EnergyCube ESP Part

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This is a code documentation for an energy storage system that monitors battery status and grid power consumption. The system communicates with an Arduino and a Shelly device to gather data and sends the collected information to an InfluxDB database for analysis and monitoring.

Hardware Requirements

• Arduino board
• Shelly device
• ESP8266 Wi-Fi module
• InfluxDB server

Libraries Used

• ArduinoJson: This library is used to handle JSON data received from the Shelly device.
• ESP8266WiFi: This library provides Wi-Fi connectivity for the ESP8266 module.
• ESP8266HTTPClient: This library enables HTTP communication with the Shelly device.
• WiFiClient: This library provides a client for HTTP communication.
• InfluxDbClient: This library allows communication with the InfluxDB database.

Shelly Json

• shellyUrl: The URL of the Shelly device's JSON API endpoint for obtaining grid power information.

W-Lan & Webserver

• WIFI_SSID: The SSID of the Wi-Fi network to connect to.
• WIFI_PASSWORD: The password for the Wi-Fi network.

InfluxDB

• INFLUXDB_URL: The URL of the InfluxDB server.
• INFLUXDB_DB_NAME: The name of the InfluxDB database.
• INFLUXDB_USER: The username for accessing the InfluxDB server.
• INFLUXDB_PASSWORD: The password for accessing the InfluxDB server.
• client: An instance of the InfluxDBClient class for communication with the InfluxDB server.
• db: An instance of the Point class representing the InfluxDB measurement.

Incoming Communication

• newData: A boolean flag indicating whether new data has been received.
• numChars: The maximum number of characters for the received data.
• receivedChars: An array to store the received characters.
• tempChars: An array to store temporary characters during parsing.
• statusFromArduino: The status received from the Arduino.
• uBatt: The battery voltage received from the Arduino.
• iBatt: The battery current received from the Arduino.
• bsPower: The battery power calculated from the voltage and current.
• percentBatt: The battery percentage calculated based on voltage thresholds.

Outgoing Communication

• newGridData: A boolean flag indicating whether new grid power data is available.
• command: The command to be sent to the Arduino.
• gridPower: The grid power received from the Shelly device.

Time

• ntpServer: The NTP server to synchronize the time.
• TZ: The time zone for the system.

Setup

• Establishes a serial connection for debugging.
• Connects to the Wi-Fi network.
• Sets up the connection parameters for the InfluxDB client.
• Configures the time synchronization with NTP server.

Main Loop

• Receives data from the Arduino.
• Parses the received data.
• Retrieves grid power data from the Shelly device.
• Builds the command based on the availability of grid power data.
• Sends the command to the Arduino.
• Sends data to the InfluxDB server.

Usage

1. Connect the required hardware components as per the pin configuration.
2. Install the required libraries in your Arduino IDE.
3. Set up the Wi-Fi credentials and InfluxDB server details.
4. Upload the code to your Arduino board.
5. Monitor the system through the InfluxDB dashboard (e. g. Grafana) or serial monitor.

Acknowledgments

• ArduinoJson library by Benoit Blanchon (https://arduinojson.org/)
• ESP8266WiFi and ESP8266HTTPClient libraries by Ivan Grokhotkov
• InfluxDbClient library by Thomas Fach-Pedersen