Power line utilization monitoring systems, devices, and methods with microprocessor-based current measurement and remote authentication
Systems, devices, and methods for an monitoring power consumption of a known electronic device including: monitoring, by a monitoring device, a received input electrical power from the known electronic devices; determining a maximum measured power value of the monitored input electrical power; converting the determined maximum power value to a current value; determining if the converted current value is greater than the determined maximum measured power value; connecting to a remote computing device and obtaining access to communicate with the remote computing device via an authentication process; and transmitting data to the connected remote computing device if the determined converted current value is greater than zero.
1 . A method of monitoring power consumption of a known electronic device, the method comprising:
monitoring, by a monitoring device, a received input electrical power from the known electronic device;
determining, by a microprocessor of the monitoring device, a maximum measured power value of the monitored input electrical power, wherein the maximum measured power value is determined based on scanning an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) input pin;
converting, by the microprocessor, the determined maximum power value to a current value;
determining, by the microprocessor, whether the converted current value is greater than zero;
connecting, by the microprocessor, to a remote computing device and obtaining access to communicate with the remote computing device via an authentication process;
transmitting, by the microprocessor, data to the connected remote computing device based on whether the determined converted current value is greater than zero; and
determining, by the remote computing device, a utilization rate of the known electronic device based on comparing the received transmitted data from the monitoring device against an associated standby current usage of a set of similar known electronic devices.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the input electrical power is an ADC input pin.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein monitoring a received input electrical power comprises taking a multitude of power measurements at the determined utilization rate.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the determined utilization rate is based on measurements at predetermined intervals.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the authentication process is performed wirelessly.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the authentication process comprises an OAUTH2 authentication process performed by the remote computing device authenticating the monitoring device.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitted data comprises:
the determined converted current value; and
a set of unique device data associated with the monitored known electronic device.
8 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving data associated with the known electronic device from the remote computing device and use the received data to associate the received monitored device with a set of previously stored data by the remote computing device.
9 . The method of claim 8 further comprising:
recording the received monitored data if information in the received monitored data is greater than information in set of previously stored data.
10 . The method of claim 9 wherein the previously stored data comprises a list of electronic devices with corresponding mac addresses and maximum standby power values.
11 . The method of claim 1 wherein the determined maximum power value is converted, by the microprocessor, to a Root Mean Square (RMS) current value.
12 . The method of claim 1 wherein the monitoring device comprises a Hall effect current sensor, a microprocessor, and a power supply and conditioner, and wherein the power supply and conditioner is used to power the microprocessor and the Hall effect current sensor.
13 . The power line utilization monitoring system of claim 12 wherein the power supply and conditioner is used to power the microprocessor and the Hall effect current sensor.
14 . The power line utilization monitoring system of claim 12 wherein the Hall effect current sensor is configured to monitor a monitored mains power line and transmits the monitored voltage value to the microprocessor via an ADC pin.
15 . A power line utilization monitoring system comprising:
a test equipment;
a monitoring device comprising a Hall effect current sensor, a microprocessor, and a power supply and conditioner, wherein the microprocessor is configured to receive a voltage value transmitted by the Hall effect current sensor and to convert the received voltage value to a current value, and to determine a maximum measured power value of the monitored input electrical power; and
a remote computing device, wherein the remote computing device comprises an authentication server, a web service, and a database service;
wherein the microprocessor of the monitoring device is configured to determine a change in the test equipment status based on comparing the converted current value with a threshold current value;
wherein the microprocessor of the monitoring device is further configured to communicate with the remote computing device based on a determined change in the test equipment status; and
wherein the remote computing device is configured to determine a utilization rate of the test equipment based on a set of data received from the microprocessor.