Arduino Pulse Counter Water Meter

Use the tcrt5000 ir barrier line track sensor.

Arduino pulse counter water meter.

Using an sd card and an ethernet connection together has proven challenging both use an spi connection until i used the w5100 chip based ethernet shield with an integrated sd card. In the case of an electricity meter a pulse output corresponds to a defined amount of energy passing through the meter kwh. The kal d06 series digital pulse counter adds a remote digital display with reset to any mechanical water meter with pulse output. The home for open source hardware.

The ethernet connection is used to answer a handful of basic http requests. Flow sensor is powered with an external 9 volt battery. A log of all water meter activity is saved on the sd card. I will explain about it during code explanation.

Water flow meter which i used in the project is from aliexpress. Digital pin 3 of arduino is configured as interrupt pin. However if you have an older power meter without a pulse output then you might be able to use one of the options below to sense your water consumption. The pulse output may be a flashing led or a switching relay usually solid state or both.

Single phase and three phase electrical energy meters gas meters water meters. The kal d06 series digital pulse counter adds a remote digital display with reset to any mechanical water meter with pulse output. In some cases newer water meters are equipped with a pulse output. I bought it in 6 dollars.

It emits an infrared light and detects the reflection. Many meters have pulse outputs examples include. Donate to support open hardware.