Tuesday 28 August 2012

Microcontroller-Based Solar Charger

As the sources of conventional energy deplete day by day, resorting to alternative sources of energy like solar and wind energy has become need of the hour.
Solar-powered lighting systems are already available in rural as well as urban areas. These include solar lanterns, solar home lighting systems, solar streetlights, solar garden lights and solar power packs. All of them consist of four components: solar photovoltaic module, rechargeable battery, solar charge controller and load.

In the solar-powered lighting system, the solar charge controller plays an important role as the system’s
overall success depends mainly on it. It is considered as an indispensable link between the solar panel, battery and load.

The microcontroller-based solar charge controller described here has the following features:

  1. Automatic dusk-to-dawn operation of the load.
  2. Built-in digital voltmeter (0V-20V range)
  3. Parallel- or shunt-type regulation
  4. Overcharge protection
  5. System status display on LCD
  6. Deep-discharge protection
  7. Low battery lock
  8. Charging current changes to ‘pulsed’ at full charge
  9. Low current consumption
  10. Highly efficient design based on microcontroller
  11. Suitable for 10-40W solar panels for 10A load
courtesy:electronics4you

22 comments:

  1. Hi, can i have a program code to burn in micro controller and details of functioning of this circuit.
    Thanks

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  2. @anonymous ya sure ,,give me your mail id and i will send you its code...

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  3. @Alok Kumar.Mail me at gat.vab@gmail.com...Thanks Sir.

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  4. Sir, can you provide the detailed explanation about the functioning of the circuit. Thanks

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  5. Hi, can i have a program code to burn in micro controller and details of functioning of this circuit.
    Thanks
    jiro_aya86initial@yahoo.com

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  6. Hi Suraya zero_kun,
    I can give you its hex code which is ready to be burned into 8051 microcontroller.

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  7. please send me .hex code for this micro controller please sir

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  8. email id is jagrutpatelece@yahoo.com

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  9. this prject is world best prject

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  10. sir i want hex code for this project.. sir if u can send the c code for this project so it is much better for me (rahulzthakur24@gmail.com)

    thankyou...

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  11. hye..can i have the source c code too? thaya_555@yahoo.com
    thanks alot.. :)

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  12. will you please send me the full specifications of this circuit and the program code
    \my mail is 290naveen295@gmail.com

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  13. Holly shoes...!? This project is marvelous...I planing to go into nature, and to be there about a month, and i need something like this desperately to get some electric power from solar panel...! I see some hex file, is that working file or some demo....If its a demo, can you sand me the working file to evilmaxter@gmail.com...Thanks alot m8...(Y)

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  14. can you please email me the program code for this circuit.....?????? turabhaiderkazmi@gmail.com

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  15. Please mail the Code chethanmurthyhs@gmail.com

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  16. Please mail the Code chethanmurthyhs@gmail.com

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  17. sir plz send me hex file and pcb layout pic. hadyat_malik@yahoo.com

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  18. Sir, how about if this program been modify to use 8051 that have many ports pin..
    I also hope sir can send me the source code c to my email amsaljessy@gmail.com
    i also would like to share with sir with my idea through email

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  19. Hi, can i have a program code to burn in micro controller and details of functioning of this circuit.
    Thanks

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  20. Hi, can i have a program code to burn in micro controller and details of functioning of this circuit.
    Thanks

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    1. my mail is azat_95_26@mail.ru

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