Wireless Sensor Networking Architecture of Polytropon: An Open Source Scalable Platform for the Smart Grid

This article presents the overall design methodology followed for an open source Wireless Sensor Networking platform that aims at the remote energy monitoring of home appliances in real-time using web technologies. This platform can be a paradigm for building open source devices for smart metering and home energy management by controlling electric loads, thus contributing to the development of the smart grid infrastructure. The Polytropon platform is designed as a research tool for experimenting with the various hardware and software components that can be integrated in the nodes, by following the open source hardware and software guidelines for development.