
Electronics For You13 October 2026
The Chips Behind A Smart Plug’s Energy Tracking
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Electronics For You
Executive Briefing & Key Highlights
A teardown reveals how a metering chip, a wireless controller and a relay turn an ordinary socket into an energy-monitoring device. A smart plug can do more than switch an appliance on and off. It can measure electricity consumption, record energy use over time and estimate running costs. A teardown of the Tapo P110M from […]
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