MPPT Solar Charger

Like my ultrasonic anemometer project, this is something a bit more involved. So there will be a series of posts. This page serves as a directory for all my posts about my MPPT solar charger. More will definitely be comming up…

Posts

  1. Concept and hardware: https://soldernerd.com/2016/01/21/arduino-mppt-solar-charger-shield/
  2. Hardware testing: https://soldernerd.com/2016/02/03/arduino-mppt-solar-charger-shield-testing/
  3. A closer look at the software: https://soldernerd.com/2016/02/12/arduino-mppt-solar-charger-shield-software/
  4. A new, very low power, standalone design: https://soldernerd.com/2016/08/28/mppt-solar-charger-design/
  5. First tests with the standalone design: https://soldernerd.com/2016/09/28/mppt-solar-charger-testing/
  6. User interface: https://soldernerd.com/2016/10/14/low-power-user-interface/
  7. More testing: https://soldernerd.com/2016/11/16/mppt-solar-charger-testing-ii/
  8. Introducing the  Rev C design: https://soldernerd.com/2017/02/23/mppt-solar-charger-rev-c-design/
  9. Test results for Rev C:  https://soldernerd.com/2017/04/02/mppt-solar-charger-rev-c-first-test-results/
  10. Mechanical design and a few words on Revsion D: https://soldernerd.com/2017/09/11/mppt-solar-charger-update/
  11. Revision F board: https://soldernerd.com/2018/07/04/mppt-solar-charger-revision-f/
  12. Hackaday prize: https://soldernerd.com/2018/07/26/solar-charger-in-hackaday-prize-finals/
  13. Bootloader ready: https://soldernerd.com/2018/11/20/usb-mass-storage-device-bootloader/

Github

Github has become the way I share both hardware designs as well as code. So whenever you’re looking for something, chances are high that it’s on github.

These are the repos relevant to this project:

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Downloads

Since I’ve moved (almost) all my stuff to github, these are largely outdated: