Solar Cells Characteristics Tester

  • Jirawath, Parnklang (Department of Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang) ;
  • Amnard, Jenjirodpipat (Department of Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang) ;
  • Santi, Hanklar (Department of Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang)
  • Published : 2000.10.01

Abstract

The equipment is used for testing the electrical characteristics of solar cells that were connected to be a solar panel, which can be found anywhere of solar power plant. This device was built from power switch devices f3r sinking the high current of the solar panel. The processor is a controller, which controls the quantity of the current, which flow through the switching devices and collect the characteristic of the solar panel. The tester can measure the current, voltage, temperature, and light intensity, which are main factors that affect the electrical characteristics of solar cells. 12 bits resolution signal converter is used to change the measuring levels so we can change measuring levels to 4096 levels, and these data are stored in tile memory. The equipment can also calculate the maximum power of the solar system panel.

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