Arduino Based Dual Axis Solar Tracking System with Voltage and Temperature Measurement

Abstract

This hardware device concept keeps the solar cells persistently aligned with the solar radiation, which maximizes solar panel sensitivity to the radiation from the sun. As a result, the solar panel will produce maximum output power. The use of solar trackers will increase the bearing of electricity by about a third and some people in some regions say as much as 40 percent compared to modules at a fixed angle. The project's work includes hardware design and implementation and programming software for the solar tracker microcontroller device. The system used an ATmega328P microcontroller to control two DC gear motors that rotate two axes of the solar panel. The microcontroller calculated the amount of rotation based on inputs from two LDR Sensors. The concept was prospering built and tested using Lab View to assess the performance enhancements.