be a better technological achievement. The vital importance of a
dual axis solar tracker lies in its better efficiency and sustainability to give a better output
compared to a fived solar panel or a single axis solar tracker. The tracking system is designed
such that it can trap the solar energy in all possible directions. Generally, in a single axis
tracker that moves only along a single axis it is not possible to track the maximum solar
energy. In case of dual axis trackers, if the solar rays are perpendicular to panel throughout
the year. Hence, maximum possible energy is trapped throughout the day as well as
throughout the year. Thus, the output increases indicating that the efficiency more than a
fixed solar panel (about 30 -40% more) or a single axis solar tracker (about 6-7% more).