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<p>This paper presents the implementation of a fuzzy controller on the Arduino Mega board, for tracking the maximum power point of a photovoltaic (PV) module; using low cost materials. A dc–dc converter that incorporates a driver circuit to control the turning on and off of the Mosfet transistor was designed. The controller was evaluated in a PV system consisting of a 65 W PV module and a 12 V/55Ah battery. The results demonstrate the superiority of the fuzzy controller compared to the traditional P&amp;O algorithm, in terms of efficiency and oscillations around the operating point.</p>
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This paper presents the implementation of a fuzzy controller on the Arduino Mega board, for tracking the maximum power point of a photovoltaic (PV) module; using low cost materials. A dc–dc converter that incorporates a driver circuit to control the turning on and off of the Mosfet transistor was designed. The controller was evaluated in a PV system consisting of a 65 W PV module and a 12 V/55Ah battery. The results demonstrate the superiority of the fuzzy controller compared to the traditional P&O algorithm, in terms of efficiency and oscillations around the operating point.

Implementation of a cost-effective fuzzy MPPT controller on the Arduino board

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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This paper presents the implementation of a fuzzy controller on the Arduino Mega board, for tracking the maximum power point of a photovoltaic (PV) module;...

Implementation of a cost-effective fuzzy MPPT controller on the Arduino board

Article Category: Research-Article

Published Online: Feb 28, 2018

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2018-002

Keywords
Arduino Mega, MPPT controller, fuzzy logic, dc-dc converter, photovoltaic module

© 2018 Carlos Robles Castro et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Implementation of a cost-effective fuzzy MPPT controller on the Arduino board

Article Category: Research-Article

Published Online: Feb 28, 2018

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2018-002

KeywordsArduino Mega, MPPT controller, fuzzy logic, dc-dc converter, photovoltaic module

© 2018 Carlos Robles Castro et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Arduino Mega, MPPT controller, fuzzy logic, dc-dc converter, photovoltaic module