Many solar-panel-powered applications need only pulses of power to operate. Systems for data collection or measurement sampling frequently need to turn on, perform a measurement or some other task, ...

Description of how to use a custom IC implements solar maximum power-point (MPP) tracking in order to power a cooling fan. Harnessing solar energy directly to power a fan provides an environmentally ...

Fig 1. The multiplierless MPPT system incorporates a buck converter and a control stage. R SHU and the current sense amplifier, U5, sense the system’s output power. Fig 2. Using a perturb-and-observe ...

A German research group is trying to determine whether the combination of solar and storage with direct coupling and without the aid of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) electronics is feasible.