A setup of the project, showing the connection between the W5500-EVB-Pico and the IR reading head, which reads the electricity meter.

Smart Message Language Reader for Home Automation

The continuous development in the field of home automation opens up ever new possibilities to control the energy consumption in our homes efficiently. A crucial step in this direction is the reading of data from smart electricity meters using the Smart Message Language to gain detailed insights into energy consumption. That’s exactly why I created “SML-Reader” to read out the Smart Message Language data and then send it to smart home systems, such as Home Assistant, via MQTT....

November 27, 2023 · 5 min · Jonatan