[TriEmbed] TriEmbed Digest, Vol 20, Issue 11

[Pete Soper]

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On 01/21/2015 01:43 PM, Glen Smith wrote:
>
> I still don't see a photo, I wonder in the mailing list strips off 
> attachments?
>
> Is this version one that requires cutting the wire? The pic on Amazon 
> makes it look that way but there isn't a lot of documentation posted.
>
> Glen
>
> On Jan 20, 2015 8:45 PM, "Dwight Morgan" <dwight.w.morgan at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dwight.w.morgan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Just a follow-up on my efforts to measure current using the ACS712
>     Hall Effect sensor. I decided to buy a 5 amp model to experiment
>     with, thinking the 20 or 30 would be a little dangerous just for
>     testing. I received it from Amazon via UPS and the package
>     appeared to have been run over with what looked like tire marks
>     and the pins were bent down and over to the side but not touching.
>     So, I made a rig to do some testing at first with a lamp with no
>     success and then DC with no success. Today, while I was looking
>     for more wire I found one of my wife's old hair dryers with 1200
>     watt rating. If I turn it on low in "air" mode it produces over 4
>     amps -- perfect. As soon as I connected and turned it on the amps
>     on the Serial Monitor jumped to a little over 4 amps. I couldn't
>     believe it so I got my clamp-on and surprise it also read a little
>      less than 5 amps. It's an old analog so it may be a little off on
>     the low end. Side note: I accidentally ran the dryer way above 5
>     amps and the reading went erratic all over the place, but came
>     right back. That ACS712 is a tough and forgiving little piece of
>     hardware to be smashed and overcurrented and be okay.
>
>     Anyway, I added a little code to the code I borrowed from one of
>     the Arduino forums and did a screen shot of the code and the
>     output on the SM. I'm attaching the screen shot so if anyone wants
>     to please comment on any of it I would be most appreciative.
>
>     Again, my application goal ultimately is to track when my hot
>     water heater is on and off.
>
>     Thanks from this newbie!
>
>     Dwight
>
>     PS: That was fun to get that thing working.
>
>     *From:*Martin Brooke [mailto:martin.brooke at duke.edu
>     <mailto:martin.brooke at duke.edu>]
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:49 PM
>     *To:* Dwight Morgan
>     *Cc:* TriEmbed Discussion
>     *Subject:* Re: [TriEmbed] TriEmbed Digest, Vol 20, Issue 11
>
>     I used an audio jack breakout on an arduino proto shield with a
>     simple RC circuit to level shift the AC.
>
>     here is a photo
>     <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lP-6BNGel_a09EbFBkeDJWamc/view?usp=sharing>. 
>     The proto shield is this one from sain smart
>     <http://smile.amazon.com/SainSmart-Prototyping-Prototype-Breadboard-Arduino/dp/B0079WI2MK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1421289842&sr=8-4&keywords=Prototype+Shield> although
>     there are many alternatives for this.
>
>     The break out was from sparkfun
>     <https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10588>  for which you need some
>     headers <https://www.sparkfun.com/products/116>and the jack
>     <https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8032>  maybe you can find one
>     assembled
>
>     There is also two resistors and a capacitor needed to get the AC
>     signal into the ADCs input range.
>
>     I really just copied the circuit from this intructable
>     <http://www.instructables.com/id/Yun-based-Electricity-Monitor-with-Cloud-Support-T/?ALLSTEPS>.
>
>
>     The instructable goes way further, using an Arduino Yun to make it
>     readable via wifi, very cool, but maybe beyond what you want or need.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>
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