PART 1.

I. ABSTRACT

Electricity Meter as device which record the electrical consumption became one of the

essential in every household, commercial building and industrial facilities. With this, they could

observe their consumption which affect their decision in using electrical appliance. These

consumptions were monitored by the electric cooperatives for billing which be given every end

of the month.

On the other hand, there are lots of problems encountered by this kind of system. It

includes incorrect metering, delayed notification of monthly bill due to bad weather, inefficient

work force and the geographic location of the consumer.

With these, revolutionary ideas emerged as solution for the said problem. One of them

was the automation in electric consumption recording as well as paperless electricity billing. In

line with this, the researchers developed a system with automatic electric meter reading using

Arduino Uno and SMS notification for billing.

Using LDR counter powered by Arduino Uno attached in the LED display of the electric

meter, it allowed to record the consumption. The data were transferred to system interface using

GSM module for data storage as well as computation for electric bills. After the calculation, the

electric bill notified the consumers using SMS text.

This research used descriptive approach through Two-way Analysis of Variance with

blocking and replication to measure the accuracy, effect of external light source, and the

acceptability rate of the device.

 The variance of accuracy test of the device reading as compared to electric meter reading

within 24 hours of testing is ranging from 0.00005 which are nearly equal to zero. Also, the F-

Stat is ranging 32551.67 and the P-value of 8.79x10-47. Thus, the error the device reading

compared to electric meter reading is about 0.05%

The range of variance of the effect of external light source to the device reading within 24

hours of testing and exposing in light is 5.56x10 -06 with the F-Stat of equal to 1 and the P-value is

0.05. Hence the error of device reading to electric meter reading is about 0.02%.

Meanwhile, the average of the parameters of acceptability test were ranging from 4.680 –

4.900 with total mean of 4.776. These gave 95.52% for overall acceptability rate of the device.

Keywords: Electric meter, electric consumption, Arduino Uno, LDR counter, Accuracy Test,

Effect of external light source, acceptability test

 II. INTRODUCTION

Electric meter is a device used to measure electrical consumption of residential,

commercial and even industrial areas. The main function of the electrical meter is to quantify the

amount of electrical energy consumed by the load and recorded through mechanical and digital

screen.

However, there are several problems in manual reading of electric meter. One of them is

the incorrect metering; it occurs when you install too few meters in a multi-family building or

attaches common-area lights or appliances to an individual tenant’s meter. (Electrical Meter

Problems, 2016), In addition, there are errors in notification caused by some models of electrical

meters. In particularly those with digital displays which may issue a notification of an error.

Lastly, delayed notification of monthly bill happens because of bad weather, inefficient work

force and the geographic location of the consumer. These are the common electric problems

regarding reading and distribution of electricity meter and electric bills.

On the other hand, According to Frank (2016) paper bill statements require businesses to

print and mail sensitive account information to customers. That printed information makes its

rounds through a number of postal service departments and employees before arriving in the

hands of the right customer. Such lengthy procedures give rise to human error; paper statements

can easily get lost, delivered to someone else, or otherwise end up in the wrong hands. Using

paperless billing reduces environmental impact, it can also help businesses reduce costs,

reprioritize workloads, and even improve cash flow by accelerating payments. For customers,

electronic statements offer convenience and added layers of security, which could lead to an

overall improvement in customer satisfaction. It makes it easier to maintain consistency - it

enables a business to ensure statements sent at the same time each month without relying on a
third party. It is also easier and much more secure for customers to archive and retrieve

electronic bill statements. (The Balance, 2018)

These is the main reason why the researchers came up in this study which aims to design

and manufacture a device that measures the amount of energy consumed by load. This device

will send data regarding the wattage than been used using the Arduino based program then send

it through a GSM Module. The data will pass through the system interface wherein it will

analyze the data gathered by the interface then sent again via GSM Module to the consumer

through text message regarding their monthly bills. Lastly, this device will use any type of

electric meter whether it is digital or analogue as long as the led display has 1600 imp/kwh.
 III. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The study intends to construct a device that will count the impulse per kilowatt-hour of

electricity meter and transmit the data to the server and notify the users of their present electricity

bill. Hence, the following will benefit the study:

Electric Cooperative–The electric cooperatives will increase their productivity and

efficiency because of the automated processes and operations. They can accomplish assign tasks and

duties in short span of time by using this device as well as employees can able to access technology

systems remotely.

