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.
Sun tracking solar panel circuit diagram.
1 shows the circuit of the solar tracking system.
The produced electrical energy can be increased if we move the solar panel as the movement of the sun.
The sun tracking solar panel consists of two ldrs solar panel and a servo motor and atmega328 micro controller.
Principle of sun tracking solar panel.
The servo motor connected to the panel rotates the panel in the direction of sun.
If you want to track the solar light in the vertical plane you need to build a separate sun tracker circuit.
Two light dependent resistors are arranged on the edges of the solar panel.
This solar tracker system is used for tracking the sun only in one plane the horizontal one.
So solar panel should continuously rotate in the direction of sun.
Generally solar panels are stationary devices which is fixed at a position.
Circuit diagram the circuit design of solar tracker is simple but setting.
How the solar tracker opamp control circuit functions.
A careful investigation of the circuit shown in the diagram reveals that the whole configuration is actually very simple and straightforward.
The solar tracker comprises comparator ic lm339 h bridge motor driver ic l293d ic2 and a few discrete components.
Circuit diagram working the sun tracking solar panel consists of two ldrs a solar panel and a servo motor.
This article describes about circuit that rotates solar panel.
These provide the signal to motor driver ic2 to move the.
Here is a simple low cost solar tracker circuit which automatically moves the solar panel in the direction of sun.
In modern solar tracking systems the solar panels are fixed on a structure that moves according to the position of the sun.
For the above procedure a different set of ldrs are used and are mounted horizontally over the panel at a specific position as shown in the diagram.
Light dependent resistors ldr1 through ldr4 are used as sensors to detect the panel s position relative to the sun.