The invention provides a sun-tracking
detector having wide-angle capturing and precise tracking functions. In the sun-tracking
detector, two sets of photosensors are adopted, wherein one set of photosensors is used for wide-angle low-precision tracking; and the other set of photosensors is used for high-precision positioning and tracking. In case of a large tracking angle difference, the sun-tracking
detector firstly performs the wide-angle low-precision tracking, and then automatically performs the high-precision positioning and tracking to lock the tracking target (the sun) when the
tracking error is reduced to a certain value. The sun-tracking detector comprises four triangular
pentahedron brackets which are mounted on a base to form a well, wherein the well is positioned in the center of the base, four walls of the well form four shading regions, four small rectangular grooves are arranged in the centers of four sides at the bottom of the well to form four light-guiding holes, four photoresistors are correspondingly arranged at the four small rectangular grooves at the back side of the base, the
sunlight can irradiate the four photoresistors by penetrating through the four small rectangular grooves, the four photoresistors and potentiometers composing an
elevation angle and
azimuth angle detecting circuit are mounted on a circuit board at the back side of the base, and four photosensitive cells are affixed onto the sloping planes of the four triangular
pentahedron brackets and are used for wide-angle capturing. The four triangular
pentahedron brackets and the circuit board are mounted on the base to form a whole, thus composing the sun-tracking detector having the wide-angle capturing and precise tracking functions. The sun-tracking detector has a detection angle more than 180 degrees, can not lose a tracking target (the sun) within the all-day tracking time and has the characteristics of simple structure, small volume and low cost, and operation is reliable.