About Smart Plug
on Prototype
This gives a sense of our project prototype.
About SmartPlug
In this project, we built a device, called the Smart Plug, which plugs into a standard wall outlet, and has an outlet to plug in an appliance. It allows a user to monitor the power use of the plugged-in appliance in a cost-effective way.
The Smart Plug has two major features.
- It allows the user to view the real-time, and past power usage. An estimate of the cost to run the appliance is given along with the power usage.
- It allows the user to turn the appliance on or off either immediately, or through a user-defined schedule. These features will be available to the user on any Android device.
In order to obtain power measurements, the Smart Plug’s current transformer reads the current of the appliance and generates a small AC signal.
Find out more by visiting the project on GitHub.