Smart Energy Meter with Power Usage Monitoring
and Controlling Using IoT
Mrs.S.Ananthi, Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Electronics
Engineering
Dr.G.U.Pope College of Engineering
Sawyerpuram, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
Abstract-“ The user domain of the smart grid naturally
blends with hybrid system. But the typical proposed
approaches the development of a firmware for a smart
control, which can control the on & off of the load by
using IOT platform. In this project we are using the
controlling and monitoring in IOT server at anywhere in
the world by using Internet. The portion of the smart
grid on customer premises-embedded controller in an
IOT platform. In this project the smart energy meter
are connected to the opto-coupler.In opto-isolator, also
called an opto-coupler is a component that transfers
electrical signals to the control signals. In IOT (Internet
of Things) is a secure access point we are using PC. In
IOT platform is access on customer and EB admin by
using IOT server is not a same password or different
password and different user ID in database. In third
parties are not accesses but a fully secured. So then only
the advanced techniques are used in this project.
Keywords-IoT, opto-isolator, Wifi module (Atmega 328).
I.INTRODUCTION
In today days electricity is the every one basic need and
consumption of energy is increases day by day and
resources energy decrees day by day. Usage of power is
also increasing that’s why prevention is better than cure
awareness of energy consumption should be brought into
every place before resources get extinguished. And in now
day’s technology is the most important part human’s life.
By using this technology social interaction of peoples
growing. Technology are also use for transportation,
internment and in medical field it’s also usage for creation
of many devices like mobile phones, computers laptops
have caused many people’s are connected to technology to
communicate with their friends, family access and store the
information such as document movie music and picture.
The internet has become a common interface that many
devices use to simplify the daily life of many peoples.
Internet helps us to take immediate solution for many
problems and also able to connect from any of the remote
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S.Santhosh Raj, Student
Department of Electrical & Electronics
Engineering
Dr.G.U.Pope College of Engineering
Sawyerpuram, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
places which contributes to overall cost reduction and
energy consumption.
II.LITERATURE SURVEY
In International Journal of Electrical Engineering and
Technology, vol. 4, pp. 18-21, June 2021, title “Scheming A
Model For Smart Energy Meter Using IoT” whose authors
S. Talpur, M. Channa, S. Memon done a work To sum up,
power distribution engineers use energy meters for bill
calculation of end users. In earlier days, traditional meters
were in use. However, in current times, smart energy meters
have replaced the conventional meters. This study aims to
develop such a smart energy meter that indicates real time
values of basic data such as phase voltage, current, power
factor, instantaneous power and energy that is consumed by
users. Along with this, this study presents a unique
approach to theft detection and over-billing.
In Journal of Soft Computing Paradigm, no. 2, pp. 96-
109, 2021, title “A Self Monitoring and Analyzing System
for Solar Power Station using IoT and Data Mining
Algorithms” whose author Shakya Subarna done a work on
Solar power systems are the type of renewable power
generation energy source, which are widely employed on
domestic and commercial segments due to their simple
construction. However, the solar power system is the one
which requires huge maintenance for establishing its
efficient operation. The work proposed in the paper aims to
provide a maintenance alert based on the generated current
and voltage from the solar panels. The observations from
the solar panel systems are compared with respect to the
calibrated values of the solar panel based on different solar
radiations. The proposed model alerts the maintenance
team, when there is a huge variation in the power generated
by the solar panels. The proposed work can be extended
with a control unit for performing some of the minor
maintenance work on the connected solar panels.
In IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and
Measurement October 2020, title of “Development of a
Novel IoT Enabled Power Monitoring Architecture with power. This is our main aim of our project. The servers are
Real-time Data Visualization for use in Domestic as well as connected through IoT.
Industrial Scenarios” whose authors Akshay Ramesh
Jadhav, Sai Kiran M. P. R. and Rajalakshmi Pachamuthu V.BLOCK DIAGRAM
done work and developed designs for IoT enabled Power
Monitoring. First is the non-invasive power monitor with
voltage connection. The second design introduces a novel
split architecture with centralized voltage measurement,
which removes the need for local voltage measurements.
We have proposed the third and final version of the IoT
enabled power monitor to fulfill the need for three-phase
power monitoring. Unlike first and second designs, this
design can be used with non-invasive as well as invasive
current sensors. The proposed architecture also supports
essential features such as secure data transfer. Developed
devices transmit real-time data to the cloud server, which
makes the data ubiquitously available anywhere and
anytime. For analyzing the performance of the proposed
architecture, the developed devices are deployed in real
industrial scenarios.

