Solar Panel and Battery Voltage Monitoring and Load Control Using Bluetooth

Abstract

Accurate monitoring and measurement of solar photovoltaic panel parameters are important for solar power plant analysis to evaluate the performance and predict the future energy generation. There are always challenges of getting such data readily available due to huge amount of money to be spent on state of the art equipment or the purchase of reliable satellite weather data. This study aimed at the development of a cost-effective parameter-measuring system for a solar photovoltaic panel using Arduino microprocessor board. The project aims is to design a Solar Panel & Battery Voltage monitoring and Load Control using Bluetooth. The system contains arduino microcontroller with voltage sensor, bluetooth module, solar panel and relay module. Voltage sensors are the input value for the Arduino and the LCD screen display output of the voltage and the load status. The purpose of Arduino to convert the analog input of parameter to the digital output and display via LCD screen. Other than that, this project also involve with a design to ensure that device case are easy to be carry around.