Development of a low-cost sunphotometer tracking and data acquisition system

• Main Authors: Macalalad, Ernest P., Galvez, Maria Cecilia D.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Subjects: Sun trackers—Design and construction; Remote sensing—Equipment and supplies; Physics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5894
• Institution: De La Salle University

A low-cost sun tracking and data acquisition system for the SPO 2 and SP10 1 sun photometers were developed. The sun-tracking system has a 1-degree pointing error and was based on a mathematical algorithm that depends on the position of the observer and the time of observation. A virtual instrument...