A Solar Array Simulator Using a Buck Configuration for Small Communications Satellites

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The purpose of this paper is to describe a solar array simulator to reproduce the I-V curve characteristics of solar panel modules using software. The simulator takes the storage data of I-V curves to use it as reference control to match the actual output of buck circuit with the selected module under test.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 383-390)

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3438-3442

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November 2011

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