AC Power Monitor for Industrial Warehouses

Improve Industrial Machine Efficiency

Capital investments in machinery for manufacturing make up a very large part of the operating budget. Data on the runtime of these tools is useful in detecting bottlenecks in production (add more of the same tool as runtime nears 100%) and can be used to detect machines running out of spec before the break down.

The power monitor measures the electrical current traveling to your industrial machines without alterations, recording data over time so that the frequency and duration of use for each machine may be monitored. It also tracks the live runtime and the cumulative runtime of the machine.

The Golioth AC Power Monitor is based on Golioth's Open Source Reference Designs. Golioth can support customizations in partnership with specialized engineering firms to deliver custom solutions for whatever your use case demands.

The official documentation for this reference design can be found on Github.  

Gain Fleetwide Control with Golioth

The firmware for the Power Monitor reference design uses the Golioth Settings Service. This service can update a single device’s settings, and also provides fleet-wide control via our web console and our REST API as needed.

Reference design includes a loop delay which indicates how long the device should sleep between sensor readings (in seconds). There is also an ADC “floor” setting available for each channel. This accommodates equipment that has some current draw when in standby mode, allowing you to configure the threshold at which the machine is consider to be running.

Golioth’s LightDB state system is used to report the live “run” time. It’s one way to monitor if a machine has been left on, or is simply in constant use and may represent a bottleneck in your shop’s workflow. The cumulative “run” time is also reported here, serving as an odometer for the operating life of the equipment.

All of the Golioth reference designs include Over-the-Air (OTA) firmware updates so changes to how the firmware works don’t require an on-site visit.

The Golioth Zephyr SDK takes care of the cloud connection for all of your devices. When writing firmware, just use the API to set/get/observe your data and Golioth handles the rest:

• Sensor readings are stored as time-series data on LightDB Stream
• Device settings are monitored in real-time, with the device reacting to your changes as soon as you make them.
• The Golioth Console tracks the latest device state, including device health
• Current firmware version is monitored, with the ability to rollout new OTA updates, and one-click rollback if you need it
• Golioth’s convenient REST API delivers easy access to the data for visualization or export to any of your favorite cloud server platforms.
• Sample dashboards available for Grafana.

• Get your solution faster, Golioth solutions can be delivered on an accelerated timeline
• Designs are built to scale, with the same infrastructure in place on day one that you need on the day you deploy your 1000th device
• Golioth has over 100 years of collective IoT expertise with a vast ecosystems of partners to augment solutions to your specific needs

Below you'll find the parts list used in the reference design. Golioth can work with you to customize any of reference design solutions to cater to your specific use case.

• Electronics
  • Nordic nRF9160 LTE-M/NB-IoT SiP on a Sparkfun Thing Plus nRF9160 board
  • (2) MCP3201 analog-to-digital converter (ADC) MikroE AC Current Click
  • Golioth Aludel-Mini circuit board
  • LiPoly Battery
• Mechanical / Enclosure
  • CU-1937-MB ABS Enclosure from Bud Industriries (~3.1"x3.1")
• Data
  • Hologram SIM card