Design and Implementation of a Microprocessor Based Data Logger for Power Distribution Substation Feeders

Abstract

Electrical power supplied to consumers via the power distribution feeders has a great deal of information that can necessitate the upgrade and or the improvement of electrical power. Several power parameters like the voltage magnitude, current, and frequency can be taken as such information for power analysis and onward decision making. To collect this information, it is necessary to design and implement a relatively low-cost but flexible or adaptable microcontroller based data logger using Arduino to measure and store the data to a database. The data collected are used to meet a variety of needs. In this paper elaborate sequence for designing such a data logger for power distribution feeder is explicated. The logger is built with an open source hardware and software. The capture and data processing is done with the Arduino platform.