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A project log for Portable DC power meter

Portable 3-channel device to measure current, voltage, and power. It also can calculate the efficiency of DC-DC converters.

strangerandstrange.rand 12/31/2022 at 11:200 Comments

First of all, the idea to build a power meter that can measure the efficiency of DC-DC converters is quite old though was constantly postponed. But now, when Russia strikes civilian infrastructure in my country (including power plants), and we use different battery-powered devices, voltage converters, and power banks a lot - it'll be really useful.

In the photo, you can see the main components that are required for the project:

After playing a bit with the components layout, I printed a prototype:

It revealed a few issues with the dimensions and that the sliding switch is missing. Here is the final (for now) model:

I'll print it in 2023)

A few words about the code. For me, it was always interesting to use LVGL in a real project (but I rarely build projects with a screen), so now it's time. Also, I'll use Arduino via PlatformIO and many things that FreeRTOS provides.

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