politics123
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I'd like to monitor my power usage in real-time.
I found a couple good resources:
http://www.bwired.nl/Stroom.asp
and
http://www.btinternet.com/~jon00/electmon.shtml
Both took a small IR sensor, converted it to run on a 1-wire network, and then wrote some code to log the data.
Here are my questions:
1) In the US, our digital power meters have a test infrared (IR) counter that flashes once every watt-hour. The european versions seem to flash an LED in the visible spectrum.
-- Is there a 1-wire sensor that can sense infrared light?
-- Since our power meters are outside, can it be made to not get confused by actual sunlight?
-- Can the CLD140 be setup to only detect IR light coming from a single point?
2) What's the quickest path to implementation for someone who isn't so great with a soldering gun? Also, is there a preexisting software package to log counter data to a computer file?
Thanks!
I found a couple good resources:
http://www.bwired.nl/Stroom.asp
and
http://www.btinternet.com/~jon00/electmon.shtml
Both took a small IR sensor, converted it to run on a 1-wire network, and then wrote some code to log the data.
Here are my questions:
1) In the US, our digital power meters have a test infrared (IR) counter that flashes once every watt-hour. The european versions seem to flash an LED in the visible spectrum.
-- Is there a 1-wire sensor that can sense infrared light?
-- Since our power meters are outside, can it be made to not get confused by actual sunlight?
-- Can the CLD140 be setup to only detect IR light coming from a single point?
2) What's the quickest path to implementation for someone who isn't so great with a soldering gun? Also, is there a preexisting software package to log counter data to a computer file?
Thanks!