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org
ISSN 2224-3232 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0573 (Online)
Vol.
2, No.
6, 2012
12
Design and Fabrication of A Low-Cost Data Logger for Solar
Energy Parameters
K.
N.
Akposionu (Corresponding author)
Department...
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Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy www.
iiste.
org
ISSN 2224-3232 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0573 (Online)
Vol.
2, No.
6, 2012
12
Design and Fabrication of A Low-Cost Data Logger for Solar
Energy Parameters
K.
N.
Akposionu (Corresponding author)
Department of Physics, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Nigeria.
kennbox@yahoo.
com
A.
O.
C Nwokoye
Department of Physics and Industrial Physics, Nnamdi Azikiwe Universit, Awka, Nigeria.
ositonyk@yahoo.
com
Abstract
In this research, the design and fabrication of a single board data logger system is presented.
An LM35 linear
temperature transducer IC served as the temperature sensor device while a solar panel of dimension 6’x18’
coupled to a constant load driver circuit served as the solar irradiation variation sensor unit.
At the heart of the
low cost logger is a Single Board Computer based on an 8 bit MCU embedded platform.
Temperature readings
and solar voltage variations data were logged successfully.
Results indi
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