How full is your battery? How much current is your USB device drawing? What is your energy usage of your bank of devices?
Gaining granular feedback on your electricity usage is a valuable tool.
The DC Power Monitor Reference Design is a modification to the AC Power Monitor design that can target an entirely different industry. Instead of indirectly measuring current using a coil around an AC wire, we directly run the DC current through a shunt resistor and an ADC measures the voltage that develops across the resistor.
The power monitor measures total on time and is capable of tracking a wide range of consumer and industrial power sources.
The electrification of everything is coming; as the work changes to renewable energy, we will see more and more devices needing DC power charging. We can use simple monitoring devices to track current, voltage, and power (calculated).
This device is fully compatible with the Golioth platform and its features.
Benefits
- Manage battery charging infrastucture
- Track energy usage of DC-based devices
- Make sure all your devices are utilizing power efficiently
- Understand the utilization of smaller machines
Specifications
- Electronics
- Nordic nRF9160 LTE-M/NB-IoT SiP on a Sparkfun Thing Plus nRF9160 board
- (2) INA260AIPWR Current measure chips on a MikroE VCP Click
- Golioth Aludel-Mini circuit board
- LiPoly Battery
- Ostentus i2c based display
- Mechanical / Enclosure
- Aludel Mini Case based on the CU-1937-MB ABS Enclosure from Bud Industriries (~3.1"x3.1") with custom cutouts
- (3) 5.5 x 2.1 mm DC Power Jack
- Data
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