Community – Through this device, communities will improve and accelerate

communication. Since in Camarines Norte, the electricity meters from several residential areas,

people can see all the data gathered as well as their electricity bill virtually through their mobile

phones. Also, they can be easily will be notify by the electric cooperatives.

Future Researches – Through this study, relevant researches can use this as reference tool in

the aspect of statistically measuring the performance of automated electricity meter and notification

system.
PART 2. CIRCUIT ANALYSIS

I. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
 II. DESIGN AND DISCUSSION

Flowchart of the Device

The Figure defines the procedure on how the system of Automated Electricity meter to

gather, disseminate, store, and retrieve consumer’s information which includes names, address,

monthly power consumption, electricity bill, and etc. The device consists of an Arduino
microcontroller, GSM module, and 5V Relay. In the other hand, the System Interface is

consisting of Windows 10 64-bit application (.exe) and the GSM Module. The system of the

study is divided into two parts, the main part (Arduino Circuit), and the System Interface. The

main part or the Arduino UNO circuit mainly functions as a data gatherer. It simply collects

signals from electricity meter and converts it into data. Those data will be processed by the

Arduino UNO and the data will be sent to GSM module by means of electrical signals. After the

Arduino Uno sent the data to the GSM module, the GSM module will act as a mail-man and

instantly transfer all the data (by means of SMS) to the main server (System Interface). The

second part of the system is called System Interface. The System Interface functions as the core

of the system. All the computations, update of kWh rates, deduction, addition and calculation of

Value added tax, power consumed tally, data receiver coming from the Arduino circuit, and

sender of monthly electrical bill. The System Interface have a computer software that allows the

administrator to automatically notify monthly electrical bill via SMS and the capability to

instantly disconnect a consumer, if the consume is unable to pay before disconnection date. The

data coming from Arduino UNO circuit will automatically be store to the database for record

purposes.
 III. RATIONALE

Arduino Uno R3 - is an open-source platform used for building electronics projects. Arduino
consists of both a physical programmable circuit board.

Electricity meter - is a device that measures the amount of electric energy consumed by

a residence or an electrically powered device. It is installed at customers' premises for billing
purposes. They are typically calibrated in billing units.

Mobile phones - is a portable telephone that receive SMS over a radio frequency link while the

user is within a telephone service area. In addition, it supports a text messaging, short-range
wireless communications.

Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) – it has a modem that transfers data from a
serial port to GSM network. The library abstracts low level communications between the modem
and sim card. It relies on the software serial library for communication between modem and
Arduino.

Short Message System (SMS) – the paperless presentation of electrical bill that allows the users
to receive messages from GSM mobiles.

Visual Basic (VB) – is a programming environment from Microsoft in which a programmer uses
a graphical user interface (GUI) to choose and modify preselected sections of code written in the
basic programming language.

System interface - is a shared boundary across which two or more separate components of
computer system exchange information. The exchange can be between software, computer
hardware, peripheral devices, humans, and combinations of these.

C++ - is a high-level programming language that adds object-oriented features to its predecessor;
C. C++ is one of the most popular programming languages for graphical applications, such as
those that run in Windows and Macintosh environments.

Network Telecommunication - A telecommunications network is a collection of terminal nodes

in which links are connected so as to enable telecommunication between the terminals. The
transmission links connect the nodes together
IV. WIRING DIAGRAM AND PCB LAYOUT