Water meter - AI-on-the-edge

This mount is designed to attach an ESP32-CAM microcontroller to a water meter. Together with the open source firmware "AI-on-the-edge" (https://github.com/jomjol/AI-on-the-edge-device) of the user Jomjol it can read the water meter automatically and send the current counter status to a server via MQTT.

You can find my tutorial for this project on Youtube: https://youtu.be/iUgxwbfkIqU

It is a good idea to print the model with black filament to avoid unnecessary light reflections on the meter glass. I realized this too late, so I printed the mount in white, which also works with a little fiddling.

In order to create controlled conditions during photography, it would of course have been even better to design a closed housing. However, this was countered by the longer printing time and higher printing costs. Since my meters are located in a permanently dimmed utility room, I opted for this solution. The advantage is that you can still read or check the meter values manually without removing or converting them.

Remixes and improvements of my model are welcome, you can find the FreeCAD model in the download section as well.

Jomjol, the AI-on-the-edge-Developer, has also a Thingiverse-Account:
https://www.thingiverse.com/jomjol/

And he has also an alternative Watermeter-Bracket:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4573481

Update:
2021-07-17 Opening for the ESP32cam increased to provide enough space for the micro SD card

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Anet

Printer:

A8

Yes

Supports:

Yes

200

Infill:

20