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LDR = Light Dependent Resistor = Photoresistor

You’re asking what is LDR?

It stands for Light Dependent Resistor or Photoresistor, which is a passive electronic component, basically a resistor which has a resistance that varies depending of the light intensity. A photoresistor is made of a high resistance semiconductor that absorbs photons and based on the quantity and frequency of the absorbed photons the semiconductor material give bound electrons enough energy to jump into the conduction band.

Light dependent resistors come in different shapes and colors. LDRs are very useful in many electronic circuits, especially in alarms, switching devices, clocks, street lights and more. There are some audio application uses such as audio limiters or compressors. It is used to turn ON or OFF a device according to the ambient light.

Step 2: Working Principle of This Project

You can see the fifth resistor is placed on the middle position of the solar top, when the light is minimum ,the micro controller Arduino read the resistance value and the the threshold value is sated in the coding section, when the light is available and the threshold level breaks,

the Arduino rotate the n20 servo gear motor anti clockwise through the L293D motor Driver till the limit switch level high, when anticlockwise limit switch pressed the panel stop rotating and panel is fully opened position

when the button is pressed, now the main work is going to progress, according

the sun rotation other 4 LDRs sense the light and send data to the Arduino, and Arduino process the data then rotate the servo motors according the sun rotation, the rotation position of the servo is max 170 degrees, when the sun goes down the fifth LDR sense data again and this time the process is reverse condition,

the LDR data goes down blow the threshold level and Arduino Rotate the N20 motor clockwise till the 2nd limit switch press and run the servo in home position, when light is available in next day the same process goes on again.

Step 3: Solar Panel

We are going to use 6 pieces of solar panel and each has 6V 70mAh power output, We will wire the one pair of panels in series and 3 pairs in parallel, then the voltage output will be 6+6=12v, So basically when the panels are fully opened the voltage output is 12V and when the panel goes on in home position the voltage output will be 1-3 volts

Step 4: Li-ion Batteries

A lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is an advanced battery technology that uses lithium ions as a key component of its electrochemistry.

During a discharge cycle, lithium atoms in the anode are ionized and separated from their electrons.

Li-ion batteries typically use ether (a class of organic compounds) as an electrolyte.

We are going to use 18650 3.7v Li-ion rechargeable battery pack for this project, this batteries are getting charged when the sunlight is available and give power to LEDs during charge or at night time.

*Note- Li-ion batteries have high current rating, may be the short circuit caused the fire so stay safe during work.

Step 5: 3D Printed Parts

All the 3D files are designed by techboystoys and It is not possible to make myself form scratch materials in sort period of...