How To Connect Arduino To Solar Panel Data

Also for monitoring its output data current voltage and power under real condition.

How to connect arduino to solar panel data. A solar panel that can rotate in two axis either automatically using four light sensors either manually with the aid of two potentiometers. Battery capacity is 1300mah c 10 130mah the solar panel has to provide current 100mah for arduino along with a current not more than 130mah. You might change those values selecting differente values for the resistors and capacitores as described eartlier. Just connect the solar panel output voltage to analog pin of arduino and convert that in digital and display result on lcd or computer.

Make a cutoff for the mini breadboard. It will look like the one in the picture. Cut a piece of plywood according to the size of your casing. Battery voltage 1 2 x 2 2 4v so required voltage for solar panel 2 4 x 1 5 3 6v by taking some margin we can choose a 4v solar panel for it.

After the timer circuit is working connect it output to arduino 5v and gnd pins. This circuitry changes according to voltage which means how much voltage we have to measure. Lastly attach the microservo s gear to the side of the arm. The electronic parts are connected to the power supply of the arduino an usb battery pack and the solar panel.

Arduino solar charge controller version 2 0. A pv panel arduino uno board voltage and current sensors are used as hardware components. Play video one year ago i began building my own solar system to provide power for my village house. Attach the solar panel to the top of the t i did this with cardboard strips and strong adhesive.

Put the resistors and the jumper wire on the mini breadboard. Finally i made a pwm charge controller. The arduino will be powered every 5 minutes and stay on for 27 secons. Let us suppose if we want to measure 5 volts then there is no need for any additional circuitry.

Initially i made a lm317 based charge controller and an energy meter for monitoring the system. The enclosure contains the electronic parts arduino uno data logger shield and the mini breadboard with the voltage divider. It s purpose is to hold the the solar panel up and allow the microservo to adjust its tilt without falling over. To do this put two strips of wood into a t shape.

This project proposes a low cost real time virtual instrumentation system based on labview and arduino to characterize a pv panel.