Solar radiation monitoring using electronic embedded system Raspberry Pi database connection MySQL, Ubidots and TCS-230 sensor

In this article, it is shown a solar radiation tracking system, in which is used an optical sensor TAOS TCS-230 for measuring the solar radiation, a microcontroller from Microchip PIC 16F877 family and an embedded system Raspberry Pi model B which processes the measurements and transmits to a UDP server. The system stores the data in a database to lock up the integrity of such information, the data reports are also performed. The information is available for solar studies and mapping solar incidence. The microcontroller reads the information from the optical sensor, through out communication I2C the Raspberry Pi receives the microcontroller data, after that it sends with UDP protocol for a computer with LabVIEW software and database, for the possibility to view reports and store in a local database and remote MySQL.