Wattmeter reading with the range of IoT's communication

• Main Authors: Azmi, NorIskandar, Nawawi, Sophan Wahyudi, Mar Sidek, Muhammad Rafiuddin, Mohammad Som, Nur Hafiza, Mohd Yusof, Siti Nurnabilla Huda, Mohamad, Elmy Johana, Abdul Manaf, Mohamad Shukri, Ahmad, Nasarudin, Wahab, Ahmad Ridhwan, Sahlan, Shafishuhaza, Ahmad, Anita, Rahiman, Mohd. Hafiz Fazlul
• Other Authors: nil, nil
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTHM 2020
• Subjects: TA165 Engineering instruments, meters, etc. Industrial instrumentation
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3111/1/Ch03%20WATTMETER%20READING%20WITH%20THE%20RANGE.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3111/
• Institution: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

In this Era of smart technology, electricity plays an important role in our life. Without electricity, it is impossible to survive as we need to power up our gadgets and home appliances. Since the energy consumption increase as the technology improved, it is important for every consumer to save the electricity loss. The traditional meter reading process involving analog meters to collect the data of the energy consumed and display it on the digital display. The worker of TNB needs to go to consumer’s house to note down the reading at the end of every billing cycle then provide the bill to the consumer. These procedures are laborious, time-consuming and cumbersome.