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    This document describes the design of a dual axis solar tracker using an Arduino. It uses an ATmega168 microcontroller board and 5 light dependent resistors (LDRs) as sensors to track the position of the sun and maximize energy production. Two servo motors are used for horizontal and vertical movement of the solar panel based on the light readings from the LDR sensors. The system divides the sky into 5 areas to determine the position of the sun and accordingly rotates the solar panel using the servo motors for optimal sun exposure.

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    This document describes the design of a dual axis solar tracker using an Arduino. It uses an ATmega168 microcontroller board and 5 light dependent resistors (LDRs) as sensors to track the position of the sun and maximize energy production. Two servo motors are used for horizontal and vertical movement of the solar panel based on the light readings from the LDR sensors. The system divides the sky into 5 areas to determine the position of the sun and accordingly rotates the solar panel using the servo motors for optimal sun exposure.

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    This document describes the design of a dual axis solar tracker using an Arduino. It uses an ATmega168 microcontroller board and 5 light dependent resistors (LDRs) as sensors to track the position of the sun and maximize energy production. Two servo motors are used for horizontal and vertical movement of the solar panel based on the light readings from the LDR sensors. The system divides the sky into 5 areas to determine the position of the sun and accordingly rotates the solar panel using the servo motors for optimal sun exposure.

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    This document describes the design of a dual axis solar tracker using an Arduino. It uses an ATmega168 microcontroller board and 5 light dependent resistors (LDRs) as sensors to track the position of the sun and maximize energy production. Two servo motors are used for horizontal and vertical movement of the solar panel based on the light readings from the LDR sensors. The system divides the sky into 5 areas to determine the position of the sun and accordingly rotates the solar panel using the servo motors for optimal sun exposure.

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    DUAL AXIS SOLAR

    TRACKER USING
    ARDUINO
    Submitted to: - Submitted by: -
    Mr. Vaibhav Sharma Mr. Swetansh M.
    Shrivastava

    ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION


    RAJ KUMAR GOEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    CONTENTS:
    Introduction
    Component description
    AVR IC ATMEGA168
    Sensors
    Tracking mechanism
    INTRODUCTION
    Solar energy is a very large, inexaustable source of energy.
    The power from the sun intercepted by the earth is
    approximatel 1.8*1011 MW.
    Solar energy could supply all the present and future energyb
    needs of the world on a continuing basis. This makes it one
    of the most promising of the unconventional energy
    sources.
    PROBLEM WITH SOLAR
    Problem associated with the use of solar
    energy is that its availability varies widely with
    time. The variation in availability occurs daily
    because of the day night cycle and also
    seasonally because of the earths orbit around
    the sun.
    To rectify these above problems the solar panel
    should be such that it always receive
    maximum intensity of light.
    INTRODUCTION
    Solar Tracker: -
    Solar trackers are devices used to orient photovoltaic
    panels, reflectors, lenses or other optical devices toward the
    sun.
    Since the suns position in the sky changes with the seasons
    and the time of day, trackers are used to align the collection
    system to maximize energy production.
    Dual Axis Tracker:
    Dual axis trackers have two degrees of freedom that act as
    axes of rotation. These axes are typically normal to one
    another.
    Dual axis trackers allow for optimum solar energy levels
    due to their ability to follow the sun vertically and
    horizontally.
    Here we have divide sun position into five areas and those
    are EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH, CENTER.
    Arduino Severino Board
    Arduino is a development platform for the purpose of
    programing AVR microcontrollers.
    Arduino Severino board is used to program 28 pin DIP
    ATMEGA168 IC.
    Here we are using 16MHz crystal for operating frequency.
    ARDUINO SEVERINO BOARD:
    ATMEGA168:
    The ATMEGA168 is a modified Harvard architecture 8-bit
    RISC single chip microcontroller which was developed
    by Atmel in 1996.
    Features: -
    Flash : 16KB
    EEPROM : 1024B
    SRAM : 512B
    Clock freq. : upto 20MHz
    Supply voltage : 2.8-5.5V
    Ext. Interrupt : 24
    PWM : 6
    Sensor:
    We are using LDRs as a sensor to track the position of sun
    or density of sun light.
    Here we have made potential

    divider with LDR and register.


    Output voltage (Vo)is proportional

    to light incident on LDR which is


    further processed to move solar
    panel.
    Here we are using five sensors to

    Track Sun position.


    Servo Motor:
    Servo motors has three wires.
    Among those 3 wires, 2 wires provide power supply to the
    motor and one is used to send PWM signals {50Hz (analog
    servos) or 400-500Hz (digital servos)} to the motor for
    required shaft positions.
    Servo shaft is rotated by an angle depending on the ON-
    Time and OFF-time of the pulse.
    Here we are using two servo motors- One for Horizontal
    movement and another for Vertical movement.
    Servo motor
    Tracking Mechanism:

    EAST- West
    movement
    North South
    movement
    EXPLORE
    IMAGINE
    DEVELOP

    Thanks for Watching


    SWETANSH

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