Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Vol 15, No 1: February 2026

Dual axis solar tracker and monitoring system based on internet of things

Yonis M. Yonis Buswig (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
Shanti Faridah Salleh (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
Al-Khalid Othman (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
Norhuzaimin Julai (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
Azuka Affam (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
Lennevey Kinidi (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
Hazrul Mohamed Basri (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
Kasumawati Lias (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Feb 2026

Abstract

In this paper, the application of internet of things (IoT) technology in development of a dual-axis solar tracking system is presented. Sting capacity of piezoelectric material is applied a footstep energy generation system. Using Arduino MEGA as the main controller for the system, light-dependent resistors (LDRs) have been used for sunlight detection and maximum light intensity. Two servo motors have been employed to rotate the solar panel towards the position of the sun as detected by the LDR. Ethernet Shield is used as an intermediary between the hardware device and the IoT monitoring system through the Cayenne platform. Alert notifications are included to inform a remote user through phone or mail (or both) when a sensor has reached a certain predefined event. There is a 21.97 increased energy output buy the proposed system as compared to the single-axis solar tracker. Further test results of the manufactured prototype indicate that solar tracker data can be transmitted simply and monitored directly online, and the solar tracker is capable of receiving commands from the IoT monitoring application.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

EEI

Publisher

Subject

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

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Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (Buletin Teknik Elektro dan Informatika) ISSN: 2089-3191, e-ISSN: 2302-9285 is open to submission from scholars and experts in the wide areas of electrical, electronics, instrumentation, control, telecommunication and computer engineering from the ...