Self Powered Solar Tracking System

Abstract

The main idea of this project is to control a gyroscopic system that tracks the solar radiation during the day to maximize the output power from the solar panel which Is expected to increase by 20-30 % over the power of a fixed panel 8. The tracking is done by using smaller photo cells to detect the light variation, this variation is the error signal used by the controller to drive the motors to the right position again. PIC microcontroller is used to control the whole system with a PI controller , solar panel will change a battery such that it is used to provide the actuators with power needed for the motion , in addition an over change controller will control the charging process.