WEEK 11

ACTIVITY :
Construct and design Prototype and casing for this project.

OBJECTIVE:

• To place the circuit inside the box.
• To make the project more tidy.

            Using the cupboard, to make the casing for the circuit. Place circuit under the sunlight prototype. Firstly, make the cupboard into square shape. After that, closed the cupboard using sunlight prototype. Make a hole around the cupboard because the input wire can be connecting easily outside the box. 

WEEK 10

Activity:

• Construct and  Development circuit to combine 2 source into 1 output. 

Objective:

• Construct the circuit by using breadboard and test the circuit 
• Construct and design using print circuit board  (PCB). 
• Test the circuit



Rectifier circuit by using diode



Construct the circuit by using breadboard



Design connection of the rectifier circuit



Process of etching



Drilling





Construct the component at the PCB 






Process of solder the circuit




Full rectifier circuit 

for this week, the result for the rectifier circuit full fill the expectation  expectation.  The outputs Voltage from the PV and TE can be combine. The Value is more large when combine the two circuit.

WEEK 9

Activity:

•   Construct the circuit to test the PV module characterisation. To investigate the electrical characteristic of PV module under varying loads.

Objective:

• To investigate the IV curve characteristic of PV module

  

  Circuit for measure IV characteristic

  

  Connection for measure IV characteristic

  
  

WEEK 8

 Activity:

•   Develop the wiring  of the sunlight prototype.

Objective:

• To make the spotlight on and support the enough photon for photovoltaic (PV).
• Connect the positive and negative wire together. 

  

  240V Mains Halogen Aluminised Spotlight
  spotlight used as sunlight

Cover the wire to make sure there is no contact between each other

Tidy the wire at the playwood

Full prototypeAfter the light is turn on, the reading of PV show that the voltage is increase to 20V. The max voltage of this type of PV is 21V.  The light should be 90degree perpendicular with PV. This condition to make the PV get enough photon from the light. The Picture below show the Voltage of PV using multimeter.
V= 20V

WEEK 7

 Activity:

  Development of lamp act as sunlight 

Objective:

• Construct the body part of the lamp project
• Cutting the playwood 

  

  (a)

(b)

Figure (a) & (b) is a process of cutting the wood to make the prototype 

Process to construct the body part of the spotlight

Cover the playwood with sellotape

Prototype of light to act as sunlight