Toward a new smart metering paradigm for microgrid

In this paper a prototype of an energy monitoring device, based on an open source concept, is presented. The proposed 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 fulfill change in the relevant standards. The open-source philosophy has been adopted designing the software components in order to make all features easily customizable by the user.