Solar UI

Introduction

Solar UI is an example user interface for a dashboard a solar panel company might provide to each of its customers, which those customers could use to manage their solar panel systems.

Screenshot

Technologies

Solar UI was built using the following technologies:

• React (via create-react-app)
• Redux
• Semantic UI
• Chart.js
• Moment.js
• Fetch API
• Jest
• ECMAScript 2015/ES6

Features

Solar UI has the following features:

• Data Generation: Continuously generates new solar panel input radiance values using constrained random number generation
• Data Relationships:
  • Panel Input/Output: When a solar panel is "enabled," its output current is calculated as a function of its input radiance
  • Inverter Output: The inverter output power is calculated as a function of the output power* of all solar panels combined
• Interactive Charts: When the visitor hovers over a data point in a chart, the chart displays a tooltip containing information about that data point
• Interactive Table: When the visitor clicks on an "Enabled" toggle slider, the associated solar panel will become enabled or disabled (whichever is the opposite of its previous state)
• Redux DevTools Extension-Enabled: Curious visitors can monitor the dispatching of Redux actions and examine their contents, by using the Redux DevTools Extension for Google Chrome
• Responsive Layout:
  • Stacked Panels: On narrow screens, the various panels stack vertically
  • Mobile Menu: On narrow screens, a side navigation menu becomes available
• REST API Utilization: Retrieves the mock username from the Reqres REST API

* Note: output power = output voltage × output current

Limitations

Solar UI has the following limitations:

• Lack of Hyperlink Destinations: None of the hyperlinks—with one exception—point to anything. The exception is the "Fork on GitHub" button, which points to this repository on GitHub.
• Independent "Energy Storage" Values: Although they do change over time, the values depicted in the "Energy Storage" chart are independent of any other values shown in the UI, such as the "Solar Radiance" values or the "Power Output" values.

FAQ

1. Q: Is this thing actually connected to someone's solar panel system?
   • A: No. All the data displayed on the page is fake and is generated by the app itself, using JavaScript's Math.random() function. There is no actual solar panel system involved. You can enable and disable panels all you want.

Demo

You can explore a live version of Solar UI at the following URL:

https://gitname.github.io/solar-ui/