Solar Tracker Circuit

Solar Tracker Circuit – DIY

If you want to build your own solar-energy needs, you need a solar tracker. Use of solar tracker is directing a variety of payloads into the sun, in the form of reflectors, lenses, photovoltaic, or other optical devices. In order to regulate the movement of the pointing needed a solar tracker circuit.

By using a solar tracker circuit can be determined where the installed solar panels that track the movement of the sun in the sky. So that it ensures that the maximum amount of sunlight strikes the panels throughout the day.

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How to Solar Trackers Work

There are several types of solar tracker, which are grouped into a single axis and dual axis models.

Single axis solar trackers can have horizontal or vertical axis. Horizontal types used in the tropics where the sun will be very high in the daytime, but the days are short. Vertical type used in high latitudes where the sun does not get very high, but the days of summer can be very long.
Dual axis solar trackers have horizontal and vertical and the axle so it can track the apparent motion of the sun just anywhere in the world. This type of system used to control the astronomical telescope, and so there is plenty of software available to predict and track automatically the movement of the sun in the sky.

When compared with the price of PV solar panels themselves, relatively low cost solar tracker. However, to have a good quality solar tracker of course prices are released quite expensive. So a DIY solar tracker circuit may be a choice you need.

To give an idea in general, what you should know about a solar tracker, following some solar tracker circuit equipped with a printed circuit board (PCB) from several internet sources.

Solar Tracker Circuit Diagrams

LDR Solar Tracker Circuit Diagram

Solar tracker monitors the position of the sun using two Light Dependant Resistors (LDRs) and made the decision to move the solar panels to properly oriented to the sun. H bridge is the output of the configuration which will drive the gear box up to 500mA at 6-15V input voltage, both forward and backward. It will not only track the sun, in the dark, it will of track a bright light. source

LDR Solar Tracker Circuit - LM1458

LED Solar Tracker Circuit Diagram

Includes all the components and materials required to build a sensor and circuit for single axis tracking (dual axis tracking requires two kits). The solar tracker circuit can drive up to a 1A DC motor or can be used to switch a relay. source

LED Solar Tracker Circuit - LM339

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