MicroPython Energy Monitoring
Energy consumption is an important topic for many. Reducing carbon emissions, saving money on the power bill, and reducing waste are ideas that sound good. But how to go about it?
Home energy monitoring is achievable with a minimal investment in hardware. In fact, hobbyists in our own back yard are running crowdfunding campaigns for it. I got my hands on one and decided to take a look at the insides.
Inside was a small ARM microcontroller, and some electronics for measuring the power. The reference firmware, freely available on Github, was written in the Arduino world. My talk describes the challenges, benefits and pitfalls of starting from scratch with MicroPython. You will leave with an understanding of how to use MicroPython for your next Internet of Things project.
Home energy monitoring is achievable with a minimal investment in hardware. In fact, hobbyists in our own back yard are running crowdfunding campaigns for it. I got my hands on one and decided to take a look at the insides.
Inside was a small ARM microcontroller, and some electronics for measuring the power. The reference firmware, freely available on Github, was written in the Arduino world. My talk describes the challenges, benefits and pitfalls of starting from scratch with MicroPython. You will leave with an understanding of how to use MicroPython for your next Internet of Things project.
Presented by
Joel Stanley
Joel is a Linux hacker and embedded electronics enthuasist. By day he works on\nFree and Open Source firmware for IBM's Power servers, and by night he hacks\non FPGAs, microcontrollers, weather ballons and anything he can find a UART on.
