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Building a maximum power point tracker (MPPT) - The Byte Sized Engineer | DigiKey

Powering your electronics project using a solar panel can be fun, but how do you know if you're extracting and utilizing all the power a panel can provide? I built a maximum power point tracking solar charge controller to make sure I could extract all the power available from my solar panel.

Full bill of materials can be found here: https://www.digikey.com/en/mylists/list/6UR93Q1BYV Github repository with all source files can be found here: https://github.com/bytesizedengineering/mppt-charge-controller

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Video Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:27 Solar panel specifications 02:09 Measuring a power curve 04:12 Graphing a power curve 05:18 Using a buck converter SMPS 06:08 Designing my own MPPT charge controller 06:35 Using the typical application circuit of the BQ24650 07:36 Assembling the custom PCB 09:23 Testing and troubleshooting the PCB 12:03 Writing MPPT firmware 13:35 Connecting a solar panel to the MPPT charge controller

8/27/2024 1:28:21 PM

Part List

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
EVAL BOARD FOR BQ24650BQ24650EVM-639EVAL BOARD FOR BQ2465015 - Immediate$118.80View Details
MOSFET 2N-CH 40V 20A PPAK SO8SI7288DP-T1-GE3MOSFET 2N-CH 40V 20A PPAK SO883796 - Immediate$1.63View Details
FIXED IND 10UH 3A 105 MOHM SMDIHLP2525CZER100M01FIXED IND 10UH 3A 105 MOHM SMD13465 - Immediate$0.95View Details
FIXED IND 1.5UH 9A 15 MOHM SMDIHLP2525CZER1R5M01FIXED IND 1.5UH 9A 15 MOHM SMD13192 - Immediate$0.95View Details
DIODE ARR SCHOTT 30V 200MA SOT23BAT54CDIODE ARR SCHOTT 30V 200MA SOT2326253 - Immediate$0.13View Details
LED GREEN CLEAR CHIP SMDLTST-C190GKTLED GREEN CLEAR CHIP SMD1129103 - Immediate$0.12View Details
LED RED CLEAR CHIP SMDLTST-C190KRKTLED RED CLEAR CHIP SMD572366 - Immediate$0.14View Details
RES 0.02 OHM 0.5% 1/4W 1206WSL1206R0200DEARES 0.02 OHM 0.5% 1/4W 12069433 - Immediate$2.08View Details
RES 0.01 OHM 0.5% 1/4W 1206WSL1206R0100DEARES 0.01 OHM 0.5% 1/4W 120611534 - Immediate$2.15View Details
CAP CER 10UF 35V X7R 1206CGA5L1X7R1V106M160ACCAP CER 10UF 35V X7R 12068424 - Immediate$0.78View Details
CAP CER 4.7UF 35V X7R 0805GRM21BZ7YA475ME15LCAP CER 4.7UF 35V X7R 080521619 - Immediate$0.27View Details
CAP CER 1UF 35V X7R 0603CGA3E1X7R1V105K080ACCAP CER 1UF 35V X7R 0603390186 - Immediate$0.22View Details
CAP CER 0.1UF 35V X7R 0402CGA2B3X7R1V104K050BBCAP CER 0.1UF 35V X7R 0402471798 - Immediate$0.11View Details
CAP CER 2.2UF 35V X7R 1206CGA5L3X7R1V225K160ABCAP CER 2.2UF 35V X7R 12063842 - Immediate$0.34View Details
CAP CER 22PF 50V X7R 0402C0402C220K5RACTUCAP CER 22PF 50V X7R 040220391 - Immediate$0.14View Details
RES SMD 100K OHM 0.5% 1/16W 0603RR0816P-104-DRES SMD 100K OHM 0.5% 1/16W 0603878660 - Immediate$0.10View Details
RES SMD 499K OHM 0.5% 1/10W 0603RNCF0603DTE499KRES SMD 499K OHM 0.5% 1/10W 060311015 - Immediate$0.10View Details
RES SMD 36K OHM 0.5% 1/16W 0603RR0816P-363-DRES SMD 36K OHM 0.5% 1/16W 060321055 - Immediate$0.10View Details
RES 5.23K OHM 1% 1/10W 0603RC0603FR-075K23LRES 5.23K OHM 1% 1/10W 0603123528 - Immediate$0.10View Details
RES 30.1K OHM 1% 1/10W 0603RMCF0603FT30K1RES 30.1K OHM 1% 1/10W 0603111129 - Immediate$0.10View Details

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