Solar energy is renewable, free, widely available and clean form of energy. It is considered as a serious source of energy for many years because of the vast amounts of energy that is made freely available, if harnessed by modern technology. Many people are familiar with so-called photovoltaic cells, or solar panels, found on things […]
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Electronics engineers often use photovoltaic-module simulators to test dc/dc-power converters, inverters, or MPPT (maximum-power-point-tracking)-control techniques. The use of these simulators lets you work in the laboratory with predefined photovoltaic conditions, thus avoiding the drawbacks of real photovoltaic modules. Various commercial simulators are available, but they are often expensive. This Design Idea presents a simple circuit
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In a previous post I have presented a design for an MPPT Solar Charger. In the mean time I have built a prototype and also wrote some software for it. So today I’ll go through my findings of what works well and what needs to be improved. And yes, there are some flaws in the
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Yesterday, I built a very simple DIY solar-powered USB charger for my TP-link 10400mAh USB Power Bank. All I needed was a 6V/3.5W solar panel and the TD1410-based 5V buck converter module. I bought both of them on Aliexpress for less than $8. It was one of the easiest projects I built. All I needed to do was to
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I’m currently waiting for the boards for my Ultrasonic Anemometer Rev B to arrive from Hong Kong and this gives me some time to write about the MPPT Solar Charger design that I did quite some time ago. I published a series of posts on a Arduino MPPT Solar Charger Shield and got a lot of encouraging feedback.
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Branchburg, NJ (PRWEB) July 31, 2008 Voltaix, a leading provider of materials that enhance the performance of semiconductor chips and solar cells, announced today that it has received $ 12.5 million in financing from Intel Capital, the global investment arm of Intel Corporation. The investment will accelerate the company’s manufacturing capacity expansion. Voltaix manufactures
West Conshohocken, PA, (PRWEB) May 30, 2009 The newly created Photovoltaic Materials Business Unit of Heraeus recently opened technical service labs and production facilities in Hanau, Germany and Shanghai, China to provide expanded global service and production support for PV manufacturers utilizing Heraeus’ innovative silver pastes for crystalline solar cells. The two new tech service
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 17, 2010 Electronic Interconnect (EI) offers Photovoltaic (PV) product manufacturers a widerange of printed circuit board materials, constructions, and PCB design expertise especially for high-power devices, LED, RF and Wireless electronic assemblies, including inverters and module assembly. These types of assemblies have special requirements for heat management characteristics, and this is
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Cranston, Rhode Island (PRWEB) January 10, 2011 Technic is pleased to announce the appointment of Wilson Xia as Technical Director for Photovoltaics in the Asia/Pacific region. Mr. Xia’s primary responsibilities will involve working closely with R&D, Applications Engineering, and strategic customers in development and distribution of Technic’s TechniSol photovoltaic processing technologies. Mr. Xia has
