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-# AmsToMqttBridge
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+# AMS <-> MQTT Bridge
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+The purpose of this project is to collect information and build a simplified bridge for reading serial DLSM/M-bus information from electrical power meters (AMS), provided over the HAN port, and publishing to some IoT friendly target.
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+Components will be ESP8622, Arduino code, a (very simplified) M-bus <-> 3.3V serial interface 
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+The project should include:
+* schematics, possibly PCB
+* documentation, samples
+* arduino library
+* ad-hoc testing code