To track the sun i used four ldc sensors and arduino compares the data from them to rotate the panel in the direction with the most sunlight using two dc motors one for each axis and motor driver.
Arduino solar tracker using dc motor.
We hope you found this project useful.
Can u give me some details.
In this project an arduino nano is used which works as a controlling unit.
Schematic of the arduino solar tracker circuit as you can see in the schematic all that you need to make the electrical part is the board one servo 2 ldrs and 2 x 10k resistors.
It consists of only this components ldr module l293d motor driver module dc motor 30 rpm solar panel.
What is the rate and power of servo motor which u have used.
I have to do this as mini project.
Usually the servo has a yellow wire that is used to control the rotation and it must be connected on pin 9 on the board.
Arduino solar tracker working.
It searches for the brightest light source like the sun.
Now you can use this project to track the solar panel and increase its efficiency by 40.
Let us design a solar tracker using two servo motors a light sensor consisting of four ldrs and arduino uno board.
A dummy solar plate is attached in parallel to the axis of servo motor and both the sensors are kept on the dummy solar plate as shown in the figure below.
Drop a comment below if you have any doubts or queries.
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.
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In modern solar tracking systems the solar panels are fixed on a structure that moves according to the position of the sun.
The advantage of the servomotor is that we can control its stop run the direction of rotation and speed using a single low current wire connected directly to an output of the microcontroller without needing any drivers.
Below is the program that will interface servo motor ldr with arduino for solar tracking.
Circuit diagram the circuit design of solar tracker is simple but setting.
For designing arduino based solar tracker using ldr servo motor you need to program atmega 328 arduino microcontroller.
Photovoltaic powers the solar tracker no external source needed.
Copy this code and upload it to your arduino board.