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Water Usage Monitoring

Monitor your water usage using a ThingySticks Water Monitor over your network with a WIZNet WIZ750SR.

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Published October 05, 2023

187 UCC

5 WCC

66 VAR

Original author: Stephen HarrisonOriginal source (new tab)

Water Usage Monitoring

Components

Hardware components
WIZ750SR

WIZnet - WIZ750SR

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Project description

As is typical during the debugging phase of the project I used the serial port a lot to output the sensor data and read user instructions. This is where the WIZNet WIZ750SR really shines, by simply connecting the Feather Rx/Tx/GND pins to the WIZ750SR's Tx/Rx/GND pins I was able to send normal serial data to a network connection, as well as receive values sent back, The 3v3 pin of the Feather is used to power the WIZNet module. I 3D-printed an enclosure to hold the ThingySticks water monitor and the WIZNet module, bolted the POE Splitter on to the case lid and connected it all up.

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