Dual axis solar tracking system with IoT integrated controller.

The main idea is to develop a prototype of dual axis solar tracker with IoT integrated microcontroller. The dual axis system has an average performance ratio 9.4% higher than the fixed solar system. The energy received from solar collector depends on solar irradiance. The collection of sun rays maximized if it falls perpendicular to the solar panel. The development of this project is focused into two parts; electronic part and mechanical part. The electronic part consists of light-dependent resistors (LDRs) is to detect the position of sun depending upon the position the microcontroller unit and send the signal to mechanical part. The mechanical part is responsible for the rotation of the solar panel by using DC gear motors. The data can be stored by website integrating IoT monitoring system. The proposed system tested by implementing hardware and software and compared to a fixed solar tracker. As an outcome, proposed system shows better performance when compared with fixed solar tracker. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]