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A project log for Internet-of-Things Power Meter

Simple, cheap, easy to build and deploy, the IoT Power Meter provides accurate statistics on household power consumption.

solenoidSolenoid 12/30/2015 at 10:220 Comments

I soldered everything on a perfboard. Usually I make PCBs for my projects, but since I don't expect to need more than one of these critters I decided to try a perfboard. I discovered how annoying and time consuming it is to link two pads together with solder.

I had to use some wire in order to get the pads linked, the only thing I had was stranded wire, so I stripped some, took out the tiny wires and used those. The wire gauge is tiny, but it works so...

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