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IEEE Reference:

SMART PREPAID ENERGY METER IMPLEMENTATION

Newbury, J. Miller, W.
Power Commun. Res. Group, Open Univ., Manchester ;

This paper appears in: Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publication Date: Jan 2002
Volume: 16, Issue: 1
On page(s): 1-5
ISSN: 0885-8977
References Cited: 7
CODEN: ITPDE5
INSPEC Accession Number: 6897272
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/61.905567
Current Version Published: 2002-08-07

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Embedded Prepaid Energy Meter using 89C51 Microcontroller

Title of the project : Embedded Prepaid Energy Meter using 89C51

Microcontroller
Domain : Embedded Systems Design
Software : Embedded C, Keil, Proload

Microcontroller : AT89C51

Power Supply : +5V, 500mA Regulated Power Supply

Display : LED 5mm

Crystal : 11.0592MHz

Recharge Card : EEPROM based card

Energy Meter :

Developed By : M/S Wine Yard Technologies

3-6-148/1/A, Opp HDFC Bank,

Liberty Road, Himayathnagar, Hyd – 29

Phone : 040-65178887, www.wineyard.biz

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ABSTRACT

Embedded Prepaid Energy Meter using 89C51 Microcontroller

Due to the drastic changes in technology in the last decade, so many

advancements were introduced in electricity departments. The electricity bill can be paid
now through E-Seva centers, ATMs, Net-banking and even through mobile phones. But
prepaid electricity is a unique and new concept which saves lot of time and a power for
electricity department. In this system the user has to purchase an EEPROM based
recharge card and it should be inserted in the slot provided on prepaid energy meter kit.

After inserting the recharge card into the system, the user should press
RECHARGE key to start recharge. Then the system will be loaded with specific units as
per the recharge card value. A 16X2 LCD is provided to read units available. Here the
system is connected with three to four loads. If the load increases in the system, current
also increases and is calculated by an ADC and its corresponding count is also calculated.
Whenever the count value reaches one thousand, 1unit is decremented from EEPROM
and these values are displayed on LCD.

An EEPROM is provided on the board to store the updated recharge units

and energy meter pulse count. At every instant the count value and units values are stored
in EEPROM so that the data will not be lost even in power failure cases. When 1 unit is
decremented from EEPROM the system will give a beep sound. When the recharged

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units become zero on power consumption, the system shutdown all the loads connected to
it by giving a continuous beep sound.

To use the system again the user has to reload the units by recharging the system.
To recharge the system a separate recharging unit is provided. The user has to connect the
recharge card to recharging unit, and then the units will be loaded into recharge card.
Now the user has to place this recharge card in slot provided to recharge. After pressing
the recharge key, the system will be loaded with the units corresponding to that recharge
value. After successful recharge, the load automatically gets ON.

This system uses 5V regulated power supply for the microcontroller and ADC
unit and 18V supply for the load. This is provided by the 18V, 2Amp transformer.
Recharging unit also requires regulated 5V supply, which is provided by a separate 18V
and 750mA transformer.

Hence this project provides a best solution for the users to know how much
amount of power is consumed in their day- to- day life and also the amount of power
consumed is also under the user control.

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BLOCK DIAGRAM:

INPUT
REGULATED 5V
18V SUPPLY

RELAY
16X2 LCD

BUZZER
ADC ATMEL
LOAD 89S52
EEPROM

SLOT
FOR
RESET RECHARGE

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RECHARGING UNIT:

POWER
SUPPLY

SLOT FOR
ATMEL RECHARGE
89S51
RESET

BUZZER
CRYSTAL

POWER SUPPLY SECTION:

I/P 18V O/P 5V DC

7805
BRIDGE FILTERING VOLTAGE
RECTFIER UNIT REGULATOR

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