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An Efficient Sun Tracking System for Improving Solar Pv Production Using
Raspberyy Pi
Dielaey Ariessa binti Mat Lazim
Supervisor: Dr. Muhamad Zalani Bin Daud
Bachelor of Applied Science Physics Electronics and Instrumentation
School of Ocean Engineering
Global warming nowadays indicating that high level of green energy produced by
renewable sources such as solar power is needed. Solar photovaltaic (PV) system is
one of the systems that has become an alternative in Malaysia. To make effective use
of solar PV production,its efficiency must be maximized. “An efficient sun tracking
system for improving solar pv production using Raspberry Pi” developed in order to
maximize the amount of solar pv production. The system deals with fabrication
between Raspberry Pi, stepper motor, timer and sun position data. To ensure
maximum power of solar radiates tracked on solar panel, this tracking system use
Raspberry Pi as the main role to control every movement of stepper motor. Besides,
sun position data is used as reference for calculating the number of step needed by
stepper motor. The Raspberry Pi then will read the step input and rotated stepper
motor together with timer (delay).
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