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, ...

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.

The scientists tested the performance of the MPPT technique and the associated solar system-fed converter circuit in a series of simulations conducted on a 3-diode model PV array via the ...

Unique usage of power with solar photovoltaics. Power efficiency assisted via photovoltaics. Designers may not be fully aware of a very powerful technique that can extract maximum power from solar ...

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 ...