6. DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE

This project presents the design and implementation of a low cost data acquisition system for photovoltaic systems. One of the key steps to guarantee its quality is the study of photovoltaic (PV) and wind turbine module performance, which requires a data acquisition system for parameter measurement. This work describes the design and implementation of a data acquisition card for the hybrid energy system. Parameters of the solar and the wind sources such as the current, the voltage illustrated on an LCD. Th e hybrid system including a Arduino microcontroller has been tested solar panel and wind turbine. It has been observed that this hybrid system works successfully and gives good performance such as low cost and easy programming.