I’ve created an S0 Counter to measure (Solar) energy using an external kWh Pulse meter. This time using an Arduino Yun which can upload the data to PVOutput.org and provide the data via MQTT.Read the article
Solar Panels 1 year status!
Exactly 1 year ago we had our solarpanels installed on our roof. Time to check if all the nice expectations are fulfilled. Install date: september 20th, 2012 13 x 240 Wp panels 3120 Wp total Pointed towards the east-south-east Supplier estimate: 2800 kWh / year (they said it was a positive number) My own calculated negative […]
Energy monitoring with Arduino
Since we’ve bought a bunch of solar panels on our roof, I’m building an electricity monitoring device based on the Arduino microcontroller. It’s running for a while, monitoring solar power generation but now it can also read the Smart energy Meter which we got from the energy company. So currently it reads and/or calculates the […]