RPICT8

RPICT8

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This page is for board specific information. More information can be found on the generic page for RPICT series.

• 8 AC current sensors.
• Compute real power.
• Fit on Raspberrypi 4 holes mounting pattern.
• AtMega328 Mcu (Arduino UNO)
• MCP3208 ADC
• Stackable (up to 5 boards together)

Python demo script

First of all make sure you have python-serial package installed

$ sudo apt-get install python-serial

Then copy the following into an executable file and run it.

#!/usr/bin/python
import serial
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyAMA0', 38400)

try:
       while 1:
               response = ser.readline()
               z = response.split(",")
               if len(z)>=7:
                       print "Power 1: %s Watts" % z[0]
                       print "Power 2: %s Watts" % z[1]
                       print "Power 3: %s Watts" % z[2]
                       print "Power 4: %s Watts" % z[3]
                       print "Power 5: %s Watts" % z[4]
                       print "Power 6: %s Watts" % z[5]
                       print "Power 7: %s Watts" % z[6]
                       print "Power 8: %s Watts" % z[7][:-2]
                       
except KeyboardInterrupt:
       ser.close()