Data logging are an important aspect in a modern day measurement and instrumentation system. Almost all the industrial process requires data logging. Nowadays, cheap and feasible solution of data logging in industrial and scientific process is a difficult task with proprietary data logger. In this research paper, we proposed the design and development of two channel data logger which provide the cheap and feasible solution for monitoring and recording the voltage, current, power and energy of two PV solar panels. The designed prototype data logger is based on Arduino UNO and facilitated the data logging on SD card or on the memory of Bluetooth enabled android mobile phone. Remote monitoring and recording of data is possible with this data logger. The design of this data logger is completely based on the open source software and hardware devices instead of proprietary hardware devices and commercial software. Measurement and monitoring of voltage, current, power and energy of two PV solar panels and its logging on suitable electronic medium are smart features of this data logger.

Data Logger, Arduino UNO, SD card, Bluetooth Module HC-05, DS-3231 Real Time Clock

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