Vishwas Navada
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Smart Soft Switch

A soft switch with integrated energy monitoring enabling spark-free switching for electric vehicles and drones.

IntermediateFull instructions provided5 hours3,329

Things used in this project

Hardware components

CoolMOS C7 Gold SJ MOSFET
Infineon CoolMOS C7 Gold SJ MOSFET
×1
Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 5V/16MHz
SparkFun Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 5V/16MHz
×1
ACS 712 Current sensor
×1
OLED Display SSD1306
×1
Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
×4
Resistor 100k ohm
Resistor 100k ohm
×1
Resistor 330 ohm
Resistor 330 ohm
×1
Resistor 1M ohm
Resistor 1M ohm
×1
Pushbutton switch 12mm
SparkFun Pushbutton switch 12mm
×1
BC 557 transistor
×1
12V relay
×1
BC 547 Transistor
×1
Resistor 1k ohm
Resistor 1k ohm
×1
1uF capacitor
×1
SD card module
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
KiCad
KiCad

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Cutting Knife
Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
3D Printer (generic)
3D Printer (generic)

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Schematics

SoftSwitch

Opensource smart SoftSwitch for DC and AC applications

SoftSwitch.sch

SoftSwitch

Schematics

Code

SoftSwitch

C/C++
This is a basic Arduino code which will display data on OLED display and log the same on an SD card for further analysis
#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include "SdFat.h"
SdFat SD;

#define OLED_RESET 4
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(OLED_RESET);
float energy = 0;
float Amps = 0;
float voltage = 0;
unsigned int previousMillis = 0;
unsigned int interval = 100;
const int chipSelect = 10;

File TimeFile;
File Volt1File;
File Volt2File;
File Volt3File;
File CurFile;


void setup() {
  SD.begin(chipSelect);
  display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C);

}

void loop() {
  unsigned long currentMillis = millis();
  if (currentMillis - previousMillis >= interval)
  {
    previousMillis = currentMillis;
    measure();

    TimeFile = SD.open("TIME.txt", FILE_WRITE);
    if (TimeFile) {
      TimeFile.println(currentMillis);
      TimeFile.close();
    }

    Volt1File = SD.open("VOLTAGE.txt", FILE_WRITE);
    if (Volt1File) {
      Volt1File.println(voltage);
      Volt1File.close();
    }

    CurFile = SD.open("CUR.txt", FILE_WRITE);
    if (CurFile) {
      CurFile.println(Amps);
      CurFile.close();
    }
    displaydata();
  }
}

void displaydata() {
  display.clearDisplay();
  display.setTextColor(WHITE);
  display.setTextSize(1);
  display.setCursor(0, 0);
  display.println("V:");
  display.setCursor(18, 0);
  display.println(voltage);
  display.setCursor(43, 0);
  display.println("V");
  display.setCursor(64, 0);
  display.println("P");
  display.setCursor(82, 0);
  display.println(voltage * Amps);
  display.setCursor(107, 0);
  display.println("W");
  display.setCursor(0, 10);
  display.println("E");
  display.setCursor(18, 10);
  display.println(energy);
  display.setCursor(43, 10);
  display.println("Wh");
  display.setCursor(0, 20);
  display.println("I:");
  display.setCursor(15, 20);
  display.println(Amps);
  display.setCursor(53, 20);
  display.println("A");
  display.display();
}
void measure()
{
  int ACSoffset = 2503;
  float Voltage1 = 0;
  voltage = (5.0 * analogRead(A0) / 1023.0) / 0.249;
  Voltage1 = ((analogRead(A3) / 64) / 1023.0) * 5000; // Gets you mV
  Amps = ((Voltage1 - ACSoffset) / 189);
  energy = energy + voltage * Amps / 3600;
  delay(1000);
}

Credits

Vishwas Navada

Vishwas Navada

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Full stack hardware engineer.

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