Builds

Archived: this is an archived page, it is available here for reference. The builds below have been split into applications which are how to guides on building a particular type of system. Building blocks for items that other builds build upon and community builds which are our individual home monitoring system builds.

The best way to start is to browse through the following build guides and choose which system best suits your needs:

Home energy monitoring

Home Energy Monitor - emontx, emonbase, emonglcd, emoncms based system

Mains AC energy monitor v3.0 - basic setup - If you just want to get a basic energy monitor running on a breadboard with an arduino start here.

SD Card Logging Power Monitor with LCD - Non-invasive AC power meter which logs the data to an SD card with a time stamp from a real-time clock chip. Data is displayed on LCD screen.

Wireless monitor with PGA and LCD

LCD Power Meter - by Matt Hodge

12 input pulse counting

Solar PV monitoring and control

Solar PV importing/exporting monitor - emontx, emonbase, emonglcd, emoncms based system

Solar Power Manager - 2 channel non invasive power meter with LCD, which diverts unused solar power to heat domestic water.

PV System Monitoring - 2 channel non invasive with Graphics LCD & External Temperture based on EMONTX & JeeNode

Wind power monitoring

Data logging for wind speed (and DC current using invasive hall sensor) - For monitoring the windspeed and power output of a small wind turbine. Data is logged to SD card.

Inverter or other interface

Extracting data from SMA SunnyBoy PV Inverters (Bluetooth) - by Stuart Pittaway

Extracting data from an SMA webBox - by Carlos Alonso Gabizó

Tools

Tutorial - programming a Nanode using Arduino board - No FTDI cable? step by step guide to programming using a Arduino board

Energy studies

Ogoronwy house sustainability project – by Trystan Lea

Cambridge Sensor Kit (CSK) Energy - build upon OpenEnergyMonitor design

Other

Bee hive monitor - by Glyn Hudson

Add your build here: We would love you to hear what you have been building with OpenEnergyMonitor, 3rd year 4th year project? Home monitoring systems? To add your build here: log in and then click on edit at the top of the page, add a link to your build page (you can create this on the site here by clicking on create content or if you have your own page just link through to it here).

Builds Archive

Old build documentation, systems that have since been superseded by new energy monitor builds:

Mains AC energy monitor + 7segment display + datalogging + internet graphing

Energy monitor + Simple web based graphing

Solar hot water controller

Mains AC energy monitor 2 ch + Wireless display + temperate 3 ch + Wiznet internet posting

Other projects that might be useful

The free charge controller project - A project to develop a maximum power point tracking charge controller, ideal for wind turbines, solar PV etc