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January 2007, Issue 198

Self-Powered Solar Data Logger


by Abigail Krich


HARDWARE

The system schematic is shown in Figure 1. The pins of the STK500 board are depicted along the bottom. Note that the RXD and TXD pins for the RS-232 connection and the data flash are also located on the board.

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Figure 1—The system’s schematic shows the STK500 and its connections with each of the other components.

Port A connects to the photodiode and the switches. Port B also connects with the switches as well as the data flash. Port C controls the LCD and Port D sends data to the RS-232 connection and the field effect transistor. These ports connect to the ATmega32 microcontroller.