A Project Report on

Solar tester
A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of requirement for the award ofthe
degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
BY
Name1
Name2
Name3
Under the esteemed guidance of
Guide name with designation

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Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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Approved by A.I.C.T.E
(Affiliated to JNT University, Hyderabad)

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CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project report entitled being submitted by Mr/Mrs.. in
partial fulfilment for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology in to
the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University is a record of bonafide work carried out by him
under my guidance and supervision.
The results embodied in this project report have not been submitted to any other University or
Institute for the award of any Degree or Diploma.

Internal Guide Name,

Designation
Signature

Submitted for Viva voce Examination held on ____________________

Name of HOD,
Signature
External Examiner

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With great pleasure we want to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude
to all the people who have helped us in making this project work a grand success.

First of all, we would like to thank God for giving me courage and strength to finish
this work. Also, we would like to thank Mr P.P. Deshpande, Project Guide, GENESIS,
HYDERABAD for his continued guidance and support during the course of this thesis along
with our Internal Guide,., for his/her constant guidance throughout our project work. Without
his/her guidance this work would not have been possible. We would really like to thank her for
his/her patience and time to guide us at every step of this work.

We would also like to thank our H O D , n a m e , E C E d e p a r t m e n t , f o r

h i s / h e r g u i d a n c e a n d s u p p ort.We have no words to describe the support offered to
us by our lecturers and other faculty.

Abstract
Nowadays solar energy harnessing is the need of the hour because of the shortage of non
conventional power. However the efficiency of solar PV modules is still quite low, and it is
necessary to have a testing system to be able to find out the light and dark curves so that the

performance of solar modules can be evaluated. This project involves construction of such a
testing of solar PV module.
The system uses a microcontroller which is programmed to increase the load current in step,
starting from zero to full sort circuit rating of solar panel. The current and voltage values are
measured for each step value of the load, and power output is computed. When the whole range
is scanned, the data is sent serially to the PC and IV curves are plotted and evaluated

List of Contents
Chapter
1

Topic Name
Project Overview

1.1
1.2
1.3
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Introduction
Objective
specifications

Description of project
2.1 block diagram
2.2 Scematic Diagrams

Hardware components :
3.1 ATMega328P
3.1.1 Features
3.1.2 Pin description
3.1.3 Block diagram

3.2 SL100
3.3 QUAD op amp
3.3.1 Features
3.4 3055
3.5 voltage Regulator
3.6 solar panel
3.6.1 theory &construction
3.6.2 efficiency
3.6.3module performance
3.6.4recycling
3.6.5 price

Software
4.1 Introduction
4.2 software
4.3 installation
4.4 Environment
4.5 Troubleshooting

Results and conclusion

Future enhancements and applications

6.1 future enhancements

snap shots

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