Advanced Frequency Identification Power Metering System for Energy Usage

TL;DR

This paper presents a smart prepaid power metering system using microcontrollers and RFID technology, enabling reliable energy usage monitoring and billing with a user-friendly GUI for data transfer and credit management.

Contribution

The work introduces an integrated RFID-based prepaid power metering system with microcontrollers and a GUI, enhancing energy management and billing efficiency.

Findings

System enables prepayment and real-time energy monitoring.

RFID integration improves identification and billing accuracy.

GUI facilitates easy data transfer and credit management.

Abstract

Energy meter measures the amount of power consumed by electrical loads in residential, industrial and commercial applications. In this project, the focus goes to the implementation of a smart power measurement system to allocate identification for individuals and determine the clients energy usage. The incorporation of two PIC 16F877A microcontrollers and radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader in this research work make the system operation smooth and reliable. This paper presents the development of an intelligent prepaid power metering system enabling power utilities to collect electricity bills from consumers prior to the usage of power. Homeowners are able to monitor reliable power consumption data for efficient power management. To conclude, a graphical user interface (GUI) has been designed to be applied for data transmission between the personal computer and RFID a smart card which allows the credit to be transferred to the smart card.