Can someone explain please?
I'm probably the worst person to do this, but I'll give it a try. Let's see
I will assume you have read the
thread. The normal mode of operation for any of the voltage regulators is to regulate the output voltage. Over at fieldlines they were discussing modifications or rather additions to the LM2596 boards to regulate input (!) voltage. The goal is then to regulate input voltage (= cell output voltage) to
Pmax. Does this make sense now?
In v1.0 there is indeed no "tracking" over time or temperature variations but those could be added in a more complicated setup they say.