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International Journal of Engineering Research in Electronics and Communication Engineering

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Vol 8, Issue 9, September 2021

IoT Based Smart Energy Meter

[1]
Vishal Kumar, [2] Tanishq Sharma, [3] Abu Farhan
[1][2][3]
Undergraduate Student, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg., IIMT College of Engineering, Greater Noida
Email: [1] [email protected], [2] [email protected], [3] [email protected],

Abstract--- The term “INTERNET” refers to the vast category of applications and protocols built on top of sophisticated and
interconnected computer networks, serving billions of users everywhere in the world in 24/7 fashion.[1] We all realize that
electricity energy meters are installed in everyone’s house or offices to count the electricity consumption based on traditional
technology. At the end of each month, many folk get worried about the high electricity bill and that we need to check out the energy
meter once in a while. But what if we can monitor our electricity use from anywhere in the world just using our smartphones? It
sounds crazy but It is possible. So in this project we are designing a smart energy meter where we can monitor our appliances’ load
consumption in real-time. Here we are building an IoT-based Project of Energy Meter where we are using an esp8266 wi-fi module
to connect our energy meter with the internet. Through this device, it will become easier to control all our devices as per the power
they are consuming and have control over money.

Keywords--- Current sensor, ATMEGA-328p(Arduino), ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Module

using a Wi-Fi system that has three major objectives. They

I. INTRODUCTION
are:
IoT is also identified as an enabler for machine-to- i. To provide automated load energy reading over an
machine,human-to-human and human-with-environment immediate basis.
interactions.[1] The Internet of things (IoT) concept ii. To use the electricity in an optimized manner and very
enables us to attach the traditional day-to-day devices with cost effective.
one another over the internet. The devices connected iii. Reduce power wastage. The system basically can be
through the IoT concept can be analyzed remotely. The monitored through the consumer end. The data from the
IoT concept provides the essential infrastructure and system is displayed on a webpage that can be accessed by
opportunities to make a connection between the physical the consumer.
world and computer-based systems [2]. The concept has The system is designed on an ESP-8266. It is a low-cost
been gaining importance with more and more wireless wifi microchip, with full TCP/IP protocol stack and
devices that are increasing rapidly within the market. microcontroller capabilities.This small module allows
Hardware devices are connected with one another over the microcontroller to connect with Wi-Fi network and
web(Internet). The ESP-8266 Wi-Fi module used in the therefore the most vital role is played by the Wi-Fi unit to
system provides connectivity with the internet in the send the data from the controller over the web. The ESP-
system. Nowadays the demand for electricity is increasing 8266 controller is programmed on the Arduino software
at a constant rate in the population and is being utilized for IDE (Integrated Development Environment) which is a
various purposes viz, agriculture, industries, household prerequisite to operate on the Arduino board. Its code is
purposes, hospitals, etc. So, it is becoming more and more derivative of the C language.
complicated to handle electricity maintenance and
II. LITERATURE SURVEY
requirements. Therefore there’s an instantaneous
requirement to save lots of the maximum amount of In this paper, we described a low-cost real-time IOT based
electricity as possible. As the demand from the newer energy management system as proposed[4]. It is conceived
generations of population for electricity is increasing so as part of a distributed system that measures the main
along with it the technology improvement is needed. The power system quantities and gives the possibility to
proposed system provides a 180 degree technical curve to manage the whole power plant. An integrated Web Server
the traditional energy meters using IoT technology. Also, allows the gathering of the statistics of power
there are other issues that we’ve dealt with like power theft consumptions, power quality and is in position to interface
which successively generate economic loss to the Country. devices for load displacement. The device is characterized
Monitoring, Optimized power usage and reduction of by quick access to the data and the combination of a smart
power wastage are the main objectives that lie ahead of a meter and digital communication capability allows local
far system[2]. A energy meter based on new technology and remote access. In this way, it is possible to manage the
power consumption by the electrical appliances and also

