NDLI: Tracker robot using dual tone multiple frequency (DTMF) and microcontroller

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Babu, D.R. Babu, V.S. Satyanarayana, T.
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., GMR Inst. of Technol., Srikakulam, India (Babu, D.R.; Babu, V.S.; Satyanarayana, T.)
Abstract	The aim of this solar tracking technology is to utilize the maximum solar power from the sun. The goal of this tracking technology is to build a solar powered robot with tracker set up using DC series motor, limit switch and two LDR sensors. The direction can be sensed by this robot automatically using digital compass and changes its movement. The solar tracking system uses LCD to display the measured voltage generated from solar panel and to measure the angle of tracking of system with respect to north. The solar tracker system that follows the sun direction for producing maximum voltage is mounted on the robot and the DC series motors utilizes this energy for robot movement. The robot can be controlled by using “Dual tone multiple frequency” (DTMF) technology from a mobile phone. H-Bridge circuit is used for controlling the robot movements. Manual attention is not required in this robot technology. The Digital compass plays major role to control the direction of robot. If at all the robot system moves in wrong direction the buzz ring alarm system gives signal to the microcontroller. The required power for the operation of robot motors is supplied from solar panels connected to a battery. This solar tracking technology makes use of a microcontroller. The microcontroller is programmed, with the help of embedded C instructions. This consists of a PIC microcontroller based control system, solar powered DC series motors and tracker set up. This autonomous robot senses the sunlight using two LDR sensor and the tracker moves from east to west direction always.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	6
File Size	459434
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479976768
e-ISBN	9781479976782
DOI	10.1109/EESCO.2015.7253772
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-01-24
Publisher Place	India
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	PIC microcontroller Solar tracker robot Microcontrollers Tracking DC motors DC series motors DTMF technology H-Bridge circuit Sun Compass Robots Digital compass
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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