Arduino Pulse Counter Water Meter

Digital pin 3 of arduino is configured as interrupt pin.

Arduino pulse counter water meter.

Order online or call toll free 1 800 899 0553. However if you have an older power meter without a pulse output then you might be able to use one of the options below to sense your water consumption. Single phase and three phase electrical energy meters gas meters water meters. Best live chat.

In the above circuit i attached the pulse output pin of flow sensor to arduino digital pin 3. It emits an infrared light and detects the reflection. Use the tcrt5000 ir barrier line track sensor. The ethernet connection is used to answer a handful of basic http requests.

The pulse output may be a flashing led or a switching relay usually solid state or both. I bought it in 6 dollars. Donate to support open hardware. Water flow meter which i used in the project is from aliexpress.

The kal d06 series digital pulse counter adds a remote digital display with reset to any mechanical water meter with pulse output. The home for open source hardware. In some cases newer water meters are equipped with a pulse output. A log of all water meter activity is saved on the sd card.

Flow sensor is powered with an external 9 volt battery. Many meters have pulse outputs examples include. In the case of an electricity meter a pulse output corresponds to a defined amount of energy passing through the meter kwh.