Hardware Monitor of Energy

Based off of Emonlib, and the OpenEnergyMonitor project. Licensed accordingly.

Hardware Monitor of Energy is Free hardware schematic, Arduino script, and python script which when combined offer high-resolution readings of a given circuit's Apparent Power. These readings are output in CSV format compatible with Watt Wiser, and have a high enough resolution to be correlated with software profiles.

Status

This project is currently in beta.

Setup

Before Starting

1. Safety: Current Transformers can be dangerous if used incorrectly. Please read through OpenEnergyMonitor's CT Safety documentation.
2. It's recommended that you read through the documentation off of which this project is based: Open Energy Monitor: Learn: Electricity Monitoring.

Following OpenEnergyMonitor's guide to building an Arduino Energy Monitor, setup the following circuit:

With the circuit set up, flash ./energy_monitor.ino onto your Mega2560 and connect it to the circuit.

With the Mega2560 connected to a computer, the computer should begin receiving serial messages with readings from the CT and the Arduino VCC.

In a terminal, run ./harmon-e <path/to/arduino/tty>. This should start reading the CT's readings and outputting calculations of Apparent Power. The output is in CSV format, with headers included.

Help

usage: harmon-e [-h] [-V VOLTAGE] [-r CT_RATIO] [-R RESISTANCE] [-b ADC_BITS]
                [-v] [--samples-per-second SAMPLES_PER_SECOND]
                [--buffer-duration BUFFER_DURATION]
                tty

harmon-e (HARdware-MONitor of Energy). Read from an Arduino to stream high-
resolution energy usage readings in Watt-Wiser compatible CSV format.

positional arguments:
  tty                   Path to TTY connected to hardware. Usually
                        /dev/ttyAMC* or /dev/ttyUSB*

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V VOLTAGE, --voltage VOLTAGE
                        Expected voltage of measured wire (default: 120)
  -r CT_RATIO, --ct-ratio CT_RATIO
                        Ratio for the hardware's Current Transformer (default:
                        1250)
  -R RESISTANCE, --resistance RESISTANCE
                        Burden resistance for hardware circuit in olms
                        (default: 200)
  -b ADC_BITS, --adc-bits ADC_BITS
                        Bits of precision in hardware Analog to Digital
                        Converter (default: 10)
  -v, --verbose         Log verbose output to stderr (default: 0)

Algorithm tuning:
  Arguments for tuning the IRMS algorithm for fidelity. You likely will not
  need to change these.

  --samples-per-second SAMPLES_PER_SECOND
                        Maximum samples per second (default: 5000)
  --buffer-duration BUFFER_DURATION
                        How many ms of data to store in reading-buffer
                        (default: 500)

Part of the Watt Wise game jam in conjuction with Watt Wiser
(https://wattwise.games)