/solar-charger-v2

Another attempt at a solar powered battery charger and USB power supply

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solar-charger-v2

This is a hardware design for a solar powered battery charger and USB supply. The intended use case looks something like this,

Photovoltaic cell   ----> solar charger ----> USB device
   Vpv > Vbat                  |              Vusb = 5V
                               |
                          battery pack
                            Vbat > Vusb

This allows the battery pack to be charged at the optimal rate to follow the maximum power point of the photovoltaic cell. This optimization as well as battery charge management is performed by the MCU (STM32L151).