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check the amount of power consumed by our appliances in consumption by the electrical appliances and also check
terms of money. The power system resulted in an overall the amount of power consumed by our appliances in terms
reduction in energy consumption and costs. of money.
Approach for energy saving in Smart Grids using Smart-
In this paper, described the worldwide energy demand is
increasing and hence necessity measures need to be taken
to reduce the energy wastage with proper metering
infrastructure in the buildings.
Arduino UNO uses ATMEGA-328P microcontroller and
this controller comes preloaded with a Arduino UNO
bootloader[6]. The aim of this work is to realize real time
pricing. This solution is
economical and eco-friendly. Presently electronics energy
measurement is continuously replacing existing
technology of electro-mechanical meters especially in
China and India. By the year 2004, digital meters started Fig 1-Block diagram of the system
replacing electromechanical meters in Singapore. A IV. HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS
wireless digital energy meter would definitely offer greater
convenience to the meter reading task. Wi-Fi technology is 4.1 Current sensor-
chosen as a possible wireless solution to the present issue.
In this paper, we present the planning, design and
implementation for the Wi-Fi-enabled energy meter and
also overcome the problems with traditional energy
meters. The energy reader can collect the energy
consumption reading from the energy meter wirelessly
based on Wi-Fi technology.[7]
This paper describes Arduino uno Microcontroller based
design and implementation of energy meter using IoT
concept. The proposed system design eliminates the
human involvement in Electricity maintenance. The Buyer
must buy the usage of electricity on schedule, just in case
that he couldn’t pay, the electricity transmission can be
turned off autonomously from the distant server. The The ACS712® is a fully integrated hall-effect based linear
user can monitor the energy consumption in units from a current sensor that provides economical and precise
16*2 LCD. An IoT based real time energy measurement solutions for AC or DC current sensing in industrial,
and actuating framework is proposed and may be easily commercial, and communications systems. The device
integrated with home monitoring systems. The Wi-Fi unit package allows for quick implementation by the customer.
performs the IoT operation by sending energy meter data The device isn’t intended for automotive applications.It
to the cloud which may be accessed and simply put forth as a current sensor that uses its conductor
displayed on an LCD screen. to calculate and measure the quantity of current applied in
III. BLOCK DETAILS- any electrical device.This device consists of a precise, low-
offset, linear Hall circuit with a copper conduction path
The smart electricity meter using a Wi-Fi module can be located near the surface of the die.
easily described in two parts. The first part being the The current flows through the inbuilt hall sensor circuit in
physical part and the second one being the Webpage. It its IC. The hall effect sensor detects the incoming through
consists of ESP 8266 Wi-Fi module, current sensor (ACS- its magnetic field generation.
712),16*2 display, and power supply. Once detected, the hall effect sensor generates a voltage
proportional to its magnetic field that’s then used to
3.1 Block Diagram-
The device is characterized by easy access to the data and measure the amount of current.A precise, proportional
therefore the combination of a smart meter and digital voltage is provided by the low-offset, chopper-stabilized
communication capability allows local and remote access. Bi CMOS Hall IC, which is programmed for accuracy
after packaging.. The Interior resistance of this conductive
In this way, it is possible to manage the power
path is 1.2 mΩ typical, providing low power loss.

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4.2 ESP-8266 Wi-Fi module

V. WEB PAGE( UBIDOTS)

ESP8266 is a Wi-Fi enabled system on chip (SoC) module The proposed system can be used to display load energy
developed by Espressif system. It is frequently used for usage reading in terms of Watts along with money drawn
development of IoT (Internet of Things) embedded by the devices. The data would be accessed by each and
applications. It employs a 32-bit RISC CPU supported by every user from anywhere in the world. Ubidots.com is
the Ten silica Xtensa L106 running at 80 MHz (or one such webpage which takes the help of the MathWorks
overclocked to 160 MHz). It consists of a 64 KB boot MATLAB analytics to present the device information in a
ROM, 64 KB instruction RAM and 96 KB data RAM. more detailed analysis in both description and
External non-volatile storage is often accessed through visualization.Ubidots.com provides the user to add any
SPI. ESP8266 module advantage is a low-cost standalone number of channels to at least one account and in each
wireless transceiver that can be used for end-point IoT account information are fed into 8 fields . An account may
developments. be assigned at least one division of an area and n channels
To communicate with the ESP8266 module, the are often created to a set of n meters within the locality.
microcontroller must use a group of commands. The analytics can be viewed by both the consumer and
Microcontroller communicates with the ESP8266-01 service provide.
module using UART having specified Baud rate.

