Matrix Engineering Research Center

Mini Windmill Power Generation Project Renewable energy is the wind beneath our turbine blades. Over the past few years, wind power has been among the fastest growing sources of energy in the world. Thus producing electricity with the use of renewable resource Wind energy has been taken up in this project. A Windmill, which rotates when there is enough wind, generates electricity owing to magnetic coupling between the rotating and stationary coil. A horizontally rotating prototype of Windmill is being used in this project. Mini Windmill Power Generation Project harnesses the Windmill i.e, Wind Turbine Generator to charge a 12V Battery. The System is based on Atmega328 microcontroller which smartly senses and charges the battery while displaying the voltage on the LCD. The Windmill, when in enough wind to drive it, generates power enough to charge a battery. Since it can work in favorable natural conditions by itself without consuming fossil fuel, it can charge the battery aut...

Induction Motor Speed & Direction Controller Controlling a motor with an Arduino is relatively easy. In addition to simply spinning the motor, you can control the position of the motor shaft if the motor has a rotary encoder. Faraday's Law states that: Any change in the magnetic environment of a coil of wire will cause a voltage (emf) to be “induced” in the coil. This explains how generators are able to produce voltage. This is mechanical energy to electrical energy conversion. Motors operate in reverse of generators; they convert electrical energy to mechanical energy. In motors,  current is fed into the armature winding which creates a magnetic field that interacts with the magnetic field created by permanent magnets in the stator. The interaction between two magnetic fields causes the armature to rotate. Circuit Diagram There are many different types of motors, including: Direct Current (DC) motors (the one that I'll be using in this tu...