If you want to DIY solution to your energy consumption, here's how modders created a home energy monitor from an Arduino, some wiring, and a little custom code.

The brains are an Arduino glued to a large amount of solar support electronics and the online energy monitor component is covered by an ESP8266. The construction works quite well.

He managed to build his own monitor using an Arduino. The trick of this build has to do with how the system works. The panel includes an LED light that blinks 1000 times for each kWh of electricity.

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