VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

JNANA SANGAMA, BELGAUM-590018, KARNATAKA

A Mini Project Synopsis

on

“SOLAR DETECTOR”
Bachelor of Engineering
in
Mechanical Engineering
by

RANJITH A. 1DB18ME046
VISHNU RAJ B Y. 1DB18ME071
RITHWIK RANJAN SHETTY 1DB18ME048

Under the Guidance of

Prof. K M Kiran Kumar
Professor
Dept. of MECH, DBIT.

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
KUMBALAGODU, MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE- 560074
2021-2022
 SOLAR DETECTOR

1. Project concept:
The concept of the project is to detect the sun and to harness the maximum
amount of solar energy. This project objective is to design and construct a
system that continuously track sun and align the solar panel perpendicular
to sun rays.

2. Methodology of the project:

Components used: Gear motor-10rpm,Ir sensor -2,Solar panel-1,
Arduino-1,Motor clip-2,Battery cap-2,Battery-1,Motor driver-1,Ldr
sensor-2
 There are two light sensing modules. One for East
and the other for West.
 Both the sensors send digital information about
presence and absence of light intensity to the Micro
controller.
 The micro controller decides the output signals for
the motor driver to drive the motor in CW or
ACW direction.
 The motor driver module receives the signals from
the micro controller and drives the motor in the
specified direction with the specified speed.
 The motor in turn controls the orientation of the solar
panel mounting structure. Thus, maintaining constant
exposure to sunlight throughout the day

3. Expected outcome of the project:

The solar panel gives the best output when the solar plate is perpendicular
to incident rays (Sun rays). So, the system which will be having
continuously 90 degrees with sun will be more efficient than the
conventional fixed solar panel system.