[Carl] recently upgraded his home with a solar panel system ... He managed to build his own monitor using an Arduino. The trick of this build has to do with how the system works.

Makers and developers that are looking to carry out or create projects for environmental monitoring may be interested to know that the Arduino compatible ... socket, and solar battery charging ...

The brains are an Arduino glued to a large amount of solar support electronics and the online energy monitor component is covered by an ESP8266. The construction works quite well. If you’d like ...

Devices dedicated to this purpose can be pricey in and of themselves, but enterprising Arduino users have created a brilliant answer. Here's how modders created a home energy monitor from an ...