Power monitoring and logging using the Raspberry Pi
myPower is a simple monitoring and logging program for the Raspberry Pi. It collects live power usage data from the LeChacal RPICT8 current HAT and CT Sensors. myPower logs the data to daily files calculating each day's KiloWatt Hour Usage. [http://lechacal.com/wiki/index.php?title=RPICT8_Version_5]
myPower Remote App -> https://github.com/km6wye/myPower-Remote When the "myPower Remote" app connects to myPower via Wifi the data can be viewed in a user friendly format with a
- line graph
- pie chart
- Monthly KiloWatt Hour Usage
- Yearly KiloWatt Hour Usage
- Lifetime KiloWatt Hour Usage https://github.com/km6wye/myPower-Remote
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
--REQUIRES the LeChacal RPICT8 HAT on a Raspberry Pi--
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Complete setup of the LeChacal RPICT8 HAT as per the instructions on their Wiki - [http://lechacal.com/wiki/index.php?title=RPICT8_Version_5]
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Download and Unzip myPower.zip (this project) to preferred Folder (Usually /home/pi/mypower)
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run the myPower executable
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Log files are CSV type and will be saved into /home/pi/mypower/log
The myPower program was created using LiveCode community version 7.0.4 windows -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/12pmye5RoCY0KfHj_ayjftTeS7RpJrc0Y/view?usp=sharing Raspberry Pi -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WnDLACdyEc7aueDhE_xX7on-HjK1LEuw/view?usp=sharing