AVR-Chat

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:54:37 -0000
 "Clark" <cgetty@sgetty.ath.cx> wrote:
> Hi all 
>  
> My nane is Clark. I'm a beginner as to microcontrollers. 
>  
> I work for a small electric utility in Southern Calif
> (municipal). I 
> work in the substations & with energy meters. 
>  
> Just wanting to see what others are doing along these
> lines :-) 
>  
> Thanks 
>   
> 
Have not heard of anyone doing things in this area. There
have been a few power meter projects.

In this environment, a microprocessor makes the most sense
interfacing between sensors, centralizing data, and either
logging it directly or sending to some other device such as
a PC. "Sensor" might mean current sensor, temperature
sense, voltage, real-time clock, etc. 

I do know that there have been applications where consumer
watt-hour meansurements have been done with a micro which
then holds a totalized value. The micro is hooked up to
something like BlueTooth that can be queried by the meter
reader. 

Best Wishes,
Jim Wagner
Oregon Research Electronics, Consulting Div.
Tangent, OR USA
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