Project Overview
Designed and built a Smart Power Meter engineered to enhance energy transparency, lower utility costs, and bolster electrical safety in rental properties, boarding houses, and small business spaces. The unit continuously samples high-precision line metrics, displaying real-time voltage, current, frequency, active power, power factor, and cumulative energy consumption (kWh).
Problem
An award-winning smart power meter featuring real-time electrical parameter tracking, automated bill calculation, energy usage limits, and integrated gas/fire emergency cutoffs.
Solution
Designed and built a Smart Power Meter engineered to enhance energy transparency, lower utility costs, and bolster electrical safety in rental properties, boarding houses, and small business spaces. The unit continuously samples high-precision line metrics, displaying real-time voltage, current, frequency, active power, power factor, and cumulative energy consumption (kWh).
Features
National Award Winner: Recognized by the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission for innovation in cost-effective energy management and electrical safety. Automated Overuse Prevention: Successfully eliminated unmonitored power consumption in rental units using hardware-level kWh threshold cutoffs. Emergency Resilience: Ensured uninterrupted network connectivity during load shedding by supplying emergency 12V DC power to internet routers.
Technologies Used
Microcontroller Architecture, ACS712 / Current Transformers, ZMPT101B Voltage Sensors, C/C++, Desktop Analytics GUI, Gas & Thermal Sensors, Battery Management System (BMS), Relay Control Circuits
Results
National Award Winner: Recognized by the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission for innovation in cost-effective energy management and electrical safety. Automated Overuse Prevention: Successfully eliminated unmonitored power consumption in rental units using hardware-level kWh threshold cutoffs. Emergency Resilience: Ensured uninterrupted network connectivity during load shedding by supplying emergency 12V DC power to internet routers.
Project Summary
Category: IoT & Embedded Systems
Technologies: Microcontroller Architecture, ACS712 / Current Transformers, ZMPT101B Voltage Sensors, C/C++, Desktop Analytics GUI, Gas & Thermal Sensors, Battery Management System (BMS), Relay Control Circuits
Results: National Award Winner: Recognized by the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission for innovation in cost-effective energy management and electrical safety. Automated Overuse Prevention: Successfully eliminated unmonitored power consumption in rental units using hardware-level kWh threshold cutoffs. Emergency Resilience: Ensured uninterrupted network connectivity during load shedding by supplying emergency 12V DC power to internet routers.