This book discusses photovoltaics and details the modelling of photovoltaics systems. The author demonstrates this modelling using Matlab/Simulink and also Proteus (ISIS). The author first shows the employment of Matlab/Simulink for modelling of a photovoltaic (PV) module. He then presents a Matlab/Simulink and experimental studies of shading effect on a photovoltaic array. He goes on to show modelling of novel architecture of PV generator based on a-Si: H/c-Si materials and using solar tracker for partial shading. Finally, he details the real-time of a PV system using an Arduino Uno Card.

In addition, this book:

• Presents a thorough study of photovoltaics and details the modelling of photovoltaics systems
• Includes detail relevant to PV systems, Solar Trackers, Real-Time Implementations, and Arduino Uno
• Demonstrates modelling using Matlab/Simulink and also Proteus (ISIS)

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Mourad Talbi is an Associate professor in signal and image processing at the Center of Researches and Technologies of Energy (CRTEn), Hammam-Lif, Tunisia. He received his Master's (2004) in Automatics and Signal Processing from National School of Engineers of Tunis (ENIT). He completed his Ph.D. Thesis (2010) and his HDR (2015) in Electronics from Faculty of Sciences of Tunis. Additionally, he is a research member of the following Laboratory: « Laboratoire de Maîtrise de l'Energie Eolienne et de Valorisation Energétique des Déchets (LMEEVED) ». He has published frequently in the domains of signal and image processing and also in the domain of photovoltaics. He participates in many international conferences of signal and image processing and photovoltaics. He has published many books and chapters in the domains of signal and image processing.