As the world moves towards being more and more data-driven, being able to verify the numbers you’re being charged for can offer peace of mind. And in Europe, where energy prices are climbing, an easy solution to checking your own energy consumption and using that data for your own decision-making has a lot of appeal to the clever maker. The Micro Teleinfo V3.0 is a timely update to a long-standing project that offers a USB adapter for the Teleinfo energy meters in France.
The Micro Teleinfo board has gone through a number of updates over the years, and its simplicity and small form factor are the clear results of those iterations. Setup requires running just two cables to I1 and I2 on the meter, and the blue LED should light up, indicating the Teleinfo signal is being received! All the code and required serial commands are available here on the project’s Github, along with plenty of detailed walkthroughs for integrating this into python-based projects.
There are a few different options for this board available in the listing as well, with choices between the type of connector, and different PCB styles. Charles is a maker from Montamisé, France, and has a number of other Teleinfo-related boards available. Be sure to check where they ship to before hitting that purchase, so you don’t have any unpleasant surprises!
