Solar panel is gaining an ever increasing foothold in society, especially on the roof of the houses for feeding domestic electrical appliances in recent times. In many situations the expensive solar panels stop working due to some external nuisances which goes unnoticed to the users. There is a need of a low-cost monitoring system to get information of the defected solar panels for timely repair and maintenance.
A system has been developed which can track the monitor the performance of the solar panel, can set the maximum power point of solar panels, monitor its instantaneous power output and send and receive data and commands from a operator who is based on a remote location using wireless medium. The system will also be able to monitor whether there is any operational problem of the solar panel, such as not generating any output even in presence of sunlight.