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#
- Concept and hardware: /posts/arduino-mppt-solar-charger-shield/
- Hardware testing: /posts/arduino-mppt-solar-charger-shield-testing/
- A closer look at the software: /posts/arduino-mppt-solar-charger-shield-software/
- A new, very low power, standalone design: /posts/mppt-solar-charger-design/
- First tests with the standalone design: /posts/mppt-solar-charger-testing/
- User interface: /posts/low-power-user-interface/
- More testing: /posts/mppt-solar-charger-testing-ii/
- Introducing the Rev C design: /posts/mppt-solar-charger-rev-c-design/
- Test results for Rev C: /posts/mppt-solar-charger-rev-c-first-test-results/
- Mechanical design and a few words on Revsion D: /posts/mppt-solar-charger-update/
- Revision F board: /posts/mppt-solar-charger-revision-f/
- Hackaday prize: /posts/solar-charger-in-hackaday-prize-finals/
- Bootloader ready: /posts/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:
- https://github.com/soldernerd/SolarChargerHardware
- https://github.com/soldernerd/SolarChargerRevC_Software
- https://github.com/soldernerd/SolarChargerRevE_Software
- https://github.com/soldernerd/PIC18_USB_Bootloader
- https://github.com/soldernerd/UserInterface
- https://github.com/soldernerd/SolarChargerApp
Downloads#
Since I’ve moved (almost) all my stuff to github, these are largely outdated:
- Schematic, board layout and eagle files: SolarCharger_Rev1.zip (file no longer available)
- Arduino Sketch: solarpanel.zip (file no longer available)
- Eagle files including PDFs of the standalone solar charger: SolarCharger_Rev2 (file no longer available)
- Very basic software for the standalone solar charger: SolarChargerRevB_Code (file no longer available).