My name is Skye Sweeney and I am a self described geek. I am an engineer by day and play with various hobbies at night. These include but are not limited to:
- LEGO Robots (FIRST LEGO League or FLL)
- Electronics
- Woodworking
- Programming
- Stop action animation (using LEGO)
Current projects I am or have worked on:
- A robotic DVD burner used to backup my Linux file server. (Mostly complete 2010)
- A lightning detector to shutoff my computers as a storm approaches. (In progress. 2011)
- A sailboat race start timer (Hung up on a problem. 2010)
- A whole house energy monitoring system (In planning. 2011)
My policy towards comments is as follows. All comments will be posted unless they are in bad taste (language, hateful, …) or a self promoting zero value post (“Great post! Long signature with website address).
I can be reached by email at Skye at FLL-Freak dot com.
Hi Skye,
Just a few corrections
…Woodworking, Programming…
…bad taste (language, hateful or a self promoting…
Great website. G’luck!
Ah hahaha.. Screwed that comment up. Feel free to delete both whenever.
Fixed.
great site- very cool projects.
i found your site while searching for info re: ADE7763. i am hoping to start monitoring my home this year. how did your design finalize? are you collecting data???
thanks!
keith
I have not finalized the project. I started trying to lay out the board in Eagle and got lost. Then work started to ramp up, then things happened at home, and before I knew it, I was in Siberia shaving a yak.
I did have a prototype system running on one branch circuit in the house. It matched the data provided by a Kill-A-Watt almost perfectly. So I think the concept is sound. I just need some time and the cash to buy all the sensors I need.
Hi Skye,
I have laid out an ADE7763 breakout in Eagle and it is available here – https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/AfPQvsSs .
I would like any comments or feedback you may have on it. It is untested and based directly off the datasheets for calibration circuit.
Cheers,
Tisham.
Great post. how many projects run without finding any errors ?
There is no such things as a program without errors. I have my fair share.