Real Time Data Acquisition to
Excel and Monitor Characteristics
of Photovoltaic Panel using
Arduino Technology
Guided by,
Mrs.K.Gijipriya M.E
Assistant Professor / Dept of EEE
OUR TEAM
MANIKANDAN A
SAKTHIKUMAR C
(922219105001)
(922219105004)
SATHYAPRIYAN V
SELVAKUMAR M
(922219105005)
(922219105006)
CONTENTS
01
OBJECTIVE
04
BLOCK DIAGRAM
02
03
INTRODUCTION
COMPONENTS
05
06
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
SPECIFICATIONS
CONTENTS
07
CODING
08
SOFTWARE
09
WORKING PRINCIPLE
10
11
12
OUTPUT
RESULT
CONCLUSION
OBJECTIVE
Data Acquisition system employs
Automation, which minimizes human error
and misplacement.
Additionally, Data can be entered faster and
storing information gathered digitally is
cheaper.
INTRODUCTION
To provide a Low-cost Virtual
instrumentation method for Real time
Photovoltaic Panel monitoring of Voltage,
Current and Power.
Then the I-V and P-V characteristics which
are processed in Real time, can be instantly
plotted on an Spreadsheet.
COMPONENTS
ARDUINO UNO
CURRENT SENSOR
VOLTAGE SENSOR
PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL
JUMPER WIRES
DC MOTOR AND
SWITCH
ARDUINO UNO
●
Open source platform
●
Physical programmable circuit
board
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PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL
●
Electricity
●
It uses a simplified version of
C++
This panel converts sunlight into
It consist of solar cells
connected in series and parallel
●
It depends on the factors
sunlight intensity, Temperature
and Shading
CURRENT SENSOR
VOLTAGE SENSOR
●
●
●
It can be measures and
●
It can be measures and
calculates the amount of
calculates the amount of
Voltage.
Current.
Voltage is the Input of the
●
The Resulting signal can be
sensor
measured by using ammeter,
Output of the sensor can be
and to be stored in a Data
applied by switches, analogue
acquisition system.
signal, Current signal.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
SPECIFICATIONS
COMPONENTS
SPECS
QUANTITY
Arduino UNO
ATmega328p
1
Photovoltaic Panel
TDC-M20-36
1
Voltage sensor
F031-06
1
Current sensor
ACS712
1
DC motor
200 RPM
1
CODING
It is a useful C++ Component that allows the
programmer to give a name to a constant value before
the program is compiled.
In this project we have to use coding for real time data
acquisition in arduino UNO.
REAL TIME DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM.docx
SOFTWARE
ARDUINO IDE
PLX-DAQ SPREADSHEET
It is a free computer programme that
is mostly used for creating and
collecting code for the Arduino
module
PLX-DAQ Excel collects data from an
Arduino microcontroller and sends it
to an Excel spreadsheet
WORKING PRINCIPLE
● The Photovoltaic current and voltage are obtained through the current
and voltage sensors.
● The output of the two sensors is then transmitted to the Arduino UNO.
● During the Acquisition process, the data can be stored and plotted in
PLX-DAQ Spreadsheet.
● The Photovoltaic panel output power reading is done out by the
product of current and voltage readings.
● Finally, the I-V and P-V characteristics of Photovoltaic panel will be
plotted graphically in PLX-DAQ Spreadsheet.
OUTPUT
I-V
Characteristics
P-V
Characteristics
RESULT
The objective of this work was to present a novel
virtual instrument for PV panel output characteristics
which is simple and low cost.
A comparison between the proposed virtual
instrumentation system price and that of different
traditional instruments.
CONCLUSION
The modelling of this project is a great way to
gathering data on the performance of the
Photovoltaic panel.
It’s possible to optimize the efficiency of the
photovoltaic panel system and identify any
potential issues or faults.
Overall,, this project is useful and cost effective
way to monitor the performance of
Photovoltaic panel system.
THANK YOU…