powermeter/README.md

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# powermeter
A simple Pyhton script to mesaure you electricity consumption using the LED on a electricity meter and a digital light sensor.
You either can use InfluxDB to store the data or a built in Flask application.
## Hardware setup
- Raspberry Pi
- Digital light sensor like this: https://www.berrybase.de/lichtsensor-mit-digitalem-ausgang
Connect the light sensor to your Pi:
```
VCC: 5V
DATA: GPIO 27
GND: GND
```
## Software setup
- Copy the `.env.example` to `.env` and change it to your needs.
- Acivate at least InfluxDB (which I would recommend) or Flask output.
Clone this repository and create a virtualenv within it:
```
git clone https://code.f2n.me/finn/powermeter.git
cd powermeter
virtualenv .
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
## Developing (Flask app)
For developing run this (you need to create database and user first):
```
export FLASK_ENV=development
export APP_DEVELOPMENT_DATABASE_URI=postgres://username:passwort@hostname/database
flask run
```
## Screenshots
Node-RED usage example:
![Node-RED Dashboard](/screenshots/nodered.png)
Grafana Dashboard example (InfluxDB datasource):
![Grafana Dashboard](/screenshots/grafana.png)