Channel Characterization of an Open Source Energy Meter

In this paper, a prototype of an energy monitoring device based on an open source concept is presented. This architecture assures several advantages with respect to traditional energy meters, such as easy development of new applications making cost- and time-effective the migration to future smart grid infrastructures and simple adjustments to change in the relevant standards. The open source philosophy has been adopted designing the software components to make all features easily customizable by the user. In this paper, the characterization of the acquisition channels using measurement data obtained stimulating them with signals generated using a high-accuracy waveform generation module is presented.