Design and building a single-phase smart energy meter using Arduino and RF communication system

This paper produces the design and building a system that gives a solution to the measurement of energy and helps the local customers to save the power in an efficient manner. Also, in this paper have been introduced the design, realization, and testing a wireless monitoring system for measuring the energy consumption of electrical devices in the consumer's homes. The system consists of power consumption monitoring systems (smart meter) at customer homes and a control system for remotely reporting and handling the smart meter readings at the power distribution station. The server shows the readings from these meters system by means of a client visual interface continuously. An Arduino kit with current and voltage sensors are used in the meter for measuring the power and RF kit is used and a local server for communication. The client does not need to exert oneself to note their power use so as to control their behavior to decrease their energy usage and costs. The designed smart meter and a mechanical meter are tested in several experiments to indicate the differences in their features.