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A project log for $1/W True MPPT

Build a $1 per Watt parallelizable MPPT controller, without cutting corners.

jonathan-bruneauJonathan Bruneau 08/23/2015 at 05:311 Comment

Small update to show you the layout for the V2 board. I changed the topology to be a Buck/Boost converter, as I'm not entirely sure which one I'd like to use. While the buck converter works just fine, it would fail to allow lower voltage higher-current solar panels to charge higher voltage sources, such as a 12V battery. This new version also has input and output over-current protection, which eliminates the need for the fuse which would blow too slowly anyways.

As long as the supply can output 5W as designed, we're looking at approximately $0.46/W.

At any rate, here's what the board currently looks like (some of the 3D models are missing).

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mr.jb wrote 08/29/2015 at 19:22 point

Did you use the RT8299 as buck ?

I'm curious about test data .....  pwm control the enable pin ?

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