Fig 2- Pin diagram of ESP-8266

4.3 16*2 LCD display VI. PROBLEM STATEMENT
LCD (Liquid crystal display) screen is an electronic
Since IOT is cost effective compared to traditional
display module and finds a huge range of applications.
methods , monitoring of energy usage at lower cost is
16*2 display means it can display 16 characters per line
possible. Daily consumption reports are generated which
and there are 2 such lines. In this LCD each character is
can be monitored by the user through an Android
displayed in the 5*7 -pixel matrix also has 11, 12, 13 and
application and/or web portal. It is a more reliable system
14 pins of the display that are used as data pins for
and accurate reading values are collected from energy
Arduino interfacing. These displays are mainly preferred
meters using devices. Live readings of devices can be
for multi-segment Light-emitting diodes and seven
viewed using an Android application. Also, the readings
segments.
can be viewed online. Human interference is avoided and
The main benefits of using this module are inexpensive;
everyone's values are kept maintained in the central server.
simply programmable, animations, and there are no
The communication medium is secure and tampering of
limitations for displaying custom characters, special and
energy meters or theft of electricity can be identified
even animations, etc[5].
easily. If a mistake occurs within the system, the value in
the central server will not be updated. Since the values are

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stored within the central database, the reports are made

accessible from anywhere on the world. Also, the server is
online 24x 7 available [3].
VII. UBIDOTS GRAPHIC INTERFACE

The Internet of Things provides access to a broad range of

electronic devices(specially embedded devices) and web
services.
Ubidots is one of the free IoT platforms empowering IX. CONCLUSION
innovators and industries to prototype and scale IoT Energy Monitoring using IOT is a very innovative
projects to production.Ubidots offers a REST API that application of the internet of things which plays a vital role
allows you to read and write data to the resources in upcoming years.It is used to control home appliances
available:data sources, values ,events and insights. remotely over the cloud from anywhere in the world. In
location-tracking applications, and a social network of the proposed project current sensor is used to sense the
things with status updates. current and display it on the web using IoT. The system
Ubidots delivers a secure, white glove experience for our updates the information every 4 to 3 seconds because it
users with device friendly APIs that provide a simple and has some delay due to the relay module connecting with
secure connection for sending and retrieving data to/from the appliances to make the appliances home automated[8].
our IoT data performance optimized time series In this new system, load consumption of the appliances is
backend(cloud). accessed using Wi-Fi technology and it will help
consumers to avoid unwanted use of electricity.[9] An IoT
VIII. RESULT
system where a consumer can monitor energy
Firstly we have to switch on the main power supply. consumption and pay the bill Online. Also, a system where
Current sensor senses the power which can be utilized by a user can receive SMS, when he/she crosses the threshold
the load. Which gives output in analog form. The output of of electricity usage slab can be equipped.We may further
the sensor is supplied as input to the analog input pins in enhance this system where a consumer receives text
the Arduino-Uno Board. Arduino board has inbuilt analog message whenever someone is trying to steal the electricity
to digital converter which converts analog input of power within a 100m of area. Also using cloud analytics we will
to digital output. This digital output is displayed on an predict future energy consumptions.This system can also
LCD display in the form of Watts and also these digital perform home automation which is another advantage of
values can be converted in to rupees by using formula- making this project[10].
(220v*(current(arduino-uno)*7.5)/60000)
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