System for Measuring Power Supply Parameters with ZigBee Connectivity

This paper presents a low cost system for measuring characteristic power supply parameters with ZigBee protocol connectivity. Its main feature is its use of the ZigBee protocol as the communication medium between the various modules. The hardware system is based on the ADE7758 integrated circuit, an Atmega32 microcontroller and an Xbee module. The system provides continuous mains monitoring, sending data to the control unit when necessary. A description is given of the main communication-system parameters of interest to us here, for the purposes of this application: power consumption and response time.