GTC Almere, delivering components and systems for sustainable energy, today announced the GTC-Solar80, a battery charge controller for solar applications.
 
This device, which is planned for market introduction in early 2010, will be shown by GTC Almere during the upcoming 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (21 – 25 September) and Exhibition (21 – 24 September) in Hamburg, Germany.
 
Electricity plays a crucial role in our daily lives. Today, however, more than 70% of the world population has little or no access to electricity, effectively excluding them from many of the modern conveniences that we take for granted.
 
By combining the GTC-Solar80 with a battery and small solar panel, the resulting system provides a simple solution to this global problem.
 
GTC-Solar80 uses NXP’s leading IC technologies, and provides the following advantages:

1. Patent pending technology which provides up to 30% higher output compared to traditional
chargers (allowing applications to utilize smaller solar panels)
2. Extremely cost competitive
3. Very low power consumption
4. Many protection features normally found only in higher-end products
5. High level of configurability
6. Very simple user interface
 
GTC-Solar80 accepts an input voltage range of 10-27V (from the solar panel) and provides maximum charging current of 6A to the battery and load current of 12.5 A at 12V from the battery. If you would like to see a presentation of this solution, visit GTC booth at the PV Solar Conference in Hamburg.
 
To know more, visit www.gtc-almere.com, www.nxp.com.