Electricity Generation

Overview

NXP offers different products for several solar power generation solutions such as inverters for large commercial and central utility power generation systems that supply AC power to the grid; residential grid-tie systems—the most common types of photograph voltaic (PV) systems today; and off-grid solar power systems -- which provide both DC and AC output power without being connected to the utility grid.

These kinds of systems are the fastest growing part of the solar electric industry today, thanks to the continued reduction in the price of photovoltaic (PV) electricity and by favorable government policies.

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Designs

Solar panel energy monitor with wireless in home display

Type: Community Demo

This in home energy display and Solar Panel demo illustrates a very low-cost solution for real-time energy monitoring.

Solar Panel Tracker Control Using the MC34932 Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver

Type: Community Demo

Demonstration of cost effective Solar Panel Tracker Control using MC34932 dual H-Bridge motor driver.

Specifications

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Commercial Solar Power Inverters

MCU

KV5x : Kinetis^® KV5x-240 MHz, Motor Control and Power Conversion, Ethernet, MCUs based on Arm^® Cortex^®-M7
MC56F84xxx : Digital Signal Controllers
MC56F82xxx: MC56F826xx and MC56F827xx Digital Signal Controllers

Residential Solar Power Inverters

MCU

K70_120 : Kinetis^® K70-120–150 MHz, High-Speed USB, Ethernet, DDR and Anti-Tamper Microcontrollers based on Arm^® Cortex^®-M4 Core
MC56F84xxx : Digital Signal Controllers
MC56F82xxx: MC56F826xx and MC56F827xx Digital Signal Controllers

Off-Grid Solar Power Inverters

MCU

MC56F84xxx : Digital Signal Controllers
MC56F82xxx: MC56F826xx and MC56F827xx Digital Signal Controllers

Design Resources

Documents ( 2 )

Application Note ( 2 )

Documents

Application Note ( 2 )

AN4664, On-Grid Solar Microinverter on Freescale MC56F82xx/MC56F82xxx DSCs - Application Notes^{(REV
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AN4664: NXP offers digital signal controllers, the MC56F8xxx family, that are well suited to on-grid solar inverter designs. This application note describes the solar microinverter solution developed together with Future Electronics.
- PDF
- 730.0 kB
- 21 Aug 2013
- AN4664
- [ English ]
Freescale DSCs in PV Solar Inverter Applications^{(REV
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This application note introduces key topologies for solar panel inverters and suggests NXP Digital Signal Controllers (DSC) to their control.
- PDF
- 798.0 kB
- 25 Oct 2012
- AN4615
- [ English ]