LabVIEW-Based Power Monitor IoT System

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a network of physical devices embedded with sensors, actuators, software, and other technologies that can connect and exchange data with other devices via the Internet. These devices range from everyday household items to advanced industrial tools.This paper outlines a power monitoring system across multiple manufacturing plants using LabVIEW. Unlike other IoT platforms that use Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or bare-metal MCU systems and require an edge device, middle-ware broker, and client applications, the LabVIEW system is sufficient and efficient for this power monitoring system. The power usage, including voltage and current amplitudes, from multiple plants is sampled and recorded on a single PC workstation with LabVIEW installed. LabVIEW enables real-time data collection and generation of daily/monthly reports. The LabVIEW-based power monitoring system has proven to be efficient and reliable in industrial IoT applications.