Garrett Bartley
Published © GPL3+

Home Outlet Monitor

Monitor the state of a home outlet or circuit and send an alert when the power to the outlet or circuit goes out.

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Home Outlet Monitor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Spark Core
Particle Spark Core
Also works with a Photon (or even Electron!)
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USB LiPo/Li-Ion Charger
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Resistor 220 ohm
Resistor 220 ohm
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Resistor 330 Ohm
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Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
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Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
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USB Power Supply (500mA+)
With appropriate USB micro/mini cable
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Li-Ion Battery 500mAh
500 mAh or greater recommended
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Software apps and online services

IFTTT - Particle Channel

Story

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Schematics

Breadboard Schematic

The basic schematic. The battery and charger are different from what I actually used but are very similar. The graphics in the schematic are what I had to work with. ;-)

Code

particle-power-monitor

Teh code

Credits

Garrett Bartley

Garrett Bartley

16 projects • 52 followers
Husband, father, maker.

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