Mega Solar Tracker

Building on and up! Using the lessons learned from the first tracker computer, we combine a bit of everything in this code.

Nov 3, 2017

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Components and supplies

1

Positioning (GNSS, GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Beidou)

1

Arduino Ethernet Shield 2

1

Perspex Sheet

1

DS3231 I2C RTC

1

LED Matrix I2C interface

1

IP65 Enclosure

1

Resistor 1k ohm

1

10 DOF gyro / accelerometer board

1

Buck Power Supply

1

HC-05 Bluetooth Module

1

Arduino Mega 2560

1

DUAL H-Bridge motor drive

1

ESP8266 ESP-12E

1

Capacitor 100 nF

1

Resistor 2.21k ohm

1

Cable Gland

Tools and machines

1

Hole Punch or Hole saw

1

Hand Drill

1

Soldering iron (generic)

Apps and platforms

1

Arduino IDE

Project description

Code

TRACKER_MEGA_TOP_GPS_PWM_SOFT.ino

c_cpp

Tracker for Ethernet shield uses both GPS and NTP to retrieve time

TRACKER_MEGA_TOP_GPS_PWM_SOFT.ino

c_cpp

Tracker for Ethernet shield uses both GPS and NTP to retrieve time

TRACKER_MEGA_TOP_GPS_PWM_SOFT_ESP.ino

c_cpp

This is the ESP version .. ie shand Alone Soft AP no NTP requires GPS or RTC

Downloadable files

Tracker Schematic (mud map)

Tracker Schematic (mud map)

Tracker Schematic (mud map)

Tracker Schematic (mud map)

Documentation

North Elevation

Remember this was build by someone from the SOUTHERN hemisphere. All you upside down people need to swap things around

North Elevation

East West axis View

East West axis View

PV panel mounting with respect to the frame

PV panel mounting with respect to the frame

Mounting Post

Yeah this is the pointy end... important to get this bit right

Mounting Post

North Elevation

Remember this was build by someone from the SOUTHERN hemisphere. All you upside down people need to swap things around

North Elevation

Frame and Piviot

Frame and Piviot

Mounting Frame

Mounting Frame

Mounting Frame

Mounting Frame

PV panel mounting with respect to the frame

PV panel mounting with respect to the frame

East West axis View

East West axis View

Frame and Piviot

Frame and Piviot

Mounting Post

Yeah this is the pointy end... important to get this bit right

Mounting Post

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