An Embedded Microchip System Design for Programmable Solar Panel Simulator

A solar panel is a device that converts light into electricity. Solar electric energy is being used on a larger scale because of environmental concerns and to some extent falling prices of solar cells. Manufacturers of solar electric equipment need solar panels for testing their product such as char...

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Published in2005 International Conference on Power Electronics and Drives Systems Vol. 2; pp. 1606 - 1610
Main Authors Thean, Cham Yew, Junbo, Jia, Au Wing Kong, Eric
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2005
Subjects
Circuit simulation
Circuit testing
Energy conversion
Lighting control
Microcontroller
Microcontrollers
PCW programming
Photovoltaic cells
Power engineering and energy
Power supplies
Shift registers
simulation
solar panel
Solar power generation
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Summary:A solar panel is a device that converts light into electricity. Solar electric energy is being used on a larger scale because of environmental concerns and to some extent falling prices of solar cells. Manufacturers of solar electric equipment need solar panels for testing their product such as characteristics of the solar cells and maximum power tracker circuit. A programmable solar simulator can replace all these solar panels that are being used for testing and development purpose of solar electric equipment. In this article, a system with an embedded microcontroller is discussed. It can either control the solar panel simulator individually, or communicate with a host that can do simulation by RS232, so it can be a portable and effective system to simulate the solar panel
ISBN:0780392965
9780780392960
ISSN:2164-5256
DOI:10.1109/PEDS.2005.1619945