Microcontroller Controlled Optimal Battery Charging for a Solar Powered rover With Efficient Wireless Camera

Abstract

The energy released by sun is referred as solar as a solar energy which will not decay & is costless and this energy is utilized in many applications where power supplies are absent. So here smart microcontroller is used for optimal battery charging that is used in solar powered robotic vehicle. It includes design and construction of optimized charging system for Li-Po batteries by using tracked solar panels to get maximum power from sun regardless of rover’s mobility. It also gives the alternative design of power system performance based on pack of two Li-Po batteries. The objective is completing the process of charging a battery independently while other battery provides all energy consumed by the rover. In this thesis robotic vehicle is based on two PIC16F877A microcontrollers and the efficient wireless camera using two wheel differential drives.