This paper presents the development of a solar cell based simple and practical leaf area meter. The system has a silicon solar module
which is composed of 6 series connected cells, a light source, and a parabolic reflector with opal glass for diffusing the light. Partial
shading effect on PV cell’s voltage and current are evaluated with different geometrical shapes for testing the performance of the
model, and the resulting equations for voltage and current changes with respect to measured areas are obtained. The measured
current has a good correlation: