Python packages to measure energy consumption for raspberry pi 3

[timh1975]

Hi

I'm looking at software tools to detect energy usage of python libaries, data structures, and algorithms as part of my undergraduate disseration. I'm trying to find out if there are any software packages that allow me to measure energy usage of a python script running in Rasbperry Pi 3, without the use of extra hardware add-ons.

I'm using linux as my development envionment. I'm using INTEL Running Average Power Limit tool with linux with a machine with an intel chip. I notice that it doesnt work with RAPL. Any suggestions would be most welcome. I'm happy to explore other options where add-on hardware is required.

I'm happy to share my final solution to github and the foundation. There are several routes I am exploring: either further develop an exisiting tool to measure energy usage. However, something might be of interest to me is the idea of scanning a python script for energy inefficient algorithms, libraries, and data structures and highlight these to the developer.

I would love to hear from anyone who might have done anything similiar to this.

thanks in advance and aplogies if I've posted this in the wrong discussion group.

Tim