09-10-2010, 12:59 PM
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PIC BASED INTELLIGENT TRACKING SYSTEM USING SOLAR POWER
Abstract:
An embedded system is a special-purpose computer system designed to perform a dedicated function. Unlike a general-purpose computer, such as a personal computer, an embedded system performs one or a few pre-defined tasks, usually with very specific requirements. Embedded system is fast growing technology in various fields like industrial automation, home appliances, automobiles, aeronautics etc. Embedded technology uses PC or a controller to do the specified task and the programming is done using assembly language programming or embedded C.
Solar power (also known as solar energy) uses solar radiation emitted from our sun. Solar power, a renewable energy source, has been used in many traditional technologies for centuries, and is in widespread use where other power supplies are absent, such as in remote locations and in space. Solar energy is currently used in a number of applications. They are Heat (hot water, building heat, cooking), Electricity generation (photovoltaic, heat engines), Transportation (solar car), Desalination of seawater, Photosynthesis of plants, etc
Ours being a developing country the power consumption is increasing on large scale to meet the growing demands. Power generation is widely based on the non-renewable sources, and these sources being depleting some means have to be found for power saving.
Existing system:
The system available now for power generation using solar power is fixed, and solar power will be maximum only during particular time, therefore the efficiency will be 60% only.
Proposed system:
The proposed system consists of automatically movable panel which senses the maximum solar power and moves to that direction, therefore maximum power will be available all the time and therefore efficiency will be 80 to 85%.
Hardware Requirements:
Mechanical model
Microcontroller
Sensors and interfacing circuits.
Software Requirements:
Embedded C programming
Keil compiler
Applications:
We can implement this project in vehicle for transportation. Due to solar vehicle we can avoid more pollution.
The generated electrical energy is used to home applications.
Features:
8 bit pic microcontroller
