FireFli (PTY) LTD
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Pump Control and Monitor

Control any high voltage (240V, 15A) load whilst monitoring two external sensors and current drawn by load. No additional PSU needed.

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Pump Control and Monitor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

RECOM RAC05-05SK AD/DC converter
×1
Allegro ACS722 Current Sensor
×1
3 Way screw terminal
×1
OMRON G2RL-1A-E DC5 3 Relay
×1
Bipolar Pre-Biased / Digital Transistor, Single NPN
Bipolar Pre-Biased / Digital Transistor, Single NPN
×1
Singlfuse 3812 fast-acting 250V AC 10A
×1
Kingbright RGB LED
×1
300ohm SMD resistor
×1
4k7 ohm 0603 resistor
×1
Photon
Particle Photon
×1
DS18B20 Temperature Sensor 1m
HARDWARIO DS18B20 Temperature Sensor 1m
×1

Software apps and online services

Blynk
Blynk

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Schematics

Eagle Schematic

Eagle board file

Code

Code snippet #1

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STARTUP(WiFi.selectAntenna(ANT_EXTERNAL));      //Set to use external antenna//

// //  Project:        High Current Pump Switch 
// //                  A project by FireFli (PTY) LTD

// //  Date:           17 February 2020
// //  Compiled by:    Henk Goosen - Kragtig.com
// //                  Friedl Basson - FireFli (PTY) LTD
// //                                      
// //  Details:        Remote control via High Current relay.
// //                  Monitor power consumption.
// //                  Post result to BLynk

// //  Product:        Ladybug
// //  Firmware:       V1.0.2

#include <spark-dallas-temperature.h>   //  Temperature
#include <OneWire.h>                    //  Temperature
#include <blynk.h>
#include <cmath>
#include <Adafruit_Sensor.h>

char auth[] = "YOUR_BLYNK_AUTH_CODE";

// Establish Ubidots Webhook
const char* WEBHOOK_NAME = "Amp";       
   
#define CURRENT_SENSOR A5
#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial
#define ONE_WIRE_BUS A3                 //  Temperature

OneWire oneWire(ONE_WIRE_BUS);          //  Temperature
DallasTemperature sensors(&oneWire);    //  Temperature
    
int led = D7;

int redPin = D3;       
int greenPin = D1;    
int bluePin = D2;

int i = 0;
int d;

int normalrun;                          //Timer - Normal Run times
int powersaving;                        //Timer - Power Saving Run times
int widgetTimerEnable;                  //Timer - Enable/Disable Power Saving Mode

int MasterPSU;                          //Timer - Master PSU


//Simple Power unit Cost START//
int Fin;
BLYNK_WRITE(V6)
{
  Fin = param.asInt();                   // Assigning incoming value from pin V6 to variable
} 
//Simple Power unit Cost END//

//NEW MASTER PSU  - START//
BLYNK_WRITE(V7)
{
  MasterPSU = param.asInt();            // Assigning incoming value from pin V7 to variable
    if (MasterPSU == 1) {
        digitalWrite(redPin, LOW);
        digitalWrite(bluePin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
    
    }else if (MasterPSU == 0) {
        digitalWrite(redPin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(bluePin, LOW);
        digitalWrite(led, LOW);
    }            
} 
//NEW MASTER PSU  - END//

//NEW TIMER IDEA - START//
BLYNK_WRITE(V10)                        // Holiday Mode Timer Widget Enable Button
{                                       
    widgetTimerEnable = param.asInt();
}


BLYNK_WRITE(V0)                        // Normal Mode Timer Widget
{                                      
     normalrun = param.asInt();

if (normalrun == 1 && widgetTimerEnable == 0) {
        // Do Power Saving & Timer On stuff (Timer & Power Saving ON)
        digitalWrite(redPin, LOW);
        digitalWrite(bluePin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
        Blynk.virtualWrite(V7,HIGH);
        
 }else if (normalrun == 0 && widgetTimerEnable == 0) {
        digitalWrite(redPin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(bluePin, LOW);
        digitalWrite(led, LOW);
        Blynk.virtualWrite(V7,LOW);
    }
}

