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Solar Tracker

Posted on 04/12/2008 by gsandaya
Modified on: 13/09/2018
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This is a solar tracker that I'm working on.  It's a stationary robot that will keep a pair of solar panels perpendicular with the sun so that they can charge batteries.  I only have one panel on it, but in the end, there will be two.  By the time I was able to test it, it was already dark so I walked around with a high powered halogen lamp in order to simulate the sun and have the robot track me.  I still have a bit of testing to do, but for the most part, it works. 


Solar Tracker

This is a solar tracker that I'm working on.  It's a stationary robot that will keep a pair of solar panels perpendicular with the sun so that they can charge batteries.  I only have one panel on it, but in the end, there will be two.  By the time I was able to test it, it was already dark so I walked around with a high powered halogen lamp in order to simulate the sun and have the robot track me.  I still have a bit of testing to do, but for the most part, it works. 

Tracks the sun and moves a solar panel

  • Actuators / output devices: 2X Tamiya Wormgears
  • Control method: autonomous
  • CPU: Picaxe 40X
  • Power source: 12V Battery
  • Sensors / input devices: Photoresistors
  • Target environment: Outdoors
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