Smart module Smart module Smart modules are a type of solar panel that has a power optimizer embedded into the solar module at the time of manufacturing. Typically the power optimizer is embedded in the junction box of the solar module. Power optimizers attached to the frame of a solar module, or connected to the photovoltaic circuit through a connector, are not properly considered smart modules. Smart modules are different from traditional solar panels because the power electronics embedded in the module offers enhanced functionality such as panel-level maximum power point tracking, monitoring, and enhanced safety. Solar panel installers saw significant growth
Mir Docking Module experiments were installed on the docking module during STS-76, and retrieved during STS-86. Mir Docking Module The Stykovochnyy Otsek (, ), GRAU index 316GK, otherwise known as the "Mir" docking module or SO, was the sixth module of the Russian space station "Mir", launched in November 1995 aboard the . The module, built by RKK Energia, was designed to help simplify space shuttle dockings to "Mir" during the Shuttle-"Mir" programme, preventing the need for the periodic relocation of the "Kristall" module necessary for dockings prior to the compartment's arrival. The module was also used to transport two new photovoltaic arrays