BLYNK_WRITE(V1)                        // Holiday Mode Timer Widget 
{                                     
      powersaving = param.asInt();

if (powersaving == 1 && widgetTimerEnable == 1) {   
        digitalWrite(redPin, LOW);
        digitalWrite(greenPin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
        Blynk.virtualWrite(V7,HIGH);

 }else if (powersaving == 0 && widgetTimerEnable == 1) {   
        digitalWrite(redPin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite(greenPin, LOW);
        digitalWrite(led, LOW);
        Blynk.virtualWrite(V7,LOW);
    }
}
//NEW TIMER IDEA - END/

float amplitude_current;     // Float amplitude current
float effective_value;       // Float effective current

float Celsius = 0;          //  Temperature

void setup() {

    sensors.begin();        //  Temperature   

    Serial.begin(115200);
    Blynk.begin(auth);
    
    pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
    
    pinMode(redPin, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(bluePin, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(greenPin, OUTPUT);
    
}

void pins_init()
{
    pinMode(CURRENT_SENSOR, INPUT);
}

const int Resolution = 3277;  
const float FullScaleAmps = 40.0;
const int ZeroValue = 2047;    
const float MilliVoltsPerAmp = float(Resolution) / FullScaleAmps;


float getRms()
{
    const int numSamples = 1000;
    // The integer value (between 0 and 4095) that we read from the sensor
    int sensorValue;
    // The timestamp of the "previous" sample
    int ts_prev = 0;
    // The difference between the "present" and "previous" timestamps
    int ts_delta = 0;
    // We keep the value of the first timestamp to use in the final
    // averaging step. Alternatively we could simply sum up all the
    // deltas from the start to the end.
    int ts_first = 0;
    // The integaer value of the "prevous" sample.
    int value_prev = 0;
    // Total elapsed time for the 1000 samples.
    int elapsedTime = 0;
    // The timestamp as read from the sensor.
    uint32_t timeStamp = 0;
    // The measured values (integers) are converted to floats for the calculation.
    float val_now = 0.0;
    float val_prev = 0.0;
    float accum = 0.0;
    float avgValue = 0.0;
    float rms = 0.0;
    
    for (int k=0; k<numSamples; k++) {
        sensorValue = analogRead(CURRENT_SENSOR);
        timeStamp = millis();
        if (ts_prev > 0) {
            ts_delta = timeStamp - ts_prev;
            if (ts_delta < 0) {
                // If we detect an overflow we return an invalid RMS current value immediately
                return -1;
            } else {
                val_now = (float(sensorValue) - float(ZeroValue)) / MilliVoltsPerAmp;
                val_prev = (float(value_prev) - float(ZeroValue)) / MilliVoltsPerAmp;
                accum += 0.5 * ts_delta * (val_now*val_now + val_prev*val_prev);
            }
        } else {
            // This is only executed the first time round the loop
            ts_first = timeStamp;
        }
        ts_prev = timeStamp;
        value_prev = sensorValue;
    }
  
    elapsedTime = timeStamp - ts_first;
    avgValue = accum / float(elapsedTime);
    rms = sqrt(avgValue);
    return rms;
}

    int debug;

void temperature() {
    sensors.requestTemperatures();

    Celsius = sensors.getTempCByIndex(0);

    Serial.print(Celsius);
    Serial.println(" *C ");
    Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, Celsius);
}


void CS() {

    float sensor_value = getRms();
    float kWh = (sensor_value * 235)/1000;
    float Fin2 = (kWh*Fin);
 
  if (sensor_value >= 0) {

     char data[16];
     snprintf(data, sizeof(data), "%.3f", sensor_value);
 
     Particle.publish("Amp", String::format("{\"data\":%.3f}", sensor_value), PRIVATE); 
     Particle.publish("kWh", String::format("{\"data\":%.3f}", kWh), PRIVATE); 
     Particle.publish("Fin", String::format("{\"data\":%.3f}", kWh), PRIVATE);
     
        Blynk.virtualWrite(V5, sensor_value);
        Blynk.virtualWrite(V4, kWh);
        Blynk.virtualWrite(V3, Fin2);
     
     for(uint32_t ms = millis(); millis() - ms < 5000; Particle.process());
    
    } else {
     
    } 
}

void loop() {

    Blynk.run();
    CS();
    temperature();
    
}

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FireFli (PTY) LTD

FireFli (PTY) LTD

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