IoT based Tampered Energy Meter Monitoring

Published on 20 May 2022. Written by Tej Kumar

Generally we have a very good system of measuring the power consumption. But the only problem is the energy used to measure the power consumption can be tampered. Through this project you are going to build a unique tampered energy meter monitoring based on IoT.

You will need Arduino to interface the microcontroller with Wi-Fi Module and LDR. Generally there is a chance to tamper the energy meters in order to reduce the bill. But to tamper the energy meter, it needs to be opened. So if we can find who is opening, then we can stop people from tampering the energy meter. For finding who is opening the Energy Meter, we will place a LDR which can detect change in the light focussing on that. You will program the microcontroller in such a way that say whenever there is a change in the value of the LDR (which means the energy meter is opened), the data regarding the LDR value will be updated in the remote server. From there you can find whoever is opening the Energy meter. You can also innovate the system further to send a notification to respective authorities at any part of the world via sms or email.

Project Description:

Arduino Uno: Arduino Uno: The digital and analog input/output pins equipped in this board can be interfaced to various expansion boards and other circuits. Serial communication interface is a feature in this board, including USB which will be used to load the programs from computer.
Wi-Fi Module: ESP8266 Wi-Fi module is generally used to establish the wireless communication between the devices. But this module is not capable of 5-3V logic shifting and will require an external logic level converter
LDR (Light Dependent Resistor): An LDR can be called as variable resistor controlled by intensity of light. Whenever the LDR is in very low light, the resistance value of the LDR will be very high (in Mega Ohms). Similarly Whenever the LDR is under normal light the resistance value of the LDR will be very less comparatively (in order of 10^2 Ohms).

Project Implementation:

Interface the LDR and Wi-Fi module to the Arduino
Power the components and Upload the code
Test your system by opening the Energy meter door
The data regarding whether Energy meter is opened or not will be updated in the remote server for further analysis

Software requirements:

Arduino IDE : You will be needing Arduino IDE software to write and upload the programming logic onto the Arduino Uno board
Thingspeak : Also, you need to create an account in the ThinkSpeak IoT platform to integrate the system onto the cloud and store the data online

Programming language: Arduino Programming (C++)

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