The analysis and the implementation of a low-cost hybrid
solar simulator consisting of few types of commercial power
LEDs and one halogen lamp have been carried out in this paper.
The main advantage of the proposed solar simulator lays in
the use of the halogen lamp. This source of light is very cheap
and controllable, and it has a high power in NIR region, making
it possible to avoid the use of expensive IR diode emitters. On
the other hand, a drawback consists in its cooling problems,
being located close to other light sources (LEDs).