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Within this paper it is proposed the design and development of an instrument with extended capabilities for photovoltaic (PV) devices I/V tracing. Commercial instruments that measure I-V curves from PV devices are suitable for a wide range of applications. However, more specific research and measurements require developing customized equipment. Custom-made development provides flexibility, and allows to implement tailored algorithms and to have accurate control of obtained information. Full control offers better flexibility for testing and extends the measurement possibilities. Designed I-V tester is capable to measure low voltages and manages very low resistance load to provide short circuit current values with voltages close to zero.
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The authors thank the CYTED Thematic Network “INTELLIGENT CITIES FULLY INTEGRAL, EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE (CITIES)” nº 518RT0558. In addition, the work has been possible thanks to the “DOCTOR-PV” project Ref.: RTC-2017-6712-3, which has been funded by the “Ministry of Industry, Economy and Competitiveness, State R + D + i Program Oriented to the Challenges of the Society (Collaboration Challenges)”.
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Hernández-Martínez, B., Gallardo-Saavedra, S., Hernández-Callejo, L., Alonso-Gómez, V., Morales-Aragonés, J.I. (2020). General Purpose I-V Tester Developed to Measure a Wide Range of Photovoltaic Systems. In: Nesmachnow, S., Hernández Callejo, L. (eds) Smart Cities. ICSC-CITIES 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1152. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38889-8_11
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