This document describes an RF-based energy meter that uses an 8051 microcontroller. The system aims to control illegal electricity usage and prevent wrong billing. It consists of a transmitter and receiver. The transmitter block measures electricity consumption and transmits the data via radio frequency to the receiver block at the electricity department. This allows the department to automatically generate accurate bills while making tampering impossible. The 8051 microcontroller is the main hardware component and an integrated development environment is used to program it.
2. RF based Energy Meter
Energy meter:-
The Device that measures the amount of
electricity consumed by a residence, business or an
electrically powered device.
Radio Frequency:-
communication between different sources though
the signals with certain bandwidth without any wires.
The aim of the project is to control the illegal usage of
electricity by the customers as well as wrong bill
generation by the department people.
3. Reasons
Mischief activities by the customers in using
power can be completely avoided as the
amount of power usage (in units) is directly
transmitted to the electricity department and
also stored in the external memory.
customers also can claim the department and
ask for cross verification for improper bill
generation. As the system is an automated
system and the database is not manually
maintained this would be a great relief to the
customers also.
4. RF based Energy Meter
System is based on Embedded micro controller (8051).
Project consist of two main blocks Transmitter and
Receiver.
KEIL is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
The main hardware component used in the project is
8051 Micro controller.
6. Pin Diagram for 8051 Micro Controller
From: 8051 Microcontroller Architecture, programming and application by KENNETH JAYALA
7. Advantages
Tampering is Impossible.
The bill calculation and generation is automated at the
department side and then posted to customers.
This design is data transmission without any wire .
8. References:-
1.The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems
by Muhammad Ali Mazidi and Janice Gillespie
Mazidi, Pearson Education.
2. Lubaszewski, Marcelo. April 30, 2001. Synthesis of an
8051-Like Micro-Controller Tolerant to Transient Faults.
Journal of electronic testing 17, no. 2, (accessed
September 03, 2011).