Home Automation: By Ms Zainab Al-Waisi

Nowadays, electricity companies have started applying smart grid in their systems rather than the conventional electrical grid (manual grid). Due to the smart grid benefits by producing an efficiency and effectiveness of energy management and control, reduce the cost of production, save energy, and it is more reliable compared to the conventional grid. Smart meters produced to be more eco-friendly. A smart meter is an advanced energy meter which measures the power consumption, monitors, and controls electrical devices. Currently, smart meters have been adopted in many countries since the 2000s and it can be used for providing economic, social, and environmental benefits for multiple stakeholders. The design of smart meter can be customized depending on the customer and the utility company needs. There are different sensors and devices supported by dedicated communication infrastructure which can be utilized to implement smart meters. We have therefore implemented a full working smart meter system that is equipped with a load management capabilities by incorporating smart embedded system design solutions.

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