Question: Design, draw and simulate using Multisim an automatic solar powered lamp circuit diagram. The design should automatically switches on three parallel high power white LEDs

Design, draw and simulate using Multisim an automatic solar powered lamp circuit
diagram. The design should automatically switches on three parallel high power white
LEDs each 2.7Volts, 30mA in the evening and stay on for 10 hours using a 6 Volt,
4.5Ah rechargeable battery. During the day time the solar panel should charge the
4.5Ah battery and switches off the white LEDs. The design should consist the
following: [7 Marks]
12 volt solar panel, used to charge the battery during the day time.
12Volt 100 ohms PCB Relay which switches on and off the LED lights during
the evening and night respectively.
Charger controller resistor connected in series with Silicon diode D1with 0.7V
and the solar panel to drop the voltage and block the battery reverse current
flowing back to the solar panel.
Charger indicator Red LED which uses 1.8volts, 15mA-during the day time it
is switched on and off during the evening when the battery is not charging.
The high value 4700F capacitor C1 to act as a buffer for the clean switching
of the relay and also to prevent relay clicking when the input voltage reduces
momentarily
Switch S1, S2, and S3 to turn off the lamps separately when not in use.
1. What size of resistor is needed to connect in series with the white LED to
restrict the current flow through LEDs? [2 Marks]
2. What size of the resistor should be connected in series with the charger
indicator red LED to restrict the current flow through the LED? [2 Marks]
3. What size of solar panel active power in watts needed to charge the battery for
the period of 5hrs after used for 10hrs supplying the white LEDs, assuming the
battery was initial full charged before used ?
[5 Marks]

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