Table 1 Comparison of the solar angle measurement performance

From: Wide field of view multifunctional solar sensor for photovoltaic power management via measurement of solar angle and intensity

Sensor Module

FOV

Mean error

Reference

MISS

±75°

3.4°

This work

SiC image sensor

±37°

5.7°

24

PV sub-module

±62.8°

22

Light source tracking

±45°

42

Micromachined vector sensor

±45°

43

Ultraviolet (UV) sensor

±55°

-

25

Irradiation angle sensor

±48°

0.3°

26

Dual-axis sun tracker

±30°

-

44

Direction tracking system

±45°

1.8°

15

Pyramidal sun sensor

±60°

7.8°

45