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+This is documentation for an energy monitoring device built around the nRF52832 system-on-chip from Nordic.  It includes a 2.4 GHz BLE-enabled radio transceiver, a Cortex M4F microcontroller, and a host of hardware peripherals.
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+<a href='bc832-watt'>bc832-watt/</a> includes source files for a PCB built around the BC-832 module (containing the nRF52) from Fanstel.
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+<img src='img/bc832-watt-1.jpg' width=40%>
+<img src='img/bc832-watt-3.jpg' width=40%>
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