III.EXISTING METHOD

In the existing method is domestic energy meter reading

systems universally exist many problems such as difficulty
in construction, too narrow bandwidth, too low rate, poor

real time, not two way communication quickly etc. So, Block Diagram of the Proposed System
Then only the advanced controller techniques are used in
VI.CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
our project for proposed method. To solve above problems,
this proposed project to design and implement a smart
energy meter using IOT platform that is capable of
controlling and monitoring in IOT server at anywhere in the
world by using Internet. In order to improve market
acceptance and ease of deployment. Now a days the
embedded world an advanced & intelligent system by using
real time applications. So, thus the system is very cost
effective and also it can perform precise operation for
saving the power.

IV.PROPOSED SYSTEM

In this proposed method is approaches the development

Circuit Diagram of our Proposed System
of a firmware for a smart control, which can control the on
& off of the load by using IOT platform. In this project we
VII.DESCRIPTION
are using the controlling and monitoring in IOT server at
anywhere in the world by using Internet .A proposed 1.ATmega328 Microcontroller
method provides the communication between the Electricity
Board section and the consumer section using Internet of The ATmega328 is a single-chip microcontroller created
things (IOT) for transmitting the customer’s electricity by Atmel in the megaAVR family (later Microchip
consumption and bill information. In this the data from the Technology acquired Atmel in 2016). It has a modified
energy meter is given as an input to the module where we Harvard architecture 8-bit RISC processor core.
can identify which type the power is consuming. The slab
denotes which type of power is consuming and the tarrif
plans were in-built in it. The consumer can identify which
slab the power is consuming and can reduce the usage of

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 Pin Diagram of MCT2E-Optocoupler

4.WiFi Module

Wireless Fidelity, more known by its short form Wi-Fi,

Pin Diagram of ATmega328 Pin
2.Current Transformer
A Current Transformer (CT) is used to measure the
current of another circuit. CTs are used worldwide to
monitor high-voltage lines across national power grids. A
CT is designed to produce an alternating current in its
secondary winding that is proportional to the current that it
is measuring in its primary. The current transformer safely
isolates measurement and control circuitry from the high
voltages typically present on the circuit being measured.
is a digital communications protocol, through which
gadgets can communicate with each other in a unicast or a
broadcasting manner without using any wires.The Wi-Fi
module continuously transmits or receives serial data
(RS232 protocol) through internet without wires. It delivers
the received data and receives the data to be transmitted to
and from a host system through a host controller interface
(HCI). The most popular host controller interface today is
either a UART or a USB. Here, I will only focus on the
UART interface; it can be easily show how a Bluetooth
module can be integrated on to a host system through a
UART connection.
5.LCD- Liquid Crystal Display

A 16x2 LCD means it can display 16 characters per

line and there are 2 such lines. In this LCD each character is
displayed in 5x7 pixel matrix. The 16 x 2 intelligent
alphanumeric dot matrix display is capable of displaying
224 different characters and symbols. This LCD has two
registers, namely, Command and Data.
3.MCT2E-Optocoupler

MCT2E is a phototransistor Optocoupler, as the name

“phototransistor” suggests it has a transistor which is
controlled based on light (photon). So this IC basically has
an IR (infrared) LED and a photo-transistor inside it. When
the IR led is powered the light from it falls on the transistor
and it conducts. This IC is used to provide electrical
isolation between two circuits, one part of the circuit is
connected to the IR LED and the other to Photo-transistor.
The digital signal given to the IR LED will be reflected on
the transistor but there will be no hard electrical connection
VIII.RESULTS
between the two.

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Website Monitoring Image created for this project
Message sent to our mobile about Power Consumption
IX.CONCLUSION
Smart energy monitoring system includes Arduino,
WI-FI, energy meter. The system automatically reads the
energy meter and provides home automation through an app
developed and power management done through this
application. The proposed system consumes less energy and
it will reduce manual work. We can receive monthly energy
consumption from a remote location directly to centralize
office. In this way we reduce human effort needed to record
the meter reading which are till now recorded by visiting
the home individually.
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