Design of GSM based Talking Energy Meter

Abstract- GSM based Talking Energy meter is a new concept in the measurement of electricity consumption remotely on periodic basis and alerting user regarding power consumption, overloading & tempering through Audio Signal. This method of measurement and data collection discards the conventional method of taking the meter reading manually. Though the Talking Energy Meter display and sounds the number of electrical units consumed by the user as well as warning signal at the load centre but on the other side, there is urgent need to develop a system which will transmit the units consumed by the individual user to the Power Utility Company(PUC). In this paper design of GSM based Talking Energy Meter is presented which will be able to communicate based on GSM network; for the transparency between the user and the PUC. The GSM based Talking Energy Meter(GTEM) consist of a energy meter connected with the compatible microcontroller, a display device, an audio module, GSM modem and a compatible software to capture, transmit and maintain the record of the electricity consumption data of a particular user