Energy Meter

This project uses a CT sensor and ESP8266 to capture electricty consumption of any live wire and store it in a database or view its live value through a flask webserver.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

Software Requirements

• Python 3.7
• Local MQTT Broker (Websockets Enabled)
• Flask
• MySQL DB
• MYSQL Python Connector
• Flask Table
• Python Date Time Lib

Hardware Requirements

• CT Sensor
• Node MCU(Esp8266)
• Laptop/ RPi
• WiFi enabled envioronment

Installing

1. [Install python 3.7 (https://www.python.org/downloads/)]
2. [Install Mosquitto Broker (https://mosquitto.org/download/)]
3. Install Python packages through pip, run: pip install Flask Flask-Table
4. [Install MySQL DB with python connector enabled (https://www.mysql.com/downloads/)]
5. Enter borker's IP address in MQTT.py
6. Enter correct DB details in both MQTT.py and app.py
7. Run MQTT.py and app.py

Deployment

1. Make connections as shown in PCB design in "PCB Printing resources" or [follow (https://learn.openenergymonitor.org/electricity-monitoring/ctac/how-to-build-an-arduino-energy-monitor)]
2. Run mosquiito broker and MySQL DB.
3. Launch MQTT.py and app.py script
4. Open up local web browser to see login page
5. Default login username: admin, Password: admin

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• This projected was developed at National Council for Cement and Building Materials
• This project was completed under PS-1 of BITS Pilani