OpenDTU-onBattery schematic, BOM, and PCB for 2 Victrons MPPTs #138
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Recieved my pcp and it works. Just one copy/paste error in the labeling of the serial interfaces. Prepared for one additional Victron MPPT charger. |
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That is really cool! Designing and building a workable PCB is something I still have on my todo list for this life :) My 2x2 panels are facing SSW / SSO so this looks like I could keep them as they are and use two MPPT chargers. Amazing work, happy testing! :) |
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This is amazing! How can you have a PCB made and how expensive is it? |
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1st question: why did you use a voltage regulator on the pcb, connected to the +5V terminal? There is a more powerful 5V->3,3V Regulator on the ESP32-NodeMCU PCB, and you can feed +5V into the NodeMCU through one of the pins (when you dont want to have the microUSB as the power source). 2nd: if you want to share the kicad files, just create another github project with it..... I would propose a structure with one directory per PCB variant - I think I will create also one, with CANbus connection, which I would offer to add to such a repo. |
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@kloppy1984 Ich habe mal zum ADUM1201 recherchiert... Grundsätzlich bezeifle ich daß wenn man die Anschlußhinweise von Victron befolgt es zur Zerstörung des SmartSolar kommen kann. Zu diesen Hinweisen zählt z.B. daß alle Komponenten sauber geerdet/auf Potentialausgleich gelegt werden sollen (an den dafür vorgesehenen Stellen!), aber weder das Batterie-Plus oder Minus noch die PV-Leitungen geerdet noch mit GND der Schaltungen verbunden werden sollen. Wenn Du aber einen ADUM1201 Isolierer verwenden willst, dann kann der gleichzeitig die Pegelwandlung von 3,3V nach 5V machen, man kann sich dann also ein Bauteil sparen. Kleiner Nachteil ggü. den käuflichen Level-Shifter-Platinchen ist der deutlich höhere Preis. Fazit: Ich bedanke mich für die Horizont-Erweiterung! |
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Hello, absolutely great to get two Victron connected. Many thanks for the Schema. |
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another PCB layout is also in progress on my side... |
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Hi @madmartin, sorry if I do not understand everything you wrote above,
Correct? |
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Actual OpenDTU-onBattery supports only one Victron MPPT, but I plan to extend it. So I created a schema for 2 MPPTs
I power my OpenDTU-onBattery with a 5V DIN rail power supply. Therefore I use a voltage regulator to get the 3.3V. USB is only used for debug purpose.
Schematic
Bill of material
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Still waiting for the PCB. I hope I did the wiring correctly.
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