Abstract
The monitoring project is part of the greenhouse research facility at the University of California, Santa
Cruz which aims to provide an interactive electrical system for producing successful harvests. It is an
ongoing project that is in its second iteration, 2017-18’, with the goal of remotely monitoring and
regulating the greenhouse environmental conditions. The client’s needs are to create a plug-n-play
metering hub and web interface for students to conduct horticulture experiments using solar energy.

This year’s productivity involved gathering old documentation, revamping the server, developing a user-
manual, and creating a website. The ability to monitor the electrical grid through serial communication

was researched, forwarded, and documented. To complete the prototype of the metering system there
must be power-data analytics on the website along with charts and graphs of conditions. This document
serves to assist in understanding the current state of the system and for future work.