Designing an Energy Meter Using Arduino Uno

Abstract

The continuous increase in the demand for electricity delivery services and the loss of electrical energy due to illegal consumption consider one of the important matters that need continuous monitoring of the transmission and distribution of electrical energy. This paper aims to design a smart electrical energy meter by using the Arduino UNO board that measures the voltage(V) and current(I) of an inductive load (resistance, coil) and calculating the frequency (f), effective power (P), power factor (PF) for this load at different values of the load and frequency. The proposed meter was designed by programming Arduino board and connecting Arduino with other electronic components to be the circle of the meter. The proposed meter was simulated and tested using Proteus software and the results obtained were good. The results showed a match between the meter reading of the values of the voltage, current, power factor, effective power, and frequency and the results obtained mathematically. The proposed meter can be developed to be able to connect to the communication networks so it can send the measured data periodically to the collection centers.