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ABB B23 Modbus RTU

CONCEPT MESSAGE.

Connecting to ABB B23 Modbus energymeter.

- - Using Digitus USB-RS485 adapter
  - A-B are swapped as found here
  - No bus terminating resistors used (only 2 participants on bus, usb-rs485 and abb b23)
  - User Manual found here

I have the USB-RS485 plugged into a Debian Linux pc system (x86_64). I used the ModPoll tool from modbusdriver.com for basic connection testing.

#./modpoll /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 9600 -p none -m rtu -a 1 -r 23296 -t 4:int -c 6

Offset addres 23296 (or hex 0x5B00) should have L1-N voltage.
Read 6 next values also (-c 6)
Gave me L-to-N and L-to-L voltages.

Wrote a small C application to poll every second and write to MariaDB/MySQL database table. Should be possible to recompile for Raspberry-PI (ARM) to.

Uses libmodbus(-dev) and libmariadbclient(-dev).

See attachments.

LM2576T-5 step down switching regulator

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First switching power supply working.

I have an ARM board to be powered, which draws between 0.5 and 1.5 ampere’s on 5 volt. Tried using an standard 7805 (2 ampere spec), but the system would not boot. VOut dropped to 4.5 volts and 7805 was getting to hot with +/- 24 volt VIn.

So i made an circuit based on the LM2576T-5.

Partslist:

Part	Price
IC1: LM2576T-5	€ 1,60
L1: Inductor 100uH	€ 1,45
D1: SR504	Recoverd from PC PSU	5.0 Amps Schottky Barrier Rectifier
C1: 470uF 35v	Reused from other project
C2: 3300uF 10v	Also recovered from PC PSU
F1: Fuse holder and 400mA	Stock, price n/a

Input voltage is an battery+solar power supply that varies between 23-24 to 29 volts.

Working power supply (left) with active load.

Bad output: (spikes)
What happens if an normal (or to slow) diode is used:
Yellow is regulator V-OUT.
Blue line represents voltage output for load (feedback signal).

Good output:
No load:

100mA load

Borrowed lm2576 library for Eagle PCB Design from eaglecentral.ca | LM2576 circuit

1-Wire DS18B20 Thermometer

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Measuring room or object temperatures with the DS18B20. It is a digital component wich does all the work for you. You only need to COMMAND it do the measurement. A short moment later you can request 2 bytes containing the temperature.

Of course there is a protocal wich says how to communicate. See 1-Wire and the DS18B20 datasheet.

How 1-Wire works (by Maxim): http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/1-wire/flash/overview/index.cfm

Maxim 1-Wire, how to communicate

Used parts:

PIC16F689
1. FLASH: 4096 Words
2. RAM: 256 Bytes
3. IO Pins: 18
4. Clock internal: 8MHz internal, 4MHz default config
5. Clock external:up to 20MHz external
LCD 2×16, HD44780 Compatible
DS18B20

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PIC16 C Sample: 1-Wire

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Environment: MPLAB X IDE + HI TECH Compiler for PIC16

#define OW_TRIS TRISA0      //Port mode register, 1=input,0=output
#define OW_PORT RA0         //Pin connected to 1-wire bus

int owReset(void)
{
    char state = 0;
    OW_TRIS = 0;        //Set as output
    OW_PORT = 0;        //Drive Low
    __delay_us(480);
    OW_TRIS = 1;        //Release, Set back as input
    __delay_us(70);
    state = !OW_PORT;   //If devices are present, it will keep the pin low
                        //! will invert 1=0, 0=1
    __delay_us(410);
    return state;       //Returns 1 if devices are present
}

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