Desarrollo de un seguidor solar para calibración de sensores de radiación en la empresa pública INAMHI orientado a IOT

Abstract

This work proposed the development of a solar tracker with two degrees of freedom for a more accurate collection of radiation data unlike the current method that is performed on a fixed base, the project is based primarily on tracking the exact position of the sun by Global Positioning System (GPS) and send the data acquired from the radiation sensors to the cloud. For the implementation we used the Arduino Mega microcontroller where all the programming is located, which through artificial intelligence understanding the basic concepts of fuzzy logic is responsible for controlling the processes for the mobility of the structure with respect to the sun. Through the application of storage platforms such as Google Drive it was possible to send the data to the cloud for trend analysis, from any point with internet connection. Through the application of Internet of things (IoT) concepts, an interface was developed using Node-Red and the Raspberry Pi 4 development board for remote monitoring of the structure's status, where the precise position of the solar tracker can be visualized.