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Solarenergie-Click-Board
Solarenergie-Click-Board
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Overview
Es gibt bereits viele Batterieladegeräte und Solarenergiesammler, aber das Solar Energy Click Board™ hat eine einzigartige Funktion: Es vereint beide Geräte in einem einzigen Paket. Das Click Board™ verwendet Texas Instruments BQ25570 – ein hocheffizientes Nano-Power-Boost-Lade- und Abwärtswandlergerät, das für den Einsatz mit Energiesammlerelementen mit sehr geringem Stromverbrauch wie Photovoltaik- und thermoelektrischen Generatoren entwickelt wurde.
Das Solar Energy Click Board™ lädt den angeschlossenen Li-Po-Akku oder den integrierten 220-mF-Superkondensator mithilfe des Photovoltaikelements auf. Dies geschieht durch die Nutzung der Lade- und Energiegewinnungsfunktionen des BQ25570 und der cleveren Nano-Energieverwaltungsfunktionen. Dieses Click Board™ kann auch Geräte mit geringem Stromverbrauch mit der gespeicherten Energie versorgen und bietet so eine Möglichkeit für den Dauerbetrieb von Geräten mit geringem Stromverbrauch.
Diese Funktionen machen das Solar Energy Click Board™ zu einer idealen Lösung für die Stromversorgung drahtloser Sensornetzwerke, Umweltüberwachungsgeräte, tragbarer und am Körper tragbarer Geräte zur Gesundheitsüberwachung und ähnlicher autarker Geräte mit geringem Stromverbrauch.
How Does The Solar Energy Click Board™ Work?
The Solar Energy Click Board™ is equipped with BQ25570, nano-power high-efficiency boost charger and buck converter device, designed to work with very low power energy harvesting elements. It can both provide power to the connected external load and charge the LiPo rechargeable battery using the solar panel as the photovoltaic element - employing its energy harvesting capabilities.
The connected load will be powered on either from the connected LiPo battery or the supercapacitor soldered on board. When the battery voltage drops under the 2.85V, the interrupt pin (routed to the mikroBUS™ INT pin) will be driven to a LOW logic state. The integrated nano-power management unit takes care of providing the proper charging conditions for the battery. When the battery is charged up to 3.25V - due to the hysteresis set with the voltage divider resistors - the INT pin will go to a HIGH logic state, once again. Also, thanks to the nano-power management unit, the battery will not get overcharged above 4.06V. The click board™ provides 2.6V/100mA for the connected external load on the output terminal.
When the battery is not connected, the internal supercapacitor will be used as the energy storage element. This is useful for continuous powering up of very low power applications, as the supercapacitor should be able to provide power continuously since it will get recharged by the solar panel before it is drained out by the load. The internal converter will be disabled if the storage element voltage drops under the internally set under-voltage level of 1.95V, preventing the damage of completely draining out the connected storage element.
In addition to the INT pin, there are two more pins of the BQ25570 routed to the mikroBUS™, used to enable the BQ25570 internal sections (EN) and to enable the power output for the connected load (OUT). Setting the EN pin to the LOW logic level will enable the BQ25570 internal sections and the power charger features, while the HIGH logic level on the OUT pin will enable the power output for the connected load.
Specifications
| Type | Battery charger, Solar Charger |
| Applications | The Solar Energy Click Board™ is an ideal solution for powering wireless sensor networks, environment monitoring devices, portable and wearable health monitoring devices and similar low power self-sustained devices |
| On-board modules | Texas Instruments BQ25570 - a nano-power high-efficiency boost charger and buck converter device |
| Key Features | Provides power to the connected external load and charge the LiPo rechargeable battery using the solar panel, provides 2.6V/100mA for the connected external load on the output terminal, the battery will not get overcharged above 4.06V |
| Interface | GPIO |
| Compatibility | mikroBUS |
| Click board size | M (42.9 x 25.4 mm) |
| Input Voltage | 3.3V |
Pinout diagram
This table shows how the pinout of the Solar Energy Click Board™ corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).
| Notes | Pin |  |
Pin | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| External OUT enable | OUT | 1 | AN | PWM | 16 | NC | |
| NC | 2 | RST | INT | 15 | INT | Battery OK indication | |
| BQ25570 enable | EN | 3 | CS | RX | 14 | NC | |
| NC | 4 | SCK | TX | 13 | NC | ||
| NC | 5 | MISO | SCL | 12 | NC | ||
| NC | 6 | MOSI | SDA | 11 | NC | ||
| Power supply | 3V3 | 7 | 3.3V | 5V | 10 | NC | |
| Ground | GND | 8 | GND | GND | 9 | GND | Ground |
Solar Energy Click Board™ Electrical specifications
| Description | Min | Typ | Max | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy harvesting input terminal voltage rating | 0.1 | 5.1 | V | |
| Energy harvesting input terminal power rating | 0.005 | 510 | mW |
Onboard settings and indicators
| Label | Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PWR | Power LED | - | Power LED indicates that the click is powered on |
Software Support
We provide an example for the Solar Energy Click Board™ on our LibStock page, as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.
Example Description
The application is composed of the following sections :
- System Initialization - Initializes GPIO pins used with Solar Energy Click Board™ and UART module used for data logging
- Application Initialization - Enables Solar energy click
- Application Task - (code snippet) Sequentially checks the state INT pin and reports current status by logging information to UART every 15 seconds.
void applicationTask()
{
Delay_ms( 15000 );
if (SOLAR_INT_PIN)
{
UART_Write_Text( "Battery in proper condition!");
UART_Write(13);
UART_Write(10);
}
else
{
UART_Write_Text( "Battery voltage low");
UART_Write(13);
UART_Write(10);
}
}
The example code for all architectures and compilers, and ready to use projects can be found on our LibStock page.
Other mikroE Libraries used in the example:
- UART
Additional Notes and Information
Depending on the development board you are using, you may need a USB UART click, USB UART 2 click or RS232 click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. The terminal available in all Mikroelektronika compilers, or any other terminal application of your choice, can be used to read the message.
Software Support
We provide an example for the Solar Energy Click Board™ on our LibStock page, as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.
Example Description
The application is composed of the following sections :
- System Initialization - Initializes GPIO pins used with Solar Energy Click Board™ and UART module used for data logging
- Application Initialization - Enables Solar energy click
- Application Task - (code snippet) Sequentially checks the state INT pin and reports current status by logging information to UART every 15 seconds.
void applicationTask()
{
Delay_ms( 15000 );
if (SOLAR_INT_PIN)
{
UART_Write_Text( "Battery in proper condition!");
UART_Write(13);
UART_Write(10);
}
else
{
UART_Write_Text( "Battery voltage low");
UART_Write(13);
UART_Write(10);
}
}
The example code for all architectures and compilers, and ready to use projects can be found on our LibStock page.
Other mikroE Libraries used in the example:
- UART
Additional Notes and Information
Depending on the development board you are using, you may need a USB UART click, USB UART 2 click or RS232 click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. The terminal available in all Mikroelektronika compilers, or any other terminal application of your choice, can be used to read the message.
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